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Demand for high-speed internet fuels SA’s fixed broadband surge

The expansion of fixed broadband networks will lead to fixed communication services revenue growing at a CARG of 4.1% by 2030, says GlobalData.

ZTE earns GlobalData's highest rating for IP core, edge routers, ranking number one in comprehensive assessment

ZTE Corporation was recognised in the inaugural 'IP Core and Edge Router Competitive Landscape Assessment' for its high-end routers.

Regulatory crackdown for social media in 2025

The tides will shift for social media companies, as comprehensive data privacy and consumer protection laws take shape, says GlobalData.

Tech industry giants rave over Meta’s Llama 3.1 405B update

Meta’s upgrade of Llama 3.1 405B becomes a buzz among the tech industry experts, who tout a significant milestone in the evolution of open source AI.

SA steadily transitions to less cash-centric economy

The move from cash to cards is evident in the rapidly-expanding number of point-of-sale terminals, says GlobalData.

GenAI start-ups score record investments in 2023

Despite subdued global start-up funding this year, generative AI start-ups attracted the lion’s share of venture capital.

China Mobile, ZTE conduct trial of single sub-6G 5G cell

The first single 5G cell within a 100MHz bandwidth achieves a downlink peak throughput of over 10Gbps.

Tech hiring in SA drops amid global layoffs

The wave of hiring freezes and retrenchments in the global tech sector hits SA, with the recruitment industry seeing fewer job placements in the last quarter.

‘Fediverse' predicted to overtake metaverse in 2023

Despite being a hot topic in tech, the metaverse has not lived up to its hype, from a return-on-investment perspective.

Huge hiring decline at tech’s top firms as layoffs bite

Recruitment and job postings at Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Alphabet and Microsoft fell by 84% in November, amid layoffs and frozen hiring policies.

Social media sentiment sees gloomy crypto future

The collapse of the world’s third-biggest crypto exchange fuels negative sentiment on digital currency’s future.

Meta hunts for key talent amid looming job cuts

The Facebook parent company’s job postings jumped 9% in October, despite the impending 11 000 job cuts.