The goings on in the local telecoms industry over the past few years read like the script from a bad science fiction movie, except that maybe this time the conspiracy is real.
Almost three years after Microsoft entered the gaming console market, local gamers still can`t officially get their hands on the most powerful of the three next-generation consoles.
The aims of the ICT empowerment charter are noble, but how long will it take before we see real transformation?
It`s the new disorder of the Internet age. It`s called cyberchondria, and it`s catching.
SMS has come a long way since its humble beginnings. That`s not necessarily a good thing.
Between Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri`s SNO buck-passing, Nexus Connexion`s legal action and Telkom`s sudden change in attitude, something is decidedly fishy in the telecoms industry.
Who really is to blame in a case where a man sends abusive threats to a company that refuses to stop sending him a barrage of spam?
Who or what made Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri ditch managed liberalisation of the telecoms market and go for the "big bang" approach?
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.
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.
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.
Telkom is a prime example of why company policies are meaningless unless properly monitored and enforced.