The Spanish telecom regulator, the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT), has released a report in which it predicts that between 43% and 46% of households will connect to the internet using a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connection by 2023. … more

The number of players in Australia’s $13 billion-a-year mobile phone sector just got smaller after the competition watchdog said yesterday it would not stand in the way of a merger between the No. 3 and No. 4 players, Vodafone Australia and Hutchison “3″, reports The Australian. … more

The Asian mobile premium service market grew to $29.1 billion in 2008, and is growing at a CAGR of 23.6%, Frost and Sullivan said. … more

After a slow start, Google says its Android operating system will appear in as many as 20 mobile phones by the end of this year. … more

Time Warner said on Thursday that it would file for divorce in one of the most ill-fated marriages in the history of the media and technology business, its 2001 merger with AOL. The companies hope the separation is complete at the end of the year. … more

Telecom says it will balance flagging call revenues with an aggressive grab at market share in the broadband, mobile and IT services markets. … more

BT executives will not receive bonuses this year for financial performance after missing all its targets, but the group revealed that the executive who oversaw the division that pulled the business into a full-year loss received a £1.6m pay-off after he quit. … more

Summer Of ‘09 Phone War update: By year’s end, there will be at least 18 phones on the market worldwide based on the Android operating system, Google disclosed for the first time today. … more

Verizon Business took its next step toward deploying 100Gbps by trialing its 100G optical service with the United Kingdom’s national research and education network, JANET. … more

WiMAX operators who overhype their networks’ peak speeds risk angering early adopters who feel their expectations haven’t been met, an analyst from Pyramid Research said Wednesday. … more