Smartphone displays raise costs

Notch design of smartphone displays is estimated to raise manufacturing cost of display panels by more than 20%, according to IHS Markit. According to the OLED Display Cost Model by the research company, manufacturing cost of the 5.9-inch organic light-emitting diode...

Moderate Q1 growth for enterprise WLAN

The combined consumer and enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments decreased 1,3% year over year in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18) with worldwide revenues of $2,24-billion, according to IDC. According to its Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker, the...

CIVH buys up Vumatel

Telecommunications investment firm Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH) has acquired 34,9% of Vumatel for an undisclosed amount. The company has also entered into an agreement with the Vumatel shareholders to acquire the remaining 65,1% of Vumatel, subject to...

Asteroid explodes in southern African skies

On Saturday 2 June, just before 19:00 SA Standard Time, a small asteroid approximately 2m across, entered and exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere above southern Africa. In this event, a seismometer called SUR detected the explosion at 0,3 to 0,5 kilotons. An...
What South Africans love to buy online

What South Africans love to buy online

New research from price comparison website PriceCheck has revealed what items top the list for South Africans when they go online shopping, as well as their most prominent habits. PriceCheck has about 2,5-million people a month using its services. “South...

Update: Cell C granted interdict

The High Court has granted Cell C’s application for an interdict, and has suspended the implementation date of the End-User and Subscriber Services Charter Regulations. “It was unfortunate that we had to resort to launching the High Court application in...