Mobile viewing of 2009 Budget Speech

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Vodacom is offering its customers the opportunity to view a live streaming broadcast of Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's 2009 Budget Speech from Parliament - free of charge - this afternoon, Wednesday, 11 February 2009.

The speech will be broadcast from 2pm until 3.30pm.

To access the broadcast customers, with 3G cellphones, can simply SMS “TV” to 31116 (the SMS is free). Customers will receive a link which will guide them directly to the TV & Video page on Vodafone live!, after which customers can select the Budget Speech broadcast ‘channel' to start watching.

Alternatively, customers can access the speech on the Vodafone live! WAP site at http://live.vodafone.com/tv, or push the Vodafone live! button on their 3G cellphone; options will navigate them to the TV & Video page on Vodafone live! from where they can select the broadcast.

Vodacom customers who want to follow the developments of the speech can do so by accessing Vodacom's Mobile TV service on their 3G Vodafone live! cellphones at 4.30pm to watch a live interview on Summit with Manuel. This interview will be available as part of Vodacom's Mobile TV service; a subscription-based service, which is billable at the applicable tariff.

Vodacom's Mobile TV service is available to Vodacom Contract, Top Up and Prepaid customers.