MBT’s SecureData acquisition finalised

The acquisition of SecureData by MB Technologies has been finalised and will go ahead during March. The announcement of the acquisition was made on 20 November 2013, whereby MB Technology offered to acquire the entire issued ordinary share capital of SecureData...

IS joins affordable Internet alliance

In a recent report released by the A4AI (Alliance for Affordable Internet) it is estimated that broadband still costs more than half of the monthly income of millions of people around the world, further entrenching the digital divide. As one of the first African...

Global server market declines in 2013

Factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased -4,4% year-over-year to $14,2-billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, this was the fourth consecutive quarter of...

Smartphone growth set for slowdown

Worldwide smartphone shipments will slow to 8,3% annual growth in 2017 and 6,2% in 2018. A new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker finds that annual smartphone volume in 2013 surpassed 1-billion...

Carrim engages with SABC on ICT policy

Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, and Deputy Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, met with the SABC Board yesterday to discuss the National Integrated ICT Policy Review, South Africa Connect; the country’s Broadband Policy, Plan and Strategy; the SABC’s...