Jul 4, 2016
MTN has appointed Stephen van Coller as vice-president: strategy and mergers & acquisitions. The appointment will be effective 1 October 2016. Van Coller will be the fourth vice-president of the Group, the other three having responsibility for the geographic...
Jul 4, 2016
The installed base of wireless IoT devices in industrial automation reached 14,3-million in 2015, according to a new research report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. The number of wireless IoT devices in automation networks will grow at a compound annual...
Jul 4, 2016
In an update to its Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide, International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that organisations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will invest more than $6,6-billion in Internet of Things (IoT) hardware, software,...
Jul 4, 2016
The population of South Africa has increased to 55,7-million in 2016 from 51,8-million in 2011, representing an increase of over 3-million. Of the 55,7-million people living in South Africa, a majority reside in Gauteng (13,4-million), followed by KwaZulu-Natal...
Jul 4, 2016
Intelsat has partnered with AfricaOnline, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gondwana International Networks, to provide a managed broadband Internet service for sub-Saharan Africa. Under the agreement, Intelsat will provide satellite services via Intelsat 28 located at 33°...
Jul 4, 2016
The number of users attacked by ransomware targeting Android-based devices has increased four-fold in just one year, hitting at least 136 000 users globally. A report on the ransomware threat landscape, conducted by Kaspersky Lab, also found that the majority of...
