Netflix subscribers swell by 500% in 10 years
Despite the steady rise in its prices, the number of people subscribing to Netflix services has snowballed over the years - helping the streaming giant to build an impressive user base, according to Stocklytics.com. New research from the research group says that...
More disruption pushes cost of a data breach to new highs
The global average cost of a data breach reached $4,88-million in 2024, as breaches grow more disruptive and further expand demands on cyber teams, according to IBM's new Cost of a Data Breach Report. Breach costs increased 10% from the prior year, the largest yearly...
Ransomware hits more than half of SA companies
Sophos's new State of Ransomware 2022 report shows that 51% of South African organisations surveyed were hit with ransomware in 2021. Forty-nine percent of the organisations that had data encrypted paid the ransom to get their data back, even if they had other means...
Spectrum key to driving digital and economic transformation
It has been more than a decade since the significant release of spectrum for mobile broadband services in South Africa - a limitation that has impacted the industry and citizens in measurable ways. It has constrained growth within the telecommunications market and...
NASA rocket aims to measure Earth’s life-supporting secret
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Accessibility stymies SA smart home adoption
South Africa lags behind the world in smart home ownership, with a 23% gap between South African and global consumers when it comes to embracing the use of internet-connected devices to enable the remote monitoring and management of appliances and systems. "While...
Good growth in global telecoms services but future is uncertain
Worldwide spending on Telecom Services and Pay TV Services reached $1.566 billion in 2021, an increase of 1.6% year over year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects worldwide spending on...
In future, B2B sales organisations will base decisions on data, not intuition
By 2026, 65% of B2B sales organisations will transition from intuition-based to data-driven decision making, using technology that unites workflow, data and analytics, according to Gartner. The market is growing rapidly with the rush to virtual selling due to the...
Buy now pay later gets twice as many recommendations as banks
South African customers who have used buy now, pay later to purchase goods would overwhelmingly recommend it as a payment method. In contrast, customers of South African banks aren't even half as likely to recommend financial services from their banks. This emerged in...
QR code payments set to reach $3trn by 2025
A new study from Juniper Research predicts that the global spend using QR code payments will reach over $3-trillion by 2025; rising from $2,4-trillion in 2022. This growth of 25% will be driven by the increasing focus on improving the level of financial inclusion in...
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Metacom boosts core network
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CommVault automates data protection
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Mobile networks leverage device insights
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Cashless payment solutions lower risks
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Service improvement hinges on SMOs
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Innovation key in shifting telecoms market
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EOH’s Bohbot wins entrepreneur award
Asher Bohbot, CEO of EOH, has walked away with the Master entrepreneur award in EY’s 2014 Southern Africa Chapter of the World Entrepreneur Awards programme.
Cloud is not just about hosting
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