ITWeb broke the news on Wednesday of scandals at empowered IT company New Dawn. Not only is the provident fund alleged to be missing R3 million, but an entire division within the company appears to be falling apart, as staff leave in droves to form a new entity.
Fingers have been pointed at the top execs, with an overwhelming consensus (from the reader feedback ITWeb has received) that all is not right at New Dawn. Who knows how bad the situation is? At the moment, staff conditions suggest quite bad indeed.
Telkom confident of targets
Telkom is confident of meeting its broadband targets - and by 2010, SA should have 15 to 20 ADSL lines for every 100 fixed lines. It might seem an ambitious target, but as one analyst pointed out, the number of voice-only fixed lines is slowly dropping, so there will probably be far fewer than the current 4.7 million fixed lines in 2010.
BCX still somebody's prey
It must be quite an unsettling time at Business Connexion. As the Telkom takeover hits some snags, the two previous bidders (Bytes Technology and a "mystery bidder") are still watching over the company like vultures ready to swoop if Telkom fails to convince the Competition Tribunal to let the deal go through.
Neotel steering clear of arivia
Neotel boss Ajay Pandey said the newborn telco has "enough on its plate".
Dave Glazier, journalist, ITWeb
On the topic of telcos buying an IT limb, Neotel said this week that it would not buy arivia.kom. In an exclusive interview with ITWeb, Neotel boss Ajay Pandey said the newborn telco has "enough on its plate".
However, he said that while the company may not buy arivia, or any other IT company anytime soon, it may work closely with one, in order to provide all the services it aims to.
Nokia Siemens Network gets all-clear
SA's Competition Tribunal this week green-lighted the merger between Siemens and Nokia's mobile and fixed-line network equipment businesses. The joint venture firm, Nokia Siemens Network, will be equally controlled by each company.
Online gambling still a gamble
The legality of online gambling is still up in the air, as online gambling site owner Casino Enterprises is told it has until 15 December to redraft an application for a court order that could declare its Internet gambling operations in SA legal. No clarity until then.
Vodacom's expansion targets
Vodacom, spreading its newly-found African wings, says it will look at expansion opportunities in Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana and Angola, based on opportunity and market share.
COO Pieter Uys recently singled out these four countries. Some say the company has lost the richest investment pickings to MTN, others say there are plenty of good opportunities out there.
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