Ericsson, SAP address M2M market

Ericsson and SAP have signed an agreement to jointly market and sell cloud-based, machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions and services to enterprises via operators around the globe. The solutions will be based on a combined software as a service (SaaS) offering from...

Esquire scoops global awards

Esquire Technologies has won two awards at the African Distributor of the Year Awards. The Distributor Initiative of the Year Award is the top award at the annual EMEA Channel Awards.  Esquire Technologies has clinched two awards at this year’s 2013 EMEA Channel...

HP targets consumers with Slate

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HP has announced the HP Slate, an affordable Android Jelly Bean consumer tablet that provides customers with easy access to Google Mobile services. With a 17,78cm (7-inch) diagonal screen and weighing 368 grams, the HP Slate7...

Huawei debuts fastest smartphone

Huawei has introduced the Ascend P2, the world’s fastest smartphone, at the 2013 Mobile World Congress (MWC). The Ascend P2 features a 1,5GHz quad-core processor and LTE Cat 4 providing an ultrafast Web experience with download speeds of up to 150Mbps....

IBM, Nokia Siemens to collaborate

Nokia Siemens Networks and IBM have announced a collaboration to deliver the world’s first mobile edge computing platform that can run applications directly within a mobile base station.  This new platform allows mobile operators to create a truly unique mobile...

Broadband trial a success, says Telkom

Telkom reports that its high-speed broadband trial has been successful.  The pilot started in October 2012 and has given participating Internet customers access to speeds of up to 20Mbps and up to 40Mbps. “The pilot has seen participating customers experience...