How to avoid festive fraud

Long queues, parking shortages and screaming children – festive season shopping is enough to drive anyone … well, online. According to research group We Are Social, almost a quarter of South Africans made online purchases over December 2014. There’s...

Broadband package designed for gamers

OpenWeb has introduced a new range of products for the heavier Internet user. Home Uncapped PLUS was designed for users who enjoy downloading, gaming and streaming. OpenWeb CEO Keoma Wright says Home Uncapped PLUS fills the gap between the cheap uncapped accounts and...

Mobile data drives Telkom gains

Telkom continued to stabilise net revenue and achieved growth of 1,2% year-on-year for the six months ended 30 September 2015. Continuing growth in the mobile business resulted in a service and subscription revenue increase of 40,5% year-on-year. This included growth...

What consumers expect in the years ahead

Consumers believe artificial intelligence (AI) will soon enable interaction with objects without the need for a smartphone screen. In fact, according to an Ericsson ConsumerLab study of the 10 hottest consumer trends for 2016 and beyond, half of all smartphone users...

The unexpected cost of business interruption

Collapsed buildings, damaged factories or destroyed shipping containers: whenever natural catastrophes or man-made disasters strike the physical damage is often devastating for companies. However, the less obvious economic impact from business interruption (BI) is...

Consumers add on more personal devices

During the next five years, consumers will add more devices to their personal portfolio rather than consolidating it, according to Gartner. By 2018, a consumer in a mature market will use and own more than three personal devices. Gartner estimates that in 2016, the...