SA consumers ready for next-gen networks

Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town – South Africa is leading the region in terms of smartphone penetration, and a broader segment of the population is starting to access mobile data services. Shiletsi Makhofane, head of marketing and strategy at Ericsson South...

SME/consumer resellers make their mark

South Africa’s SME and consumer resellers have cast their votes in the 2013 Channelwise Awards, and named their favourite vendors. In the Consumer category, Seagate took top honours as the disk drive vendor of choice, with Nvidia as the graphics cards supplier. Intel...

Smart TV not the obvious choice

The bad news for the television market is that nearly three-quarters of US consumers are not interested in buying a smart TV during the next 12 months, according to the results of a new survey conducted by the TV Systems Intelligence Service at HIS. The good news is...

Consumers shape the future of television

Connectivity and convergence are increasingly becoming a core part of consumer’s day-to-day lives, with television just one such example where consumer need and demand is beginning to shape how these devices are used. According to Lance Berger, head of Product...

SA business confidence remains flat

The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) declined from 90.7 in July to 90.5 in August 2013. It is the fourth consecutive month that the BCI has remained in the order of 90 – varying in a narrow band between 90.2 and 90.7. Current BCI levels are 10 points below...