Research from Statista reveals that global ecommerce sales are expected to increase 246.15% by 2021, rising from 1.3 trillion sales in 2014 to an impressive 4.5 trillion in 2021. When one considers that 56% of in-store purchases are influenced by digital commerce, if you’re not using online channels to reach your customers, you’re missing out. looking atRead more
Let’s face it, mobile technologies – and smartphones in particular – have changed the world of work. With the majority of the global workforce in possession of these tiny super computers, employees are reachable at all times and can pretty much work from anywhere. Mobile technologies are having such an impact that the global mobileRead more
Today, embracing technology in the workplace is a bit of a no brainer. It is also key for attracting talent. According to Erin Flynn, Chief People Officer at Optimizely, using top technology brings in top talent. Especially because new technologies afford modern workers, regardless of age, the freedom and flexibility they desire. When technology is aRead more
One of the main benefits of telecoms expense management (TEM), specifically, mobile cost management is that it helps businesses streamline their operations. Without a TEM solution, your mobile administrators would spend their days manually sifting through spread sheets, analysing invoices, disputing charges, recovering funds, managing the inventory and ordering new services and devices. That’s aRead more
Networks of the Future – How 5G could transform the financial services industry The first generation of mobile networks, 1G entered the market back in the 1980’s. In that time, mobile devices were cumbersome and used solely for voice communication. They were gadgets of the wealthy, usually it was only top businessmen and the like whoRead more
People around the world are becoming more and more attached to their smartphones. Our dependence on these devices has become so extreme that the biggest names in mobile are introducing features to help us curb our smartphone addiction. With this in mind, it’s no surprise that more and more companies are embracing bring-your-own-device policies. AcknowledgingRead more
The mobile phone functionality we know and have become reliant on today has only really been around for just over a decade. But early iterations of mobile phones were making waves from as early as the 1970s. Over the last few years we’ve seen these handheld gadgets evolve from big and bulky tools with retractableRead more
It’s no surprise that modern employees demand the freedom to work from anywhere and at any time. We’ve written about it here, here and here. Gone are the days when the IT team only had to manage a single desktop or laptop for each employee. Today, just over 50% of workers across 17 countries useRead more
The next generation of mobile internet, 5G opens up a world of possibilities for businesses across all industries. Within the manufacturing space, 5G enables process automation and robotics, which reduces operating expenses and makes it possible to keep tabs on operations in real time. The use of 5G in the healthcare industry can connect anyone,Read more
We are sure that you have heard about out-of-bundle costs. A topic that’s been in the news quite a bit over the last few months, out-of-bundle charges occur when you use data without activating a data bundle and get charged an elevated rate. But how elevated is this rate? According to a recent report, someRead more
