Rymour has it that outsource executive at Arivia.kom, Zakes Mnisi, has been put on what the company prefers to call "extended leave" Rumour has it that outsource executive at Arivia.kom, Zakes Mnisi, has been put on what the company prefers to call "extended leave" - very PC indeed. Though Arivia.kom is remaining tightlipped on Mnisi`s suspected suspension, company CEO Zeth Melele did, however, admit that there has been some trouble on home front.

SENTECH is the latest broadband company to offer a capped service, in this case MyWireless, in the next month. Sentech has been ducking and diving iWeek probing on the matter, but it`s a service that will most likely compete with iBurst and take customers away from ADSL. Where this leaves its current user base is anyone`s guess. We will keep trying the phone lines to give iWeek readers the facts.

CURRENT regulatory proposals to scrap contract incentives may have a major impact on the cellular market, with more than half of the respondents in a recent survey claiming that free or cheap phones were the reason for their taking out a contract. World Wide Worx recently completed a year-long mobility project entitled "The Impact of Mobile Technologies on the South African Consumer", which used a nationally representative sample of 2 400 people who took part in telephonic interviews. More than half of the respondents said they had obtained a new handset in the past year, and of those who obtained new phones, half again said they would obtain new handsets again in the coming year.

ANOTHER little birdie told iWeek that Linux support training and services provider Obsidian Systems is looking to sell some of its shares to a BEE partner soon. It has been observed that the company was in need of compliance.

ALSO, it has been muttered that two members of Cell C`s

executive committee have resigned. We are not sure how true this is. This comes after there had been murmurs of trouble between the board and one of its top level execs.