SA has the highest average ATM cash withdrawal fees out of 27 countries, it was reported on Friday. A survey by management consulting firm Accenture found that a transaction in SA cost nearly US$2 (R16,75), Business Day reported. The country also had the highest withdrawal fees of US$4, 59 (R38,44)
Mobile operators need to find ways of boosting revenues and sustaining or growing profits by selling applications or other value-added products and services that can make up for the growing deficit between profit margins on data and those from traditional voice calls. This is the view of Fernando Usera
With competitive pressures increasing, voice markets maturing and price wars becoming more prevalent, telecommunications operators in Africa have to improve their efficiencies, cut costs and find new areas in which to grow, especially if they don’t want to be
As consumers eagerly await Nokia’s first Microsoft Windows Phone 7-based handsets later this year, it has become de rigueur to assume the ageing Symbian operating system the Finnish company has relied on for so long will soon be consigned to the
With television shifting to the Internet and traditional broadcasting models under threat, broadcasters need to embrace new technologies and collaborate better with partners or risk losing out.
That’s a key finding in a recent report by Accenture
The emerging world of IT is one in which data is king, social platforms evolve as a new source of business intelligence, and cloud computing finally delivers on IT’s role as a driver
