HP targets consumers with Slate

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HP has announced the HP Slate, an affordable Android Jelly Bean consumer tablet that provides customers with easy access to Google Mobile services. With a 17,78cm (7-inch) diagonal screen and weighing 368 grams, the HP Slate7...

Huawei debuts fastest smartphone

Huawei has introduced the Ascend P2, the world’s fastest smartphone, at the 2013 Mobile World Congress (MWC). The Ascend P2 features a 1,5GHz quad-core processor and LTE Cat 4 providing an ultrafast Web experience with download speeds of up to 150Mbps....

IBM, Nokia Siemens to collaborate

Nokia Siemens Networks and IBM have announced a collaboration to deliver the world’s first mobile edge computing platform that can run applications directly within a mobile base station.  This new platform allows mobile operators to create a truly unique mobile...

Broadband trial a success, says Telkom

Telkom reports that its high-speed broadband trial has been successful.  The pilot started in October 2012 and has given participating Internet customers access to speeds of up to 20Mbps and up to 40Mbps. “The pilot has seen participating customers experience...
Phones, tablets lead in mobility

Phones, tablets lead in mobility

It is clear that smartphones and tablets are driving mobility growth, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). The company’s Worldwide Quarterly Smart Connected Device trader shows that vendors shipped 367,7-million desktop PCs, portable PCs, tablets and...

Humanitarian groups move to the cloud

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRS) has expanded on a global enterprise agreement with a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to offer Microsoft Office 365 and other products as the standard communications and collaboration...