Jan 22, 2013
Mobile operators have identified data growth as a key driver in 2013, with the focus falling on smartphones that are used to access social media platforms. In an interview with News24, Richard Boorman, Vodacom Group executive and head of corporate communications,...
Jan 22, 2013
Canalys’ latest smartphone forecasts show a clear rise in the importance of developing markets, and markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China (BRIIC) will drive much of the volume growth in the global market in 2013 and beyond. In total, developing...
Jan 21, 2013
Chief information security officers (CISOs) face a number of specific challenges in 2013. IDC has released its top 10 prediction for CISOs, as follows: * CISOs agree with C-suite about BYOD security policies; * CISOs focus social networking activities on customer...
Jan 21, 2013
With their global shipments set to more than double this year, phablets are a hot product, as illustrated by their high profile at this month’s 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The “phablet” – a portmanteau of the words “phone” and “tablet”...
Jan 21, 2013
Worldwide mobile advertising revenue is forecast to reach $11,4-billion in 2013, up from $9,6-billion in 2012, according to Gartner. Worldwide revenue will reach $24,5-billion in 2016 with mobile advertising revenue creating new opportunities for app developers, ad...
