GlobalData Technology
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20 Mar
Panama’s national broadband to boom in 2017
In 2016, Panama was the third-largest telecom services market in Central America, behind Guatemala and Costa Rica, with estimated revenue of US$1.3 billion or 2.4 percent of GDP.
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17 Mar
UK digital strategy: a diminutive development
The British prime minister’s flagship industrial strategy has attracted criticism for a lack of detail.
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15 Mar
Happy birthday to Nokia AVA — and look how she’s grown!
In the year since Nokia announced AVA — its smart cloud service — it has unveiled a slew of services for the tech, suggesting it’s going to start using the platform more widely.
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15 Mar
SURVEY: Are you prepared for a cyber attack?
Preventing cyber attacks is at the top of most organisations’ agendas with both operational and reputation risk at stake.
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14 Mar
Can healthcare better protect itself against cyber crime?
Security heists against hospitals considered to have robust IT network security policies in place have become the norm.
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8 Mar
The continuing evolution of mobile money in Africa
The number of mobile money users in Africa is still growing rapidly.
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7 Mar
Digital government and the war for talent
All enterprises find it hard to attract skilled technology workers.
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6 Mar
4G coverage in the UK is about to get a boost from drones and balloons
Mobile network EE is planning to use drones, balloons, and trucks in order to cover problematic network black spots around the UK.
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6 Mar
Device adoption has hit a new high in the UK
The number of digital devices people use has hit record levels.
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3 Mar
Doha deal could herald a smart cities gold rush
Orange Business Services’ has landed a multimillion dollar consulting deal with Qatari services provider Meeza for smart cities software in Doha.
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3 Mar
Equatorial Guinea mobile data revenue to nearly triple by 2021
Equatorial Guinea is one of the smallest telecoms markets in Western Africa, but is set to grow faster than most over the next five years.
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28 Feb
The stage is set for Iliad’s arrival to Italy’s telecom market
Competition is set to intensify in the Italian telecom market following the launch of Wind Tre and Iliad’s upcoming market entry.
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27 Feb
Voice over LTE will spread like wildfire in India
Gopal Vittal, chief executive of India’s largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel, recently announced plans to rollout voice over LTE, allowing customers to make calls over the mobile data network.
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22 Feb
A new global Internet of Things network is taking on mobile carriers
Satellite company Inmarsat claims to have a global Internet of Things (IoT) network that could be a threat to traditional mobile carriers.
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21 Feb
Hot on Mexico’s heels: Colombia’s telecoms market is growing fast
With revenue of $7.2bn in 2016, the Colombian telecom and pay-TV markets were the fifth-largest in Latin America, and are one of the fastest growing in the region, just behind Mexico, Uruguay and Bolivia.
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20 Feb
Network bottlenecks are slowing down retailers’ digital efforts
Retailers are keen to bring all sorts of interactive gadgets that rely on internet connections to their stores.
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14 Feb
It’s time to take up arms to battle the robo-calling menace
Consumers have long been in telemarketers’ sights, while legislators and regulators have in turn had those pesky telemarketers in their own crosshairs for almost as long.
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10 Feb
Can blockchain enable peer-to-peer energy networks?
The application of blockchain to energy systems remains speculative but it fits well with the expected evolution of the entire industry — a shift away from centralisation and one-way flows towards more decentralised and transactional management.
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10 Feb
Activity-based working: a perfect storm of cultural and digital transformation
Activity-based working is based on a new paradigm where no employee owns desk or office space or has an assigned workstation.
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7 Feb
What does the new FCC chairman really think of net neutrality?
US president Donald Trump has appointed Ajit Pai to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and people are worried it means the death of net neutrality.
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7 Feb
PayPal, Amazon, and Visa are pushing payments any way they can
Adoption of online, in-app, and mobile payments is accelerating and the various players are trying to give the virtual, a real world grounding.
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1 Feb
These are the 7 biggest things in home entertainment tech right now
Tech comes at you fast.
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25 Jan
Live TV’s back (and it’s not just about sports)
Consumers are moving increasingly away from linear TV but live broadcasts are still drawing big audiences and online providers are catching on.