A study on the effectiveness of competition in the telecommunications market will be carried out in Tanzania.

The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has said the study will focus on economic, legal and technical aspects. … more

Despite calls for an extension to the July deadline for proposals to build the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) broadband network, Australian Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy is determined to stick to his schedule. … more

• Sky profits fall but 229,000 internet customers added
• Tiscali sale offers chance to acquire 1.8m more users

The mobile phone company O2 will today launch a multimillion-pound advertising campaign to attract residential broadband customers as it takes its embryonic service nationwide under a deal with BT. … more

Jeffrey Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner Inc., continued to trim what has for years been the world’s largest media company by announcing Wednesday that it would completely spin off its cable company. … more

Kenyans will soon be able to watch television programmes on their mobile phones thanks to a partnership deal signed between Safaricom and a digital mobile television firm. … more

BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch said he would look at making an offer for Tiscali, the UK pay-TV and broadband operator, as he unveiled a third-quarter increase in net subscribers of 60,000. … more

A wireless technology that Sprint Nextel plans to launch within a year makes high-speed and secure Internet access possible from almost anywhere.

Called WiMax, it’s the heart of a huge telecommunications industry effort to supplant Wi-Fi, the service that most users rely on for wireless Internet connections at broadband speeds. … more

As Sprint approaches its deadline to launch its WiMAX network, Google and multiple cable companies have indicated their interest in the project. Between the high cost of the project and Sprint’s own financial woes, support from outside sources has become necessary. … more

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is set to intervene on the issue of prices that broadcasters are offering to the IPTV service providers. At present, broadcasters are charging a very high tariff from IPTV service providers. This has emerged as a major roadblock in the services taking off. … more

Talks with Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG over future ownership and management of Greece’s biggest phone company, OTE, have made progress, the government said Wednesday. … more