$6.$ It is said that the Internet played a significant role in South African presidential election. You are asked by the ANC political party to advise them on their

Internet policy and associated website. The party has about $1200000$ members, each paying a fee of R$10$ per annum. Its total annual income, mainly from donations, is about R$250000000.$ South Africa has about $49,991,300$ people registered to vote. There are about $646$ parliamentary constituencies.

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a$.$ Describe in briefly the key elements of your proposed Internet strategy.

b$.$ Draw an outline block diagram of the architecture that would be needed.

c$.$ Make and justify some estimates of the size and cost for its

implementation.

d$.$ Outline relevant regulations.

$7.$ Outline five business models for e$-$commerce. $($US$115383$ SO$3$ AC$2)$

$8.$ Outline five methods of valuing an e$-$commerce business.

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$9.$ Give reasons why Google purchased YouTube for $$1\mathrm{.}65$billion in October $2006,$ when, YouTube had never made a profit.

$10.$ In a telecommunications business context, what is meant by Triple and Quadruple Play strategies, and what will be the effects of the adoption of such strategies? $($US$115385$ SO$3$ AC$2,3)$

$11.$ S$1$ Company proposes to develop an electronic wallet, a device that can cryptographically hold electronic money, data, credit card numbers etc. Such a device might, for example, be included in a mobile phone.

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a$.$ Explain how network externalities affect the introduction of such a device. b$.$ Explain some of the legal and regulatory issues affecting such a device.

c$.$ Sketch out the back$-$end processing and infrastructure that would be needed to support such a device.

d$.$ Would such a device increase the overall security of a transaction? Justify your answer. $($US$115383$ SO$1$ AC$2,3)$

$12.$ One of your clients complains about the delivery of goods that she claims he did not order. $($US$115383$ SO $2$ AC$2$ US$115385$ SO$1$ AC$2,3)$

a$.$ What is needed to establish that a contract actually existed?

b$.$ What other information is it useful to keep about your client and what could you use it for?

c$.$ Describe some of the problems of anonymous payment schemes such as digital cash. Where might they be useful?

d$.$ What recourse would the customer have if she had paid using such a system, and how would you detect whether such a complaint was fraudulent?