Weaker rand not all bad news

Since the beginning of this year, the South African rand had depreciated by 6% against the USD, and is currently the weakest of EFFS tracked currencies.  Contrary to popular view, this is not likely as a result of the recent Fitch downgrade of South Africa’s sovereign...

Best ever quarter for Lenovo

Lenovo has reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended 31 December, 2012. In its best quarter ever, Lenovo continued to outgrow the market in all geographies with record sales, pre-tax income and earnings. Lenovo continued its push towards becoming the world’s...

Fujitsu to build on POS solution

Fujitsu has released information about the development of its next-generation integrated point of service solution, which will for the first time enable retailers to introduce in-store access to a multi-channel customer experience including online, mobile and...

Vodacom Tanzania prepares for 4G

Vodacom Tanzania recently conducted a 4G (LTE – long term evolution) trial in Dar Es Salaam using Nokia Siemens Networks’ Single RAN (radio access network) and Liquid Core technology. In addition, the trial used Nokia Siemens Networks’ Circuit Switched FallBack...