For much of this decade, the fates of Palm and Motorola were intertwined. Both were early innovators in the mobile phone industry, but neither had had a hit in years. … more

Fixed bandwidth speed demands will reach one gigabit per second (Gbps) by 2020, according to NBN Co chief executive officer Mike Quigley. … more

The Indian government is blocking purchases of telecoms equipment from Chinese vendors on national security grounds, ratcheting up trade tensions between Asia’s fastest-growing large economies. … more

Nearly half of all Australian mobile phone users now own an internet-capable phone, but only a third accesses the web regularly on them, according to new research by The Nielsen Company. … more

Algeria has said it will block a proposed deal in which MTN, the South African telecoms operator, would acquire the Algerian assets of Orascom Telecom Holdings, the Egypt-based international mobile operator which runs networks in a dozen countries. … more

MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s largest mobile-phone company, said it’s in negotiations to buy all or part of Cairo-based competitor Orascom Telecom Holdings SAE. … more

China is poised to strengthen a law to require telecommunications and Internet companies to inform on customers who discuss state secrets, potentially forcing businesses to collaborate with the country’s vast security apparatus that stifles political dissent. … more

The mobile sector in Indonesia is poised to be one of the world’s fastest growing markets behind China and India and the main engine of growth for the country’s telecoms sector, according to a new report. … more

Communications companies the world over are losing tens of billions of dollars every year because of billing mistakes, according to a new study. … more

Research in Motion chief Mike Lazaridis has set an aggressive target of more than doubling the number of BlackBerry users from the current 41 million, buoyed by an interface that has undergone an extreme makeover. … more