The Gartner Group came under criticism from some sectors last month after it released a study on the SA telecommunications sector. General consensus was that Gartner`s outlook is downbeat because the organisation ranked SA at level four on the liberalisation scale – meaning the country is only beginning to open up its market.

More than 6 000 workers across Europe, Middle-East and Africa (EMEA) are in the process of receiving their ‘we regret to inform you that your position has become redundant` letters as hardware giant, HP continues downsizing its 151 000 strong headcount across the globe.

A statement released by HP says that the company recently submitted specific information about EMEA Workforce Management activities to the European Works Council (EWC).