Just to whom the minister listens elicits a chuckle, but it is no laughing matter.

The telecoms sector endured a roller-coaster ride over the last two weeks.

There's a new acronym about to be born. Or at least there could be. It's NWEE.

HP's vision of converged IP-based services for telcos look like pie in the sky.

The competition for WiMax spectrum is bound to heat up as many "new" black businesses now qualify to bid.

All is not well with the One Laptop Per Child project. Its founder, Nicholas Negroponte, blames big business - well, Intel, mostly. And the media laps it up.

While it's great to see telcos laying fibre, the narrow trenches along Joburg's suburban roads are a hazard to motorcyclists.

Multimillion-rand and -dollar acquisitions and deals ruled the news last week.

If it had been April Fool's Day, the news that Amazon would no longer send goods to SA using the local Post Office would have had me snorting with glee.

Every time one reads a new story on the telecoms or tech industry, some politician or bureaucrat will have some say, or be responsible for the problem.

Amazon.com said it no longer trusts traditional delivery routes to South Africa.

Google and Yahoo have entered a search-advertising pact that is likely to be pitted against Microsoft.