Smartphones outship feature phones
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 4% year-over-year in the seasonally slow first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) as smartphones outshipped feature phones for the first time. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker,...AxizWorkgroup takes on Aruba Networks
AxizWorkgroup has signed a deal with Aruba Networks to distribute its products in South Africa. Aruba Networks is a leading provider of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company’s Mobile Virtual Enterprise (MOVE) architecture...Galaxy S4 customers spoilt for choice
The newly-launched Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone is already available from most of South Africa’s networks. Vodacom is offering the devices on a special deal at R429 per month on a Smart S plan that includes 75 Anytime minutes, 75Mb Mobile Internet and 150 Anytime...Alcatel-Lucent signs up to maintain cables
Alcatel-Lucent has signed up to maintain two of the undersea cables connecting Africa to Europe. It has signed a contract with the West Africa Cable System (WACS) consortium for the maintenance of more than 9 000km of the WACS system linking South Africa to Portugal....