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- 5 Jan 2020
UnionPay says 4M Merchants Support Mobile Service Outside of China
UnionPay International, the third leading mobile wallet service in China, said that 28.5 million merchants accept Union Pay outside of the country, with 4 million of them supporting the UnionPay…
- 29 Jun 2016
GSMA Launches Initiative for Rich, Interoperable Messaging Experiences
GSMA hasannounced that AIS, Axiata Group, Beeline, Bell Mobility, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Claro Brazil, Claro Colombia, Indosat Ooredoo, M1, Megafon, MTS, Optus, Personal…
- 14 May 2020
Facebook, Telcos Unveil A Transformative Submarine Cable for Future Internet Connectivity in Africa
Facebook, China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC announced that they will partner to build 2Africa, which will be the most comprehensive subsea…
- 27 Jun 2017
GSMA Mobile IoT Initiative Takes Off
The GSMA has announced that its Mobile IoT Initiative1 has taken off with the launch of multiple commercial rollouts of Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) solutions by several of the world’s leading mobile…
- 1 Mar 2017
Mobility Spending Will Reach $1.57Tri in 2017, Steady Growth Through 2020- IDC
A new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Mobility Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide mobility revenues to reach $1.57 trillion in 2017, an increase of 2.6%…
- 24 May 2020
2Africa, New Subsea Cable for Internet Connectivity in Africa Debuts
2Africa, touted as the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region is expected to go live between 2023 and 2024. The cable system is product joint effort by…
- 14 Dec 2020
OPPO Showcases New Conceptual Design with Nendo, Hosts Retrospective Exhibition at CIIDE
OPPO, a leading smart device company, on Monday showcased multiple new conceptual designs based on its human-centric design philosophy at the 4th China International Industrial Design Expo(CIIDE).…
- 16 Aug 2021
2Africa Consortium Adds Nigeria, Other Landing Sites to Subsea Cable Network
The 2Africa consortium announced, on Monday, that it will extend the subsea cable that serves the African continent and Middle East region to four more branches. The consortium includes China Mobile…
- 22 Feb 2010
MTN, Others Partner on Global Applications Platform
MTN Group and other large mobile operators have joined forces to launch an open international applications platform, marking the largest unified move to date by the operator community into the mobile…
- 26 Oct 2017
IDC Forecasts Worldwide Mobility Spending to Reach $1.72Tri in 2021
By peter oluka Worldwide spending on mobility solutions is forecast to reach $1.72 trillion in 2021, according to the recently updated Worldwide Semiannual Mobility Spending Guide from International…
- 17 Oct 2015
ITU Telecom World 2015 Accelerates Global ICT Innovation to help Improve Lives
ITU Telecom World 2015 closed its doors last week at Hungexpo, Budapest following an exceptional week of dialogue, debate, networking and showcasing. The event, which welcomed over 4,000 participants…
- 24 Feb 2014
Smartphone Prices On Downward Trend, Emerging Markets Come Into Growth Spotlight
Emerging markets have become the center of attention when talking about present and future smartphone growth. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone…
- 2 Nov 2018
Samsung, Huawei Lead Smartphone Shipments Decline for the Fourth Consecutive Quarter
The preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million units during the third…
- 2 May 2016
Smartphone Market Face Challenges Despite 5 Chinese Vendors Top Table
According to the latest preliminary release from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 334.9 million smartphones worldwide in…
- 4 Jan 2016
Gionee Excites Smartphone Users with Gionee S Plus
‎Gionee, a renowned and global Chinese phone manufacturer and China’s largest mobile manufacturer has introduced a new phone into the Nigerian market. ‎ The new phone Gionee S plus aligns…
- 6 Feb 2017
OPPO, Huawei & vivo Grab Nearly Half China's Smartphone Market in 2016- Report
According to the latest IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the smartphone market in China saw a 19% YoY growth and 17% QoQ growth in 2016Q4. For the full year of 2016, the market grew by 9% with top…
- 29 Feb 2024
Here Are the Economic and Social Impact of Bayobab’s Sub-sea Cable Landing
In the ever-evolving landscape of global connectivity, the unveiling of the 2Africa subsea cable stands as a testament to the power of collaboration and innovation. Spearheaded by the joint efforts…
- 22 Feb 2024
MTN Partners Bayobab to Land Longest Subsea Cable in Nigeria
Bayobab, a pan-African digital connectivity solutions provider, has partnered with MTN Nigeria to land a 45,000km subsea cable in Nigeria. Known as ‘2Africa,’ the cable landing station is at…
- 8 Feb 2024
Bayobab Lands 2Africa Subsea Cable in Nigeria, Ghana
Bayobab, a provider of pan-African digital connectivity solutions, yesterday landed the 45,000km-long 2Africa cable in Ghana and Nigeria. The MTN Group-owned company announced the landing, saying…
- 2 May 2018
Samsung, iPhone & Huawei lead Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Market
International Data Corporation (IDC’s) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), resulting…
- 20 Nov 2014
GSMA Partners Child Helpline International to Promote Child Protection
GSMA has marked the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)1 by forming a partnership with Child Helpline International (CHI) to protect young people and…
- 24 Jul 2015
Samsung Leads Top 5 Global Smartphone Vendors, Market Hits 337.2m in 2Q15- IDC
According to the latest preliminary release from the International Data Corporation (IDC)Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 337.2 million smartphones worldwide in…
- 13 Nov 2015
Smartphone 3Q15’s 355.2m Shipments is 2nd Highest Level in S/Quarter
According to the latest preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million smartphones worldwide in…
- 29 Nov 2017
Phablets Shipments Expected to Hit 1 Billion Units by 2021
International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, has predicted that overall smartphone shipments will steadily grow from 1.5 billion units in 2017 to 1.7 billion units…
- 2 Mar 2017
Smartphone Volumes Expected to Rebound in 2017 with 3.8% Growth Rate
Coming off the smartphone market's lowest year-over-year growth of 2.5% in 2016, a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows worldwide…
- 27 Feb 2018
Smartphones Shipment Volumes Decline by 0.5% in 2017, but Growth Expected to Return in 2018 - IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report, shows that, worldwide Smartphone shipments declined by 0.5% in 2017, the first year-over-year decline the market…
- 22 Mar 2010
Intermarc Presents Card, ATM & Mobile Expo 2010
Intermarc Consulting, organizer of the annual international conference and exhibition on cards and allied technologies tagged CardExpo has modified the 2010 edition to inculcate innovation in…
- 1 Aug 2018
Huawei Overtakes Apple for the Second Position on Global Smartphone Market
International Data Corporation (IDC) preliminary data for Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shows that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342.0 million units during the second quarter of 2018…
- 8 Dec 2009
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Swift Networks, Nigeria’s leading broadband company said that it has signed a turnkey (design, deploy, optimize and support) agreement with Huawei Technologies to implement its network upgrade…
- 3 Jun 2020
Smartphone Shipments to Plunge by 11.9% in 2020 Fueled by Ongoing COVID-19 Challenges- IDC Reports
The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to decline 11.9% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide…