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MEA Tablet Market Sees Decline

by Alan Spencer

IDC has reported that in the last quarter of 2016, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 24.2% on year to total 3.07 million units. For the whole of 2016, the decline …

IDC Data Shows Middle East & Africa Tablet Market Declining in Line with Global Trend

by Milos Pavlovic

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 24.2% year on year (Y-o-Y) in the final quarter of 2016 to total 3.07 million units, according to the latest figures announced today by International …

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African Pay-TV Subscribers Reached 18.7 million in 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to figures from Dataxis, Africa pay-TV subscribers were approximately 18.7 million at the end of 2016, which is a rise of approximately 2 million subscribers compared to 2015. DTH subscribers amounted to 14 …

GCC Mobile Market Rebounds in Q4 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the Gulf Cooperation Council region’s smartphone shipments in Q4 2016 were 5.98 million units, up 7.7% on quarter three. Prior to this the GCC suffered three consecutive quarter-on-quarter declines from Q1 …

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MENA Region IT Spending to Reach $155.8 Billion in 2017

by Alan Spencer

The latest Gartner forecast predicts that IT spending in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is projected to reach $155.8 billion in 2017, representing a 2.4% rise from last year. Gartner analysts believe that …

IT Spending in Middle East and North Africa to Rise in the Banking Sector

by Alan Spencer

IT spending for the Middle East and North Africa will rise to $12.4 billion in 2017 for banking and securities companies. This represents a 3.5% rise when compared to last year, according to a …

MENA Pay-TV Revenue Forecast Downgraded

by Alan Spencer

In the new edition of the Middle East and North Africa Pay TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research, Pay-TV revenues have been downgraded. They are forecast to reach $4 billion in 2021, which …

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Zytronic Provides Mobile Phone Charging For Hajj Pilgrims

by Alan Spencer

Pilgrims travelling between Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia are now able to top up and recharge their phones at any of forty ZyBrid Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT) touch sensors from Zytronic. The distance …

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IDC Expects Turkey’s IT Market to Total $10.9 billion in 2017

by Bob Raikes

IDC is predicting that the total ICT spending in Turkey will total $22.3 billion in 2017 and Turkey’s IT Market will total $10.9 billion matching the 1.9% year-on-year growth rate seen in 2016. It …

PC Market Stabilises in EMEA, says IDC

by Bob Raikes

Traditional PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) stabilized in the fourth quarter of 2016, registering a close-to-zero decline (-0.2% YoY) and reaching 20.7 million units, according to IDC. Notebooks performed …

Hisense Adopts Seraphic for YouTube TV

by Bob Raikes

We reported that Hisense would use the Seraphic HTML 5 browser last summer and now the firm has said that it will use the technology to ship a YouTube-certified smart TV, globally. Xiaofeng Lin, …

Sub-Saharan Africa pay TV thrives Despite Falling Prices

by Bob Raikes

Most of the main pay TV operators in Sub-Saharan Africa lowered their prices during 2016 to ward off competitors. The knock-on effect was that other platforms lowered their fees. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at …

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