Theo Boshoff

In his keynote address at the Atio Conference on the Electronic Communication Bill (ECB), held last week, MP and chairman of the Portfolio Committee on Communications, Mpetjane Lekgoro, did not want to expand on the negative and risk implications of the Bill.n

Eight of the companies who tendered for the three-year South Africa State IT Agency (Sita) tender to provide open source distribution (operating system and applications), and related software support services for PCs for the agency and government, have been approved.

In the light of Thursday's announcement by the South African Minister for the Department of Communications, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, that Value-Added Network service providers (VANS) may carry voice using any protocol as from Feb. 1, 2005, songs of joy can be heard across almost the entire ICT sector.

A recent and surprising announcement by the South Africa Competition Commission in the ongoing saga between Orion Telekom and Telkom SA

South African State Information Technology Agency's (Sita