Global smartphone shipments rose 2.3% year on year to 336.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2025, shrugging off ongoing chip supply constraints and buoyed by sustained demand for premium devices.
Zimbabwe’s telecoms regulator is urging the government to introduce mandatory handset registration in a bid to tackle rising cybercrime and improve the safety of mobile money transactions.
The Indian government has instructed major smartphone vendors to pre-install its Sanchar Saathi cybersecurity app on all new devices in an effort to curb spam, fraud and rising cybercrime, Reuters reported.