The company's four-year loop unbundling extension is a lengthening of Telkom's monopoly, say some analysts.

Government wants to turn universities into innovation factories.

Communications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has again promised to lower telecoms costs.

Does SA have a skills shortage, or is this an urban legend, as was claimed this week?

The second day of the Futurex conference was a complete waste of time for speakers and conference participants.

Internationally, there were smallish acquisitions by Microsoft, Motorola, Oracle and SAP.

This week: The arrogance of MTN and Microsoft, eNatis fiasco continues, and big SARS tenders are awarded.

Being unfairly accused of an illegal or immoral act has widespread repercussions on a person's life, particularly when the media become involved.

It's Microsoft's ball, and they're going home.

By overtly claiming Linux infringes on its patents, Microsoft is inviting a war that it will lose very quickly.

On the local ICT front, most of the results released were very positive.

This week: MTN mourns its executives; and the continued shenanigans of government's R408 million eNatis has been coming in for some harsh criticism from an increasingly outraged public.