The Indian government added Rs.67,718.95 crore (US$15 billion) to its kitty Monday with all the nine telecom companies, including state-run MTNL and BSNL, making “full” payment to the exchequer for spectrum for third-generation (3G) telecom services. … more

In South Korea, mobile TV has been available for the past five years. A trial is under way in the Washington area offering TV on certain cellphones, portable DVD players and netbooks. … more

Bulgarian consumers, the poorest in the EU, often carry several mobile phones with subscriptions to different providers because their country has the highest interconnection fees in Europe for making calls from one network operator to another, a European Commission paper reveals. … more

Pressure is building in Washington for the Federal Communications Commission to abandon its plans to apply old-style regulation to the Internet. … more

Without a doubt, Asia, particularly China, is the engine of growth for the world’s telecoms market. … more

A survey of telecoms regulation in Europe has ranked Ireland sixth out of 22 nations but “but is generally weaker on the resulting regulatory and market outcomes”. … more

Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General of the ITU

The United Nations telecommunications agency opened its quadrennial development conference today, stressing that a vital expansion of broadband networks holds the key to rapid growth in productivity in developing countries and the potential to enhance global peace and justice. … more

ITU Guidelines for digital transition released at World Telecommunication Development Conference

Guidelines to help countries manage their transition from analogue to digital broadcasting were presented yesterday during the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10) in Hyderabad, India. Delegates at the Conference also benefited from a hands-on demonstration of ITU’s Spectrum Management System for Developing Countries (SMS4DC). … more

Another battle is brewing between Apple Inc. and Google Inc., and this time it may come into your living room. … more

BT is facing a walkout by more than half of its staff after delegates at the Communication Workers Union annual conference voted unanimously this afternoon to ballot members about launching the first national strike to hit the company since 1987. … more