THE Margin, being a bit of a technophobe, is getting more and more frustrated with all. the jargon now surrounding telecommunications. To GSMs we are now adding PCN, PCS and goodness knows what else.

Which is why we winced a little when Cable & Wireless's Nick Koumarianos came out with two new acronyms, POTS and PANS. We brightened up a little when he explained that they were the "Plain Old Telephone System" and the "Pretty Advanced New System". Now that we can understand.