A South African man has won his
legal bid to force leading mobile phone firm Vodacom to pay him for
inventing a popular messaging service.
The country's highest court ordered the firm to compensate ex-employee Nkosana Makate for the Please Call Me service.
He waged a nine-year court battle, accusing Vodacom of breaching an agreement to pay him.
Please Call Me was introduced in 2001, allowing prepaid phone users to send a free text asking to be phoned back.
"I have no hard feelings towards Vodacom. I love the company. I worked for it since I was 18-years-old‚" a visibly elated Mr Makate said after the judgment, South Africa's Times Live news site reports.
"I've been on this road for 16 years‚ nine years now in trial‚ after three dismissals by the lower courts. It's been a long journey for me‚" he added.
Nkosana Makate has said he believes his invention has generated $5bn (£3bn) for Vodacom
Ref.: BBC
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