LTE spend doesn’t offset 3G decline

In its latest IHS Infonetics Mobile Infrastructure Equipment report, IHS forecasts that global LTE mobile infrastructure revenue will peak at $23,3-billion in 2015 and then start to decline as a result of diminishing rollouts. “As we anticipated, we’re reaching the...

Shipments of small storage devices decline

Research from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that 6,7-million personal and entry-level storage devices shipped in EMEA in the first quarter of 2015, a decline of 8,8% from a year ago. IDC’s Worldwide Personal and Entry-Level Storage Tracker also...

Large format printer shipments decline

According to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Large Format Printer Tracker, large format printer (LFP) shipments declined by less than -1% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15) while revenue declined by almost...

Africa slips in competitiveness

Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – Declining productivity and a lack of focus on the basics are impacting Africa’s competitiveness. These are the key messages from the Africa Competitiveness Report 2015 which shows that,...

Joosub still optimistic about Vodacom

Cuts in mobile termination rates (MTRs), a weak economic environment, exchange rate volatility and increased price competition are the main culprits for a 4% slump in Vodacom’s HEPS and an 8,5% drop in net profit but, despite this, group CEO Shameel Joosub remains...