Android led tablet sales in 2013

Worldwide sales of tablets to end-users reached 195,4-million units in 2013, a 68% increase on 2012, according to Gartner. While sales of iOS tablets grew in the fourth quarter of 2013, iOS’s share declined to 36% in 2013. The tablet growth in 2013 was fuelled...

Tablets drive smart connected device sales

The smart connected device (SCD) market continued to post strong growth in 4Q13, with combined shipments of PCs, tablets and smartphones reaching nearly 70-million units in the fourth quarter, totalling nearly 230-million units for the year 2013 and posting a 9,7%...

NFC-enabled cell phone shipments to soar

Global shipments of cell phones equipped with near-field communication (NFC) technology will surge by more than a factor of four from 2013 to 2018, reaching 1,2-billion units, according to HIS Technology. Last year sounded the starting gun for the fast growth of the...

Modest 2013 gains for Ethernet sales

The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) reached a record $5,96-billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), representing a year-over-year increase of 4,8%. On a sequential basis, the market increased 5,3% over 3Q13. Meanwhile, the worldwide router market...

Promate sales boom for Esquire

Esquire Technologies, the award winning broad-based distributor – including technology, digital lifestyle, consumer and mobile products – reports that since signing on as a distributor for Promate Technologies for the southern African region in the second...