Aug 26, 2015
Smartphone shipments are expected to grow 10,4% in 2015 to 1,44-billion units, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This is lower than IDC’s previous smartphone forecast of 11,3%...
Aug 19, 2015
The number of cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connections in the retail industry reached 23,1-million worldwide in 2014, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. Cellular M2M technology enables devices such as POS terminals, ATMs, digital signs and...
Aug 5, 2015
The Internet of Things (IoT) market in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEMA) is expected to expand 22% in 2015 year-on-year, reaching $14-billion in total value, according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). The...
Nov 10, 2014
IBM has forecast another strong shopping season, with online sales projected to increase 15% over the five-day period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. This is among the predictions for the 2014 holiday shopping season based on billions of online and in-store...
Nov 7, 2014
The number of unique mobile subscribers in sub-Saharan Africa will pass the half-billion mark in 2020 as mobile services become increasingly affordable and accessible to millions of currently unconnected citizens across the region. According to “Mobile Economy 2014:...
