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Updated global treaty to optimise radio spectrum management
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These are the top cybersecurity threats
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Tonga eruption blasted unprecedented amount of water into the stratosphere
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on 15 January, it sent a tsunami racing around the world and set off a sonic boom that circled the globe twice. The underwater eruption in the South Pacific Ocean also blasted an enormous plume of water vapour into...
Teens turn to TikTok
TikTok has emerged as a top social media platform for US teens, according to a new Pew Research Centre survey of American teenagers ages 13 to 17. Some 67% of teens say they use TikTok, with 16% of all teens saying they use it almost constantly. Of the online...
Human augmentation will play a big role in the workplace
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Immersive experiences, automated AI, optimised delivery drive tech trends
The 25 emerging technologies to watch on the Gartner “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2022” are enabling the evolution and expansion of immersive experiences, accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) automation and optimising technologist delivery. “Emerging...
Wireless LAN backlogs pile up
The overall telecommunications, networking and data centre market is expected to exceed $10-billion by 2026, and see a healthy CAGR over the next five years - but enterprise wireless LAN backlogs will balloon to over 100% of revenues in 2022, leaving companies to get...
Operator network strategies set to disrupt IoT market
A new Juniper Research study has found that the global amount of data generated by roaming IoT connections will increase from 86 petabytes in 2022 to 1 100 petabytes by 2027; representing enough data to stream 165-million hours of 4K video from platforms such as...
Data leads MTN growth
MTN has reported group service revenue up by 12,8% for the six months ended 30 June 2022, with group data revenue up by 33,1% and group fintech revenue up by 9,9%. Earnings before tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) (before once-off items) grew by 13,7%, with...
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CA Technologies named a leader by Gartner
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Konica Minolta fights landfill overflow
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