The minister has announced that we should have a 51% partner in the SNO in the next eight weeks. Why, after all the times she's gotten it wrong, should we believe her now?
Last week`s major news included Microsoft approaching Google with an acquisition in mind, and the sanctioning of Pinnacle`s call-back services.
Being a techno-sceptic can, strangely enough, serve a technology journalist well. But it shouldn`t be an inflexible rule, as Microsoft`s Professional Developers` Conference proved to me.
We`re surrounded by idiots. The Internet is overflowing with them. And instead of reviling the witless, we`re catapulting them to international stardom.
Last week saw the possible empowerment deal between Comparex and Business Connexion Solutions, and the good news ruling on least-cost routing (LCR).
Quality, job creation and stimulation of local business underpin the Proudly South African campaign, but should we resist global competition, we`re no better than any other parochial nation.
It appears as though the SNO licence procedure is trundling down the same long and messy road the third cellular licence bid took.
There is a disproportionate relationship between the money countries allocate to their space programmes and the amount they should be spending on national welfare.
Last week saw DataMirror re-emerge as an Idion suitor, while Reunert invested in CS Holdings.
We have a lot more personal power these days than ever before, thanks in part to technology. But sometimes I`d rather we didn`t.
Attending the launch of the Corporate Research Foundation`s top ICT companies for 2003/4, I found myself questioning the validity of the list, as criteria for inclusion are subjective and companies have to pay to be included in the accompanying book.
Recent incidents of electronic banking fraud have left me feeling pretty possessive about my identity, while Absa`s steps to thwart these criminals have left my wits feeling pretty addled.
The second national operator (SNO) process is expected to start moving forward this week.