The AT&T/SBC deal dominated the international ICT world last week, while locally the 1 February telecoms liberalisation and its implications were uppermost in the minds of most businesses.

Nothing makes my blood boil like suspicion and fear based on ignorance, especially when technology is involved.

Just when we all thought that deregulation meant a new dawn for local telecoms, our communications minister has once again thrown a spanner in the liberalisation works.

The local market is still waiting to see who will win the second national operator (SNO) shareholding fight between the Tata Group and Old Mutual.

It is lamentable that even the most advanced telecoms channels are vulnerable to abuse.

While Telkom`s response to the VANS licensing issue was typical of a monopoly protecting its turf, Internet Solutions pulled no punches in defending the concept of deregulation.

Sometimes it`s worth griping, as long as you do it to the right people.

Last week saw the launch of the Google.co.za domain.

When selling lifestyle-enhancing services to consumers, is it really necessary to mention the enabling technology?

When science, like England, wants to play nice with the noble savages whose ancestral ground it once defiled, it`s war.

The ham-fisted anti-piracy ad currently showing at the movies makes one want to start up a DVD replication company immediately.

Oracle will lay-off 5 000 people, 9% of the total Oracle/PeopleSoft combined workforce, in the first of several consolidation moves expected following Oracle`s acquisition of PeopleSoft.