The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in Europe was 11,5-million at the end of 2020, according to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14,4%, this...

International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced its Future of Connectedness predictions for 2022 and beyond. Over the past 18 months, organisations have had to adapt to a new normal, where employees require anywhere-anytime access to mission critical systems and...

Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom in Cape Town - A narrow-band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) ecosystem can enable the deployment of millions of connected devices across the African continent. Alpheus Mangale, chief enterprise business officer at MTN SA, points out...

Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom in Cape Town - Cash is still king in most African countries. But is mobile money the game-changer, asks Vamsi Madhay, vice-president: mobile financial solutions at Mahindra? "We all want it to be the game-changer. But, while 11,5%...

Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom in Cape Town - Telkom could be on the verge of launching mobile payment services in South Africa. Floris Buys, head of digital at Telkom, strongly hinted during a panel discussion at AfricaCom today that the telco is about to enter...

Telkom's interim results for the six months ended 30 September have shown an increase in revenue of 21% to R20-billion, boosted significantly by its mobile business. In a statement, the company says it has delivered a "solid performance" in a tough economy where...

The number of financial phishing attacks is expected to rise during the holiday season which starts unofficially on so-called Black Friday and continues through Cyber Monday and Christmas. Retrospective research by Kaspersky Lab specialists shows that, over the last...

The shortfall in specialised IT security skills is increasing the risk profile of South African organisations, which need to increase focus on developing a skills pipeline within public-private sector partnerships. This is the view of Ron Harris, major account...

Johannesburg is set to be the most popular destination city in Africa for the fourth year, according to the 2016 Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index, with Cape Town and Durban coming in third and fifth respectively. Joburg is expected to welcome 3.6 million...

Africa's largest colocation data centre provider, Teraco Data Environments, has announced the start of construction on a new data centre in River Fields Bredell, 20km north of the current Isando campus. While Teraco finalises the expansion of its Isando campus to 20...