Apr 24, 2017
The new Samsung Galaxy S8 equipped with 64Gb of NAND flash memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost that comes out to $301.60, much higher than for previous versions of the company’s smartphones. This is according to a preliminary estimate from IHS Markit...
Apr 24, 2017
Enterprises continue to aggressively launch new mobile platforms, products and services, but may be falling short of the full potential value of their mobile projects, according to a study by IBM. The return on investment (ROI) for mobile currently accounts for only a...
Apr 24, 2017
In 2016, there were 702 million attempts to launch an exploit – malware that uses bugs in software to infect devices with additional malicious code like banking Trojans or ransomware. This is 24,54% more than in 2015, when Kaspersky Lab protection technologies...
Apr 24, 2017
MTN SA, in partnership with Huawei, has successfully trialled Africa’s first LTE Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) network at a test site in Pretoria. LTE LAA is an evolution of the LTE-Unlicensed mobile technology, which enables LTE to utilise unlicensed spectrum...
Apr 24, 2017
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) continued to stabilise in the first quarter of 2017, with the market posting modest growth (1,6%) and totalling 17,4-million units. According to International Data...
Apr 24, 2017
South Africa’s mobile content and applications firms have collaborated continuously with the Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) over the past five years to boost consumer protection in terms of the industry’s “heads...
