Last week saw good news for the telecommunications industry.

Many local businesspeople are finding it difficult to get excited about e-commerce in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. However, others say we can`t afford to ignore its potential.

The communications minister is setting the SNO up for a fall in a manner that will allow her to wash her hands of the issue and proclaim that it is not her fault.

In the unedited archives of the online universe, even the most improbable tales gain a ring of veracity.

Last week saw a boost for both the empowerment charter and second national operator (SNO) processes.

The advent of Bluetooth was greeted with much enthusiasm, but with new wireless technologies on the horizon, is the Bluetooth era already over?

After a three-day ordeal with the Discovery Health call centre, I have further evidence that even the best-architected IT solutions are not 100% idiot-proof.

The Internet is in a mess. It`s time somebody cleaned it up.

The acquisition of Intelsat by a consortium of private equity partners and the Google initial public offering (IPO) dominated international IT news last week.

Microsoft`s long-awaited Windows XP Service Pack 2 is barely out of the starting blocks and already there has been a fair amount of criticism. But is that criticism fair?

Having been billboarded with the suggestion that we should say things like "spafe" (spontaneous, yet safe) and "modtro" (modern, yet retro), I`ve decided to comply. I think the IT industry is better for it ("befot").

Telkom`s trademark infringement case against Hellkom has sparked an interesting legal battle, but it is ultimately a perceptual war the monopoly can never win.