The journey to intelligent connectivity

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona – Telecommunications is enabling the move towards a smart, more connected world – but the industry is still striving for more level playing fields while providing better trust. According to Mats...

Another first for Vodacom

Vodacom has partnered with Apple to become South Africa’s first telco to offer its business customers access to the Apple Device Enrollment Programme (DEP). The company says this is a significant milestone in mobile security and ensures that all the Apple...

Top digital challenges for service leaders

Growing the business, along with improving operational excellence, will be the top objectives for customer service and support leaders this year, according to Gartner’s 2019 Agenda Poll. “Service centres are shifting their focus to become differentiators...

PC sales trends: Commercial up, consumer weak

Trends that characterised Western European PC distribution during 2018 are continuing in the first weeks of 2019, with good demand from commercial buyers offset by weaker consumer sales, according to the latest distribution data published by research group Context....
Huawei unveils slimmest foldable 5G smartphone

Huawei unveils slimmest foldable 5G smartphone

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – Huawei has launched a foldable smartphone, the Mate X, making it just the second vendor to offer a commercially-available foldable device. The 5G phone, with its flexible OLED FullView display, is either a...

New role for Cell C’s Dos Santos

Jose Dos Santos will step down as Cell C’s CEO effective 1 March 2019. He will take up a role as a consultant offering strategic advice to the chairman of the Cell C board. In his new role, Dos Santos will be involved in the delivery of Cell C’s strategic intent,...