The company ships over 10 million units of its P9 and P9 Plus flagship devices globally.
The telco's secondary listing may take up to 18 months to be finalised as the group deals with "regulatory issues" that need to first be resolved.
The tech giant releases an official report detailing two separate battery flaws in the explosive Note 7 phablet which was recalled last year.
SA's top four network operators are increasingly offering low cost and zero-rated services, in a bid to bridge the country's digital divide.
By 2020, smart mobile devices will be universally adopted throughout the world.
The firm's acquisition of two other wearables manufacturers enables it to make a play in the premium market dominated by Apple.
The smartwatch market will grow to $21bn, boosted by basic hybrid and analogue watches, says Juniper Research.
Spectrum and regulatory battles will dominate telecoms this year, alongside the positive rollouts of the Internet of things and fibre.
A research team at the US university makes a lithium-ion battery that releases a flame-retardant when there is an increase in temperature.
Over 300 million smartphone units sold will have built-in machine learning capabilities in 2017, says a Deloitte Africa report.