Mobile phone users are being encouraged to find out if operators are doing enough to keep their calls secret. … more

Around 80 wallpaper apps designed for use on Google Android devices have been collecting personal information and transmitting it back to third parties, an investigation has found … more

Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc’s Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim’s email and text messages. … more

[news release] The UK’s most comprehensive broadband speeds research reveals that the UK’s average actual fixed-line residential broadband speed has increased by over 25 per cent over the past year from 4.1Mbit/s to 5.2Mbit/s as internet service providers (“ISPs”) increasingly move to offer higher speed broadband packages. … more

Top Five Manufacturers will Continue to Hold More Than 75 Percent Market Share During Next Five Years

[news release] Mobile device sales in India are forecast to reach 138.6 million in 2010, an increase of 18.5 percent over 2009 sales of 117 million units, according to Gartner, Inc. The mobile handset market is expected to show steady growth through 2014 when end user sales surpass 206 million units. … more

Labor says its national broadband network will deliver super-fast fibre optic cable internet access to 300,000 more premises than first thought. … more

Australians could soon be able to use their mobile phones in flight after the latest ruling from the national communications watchdog. … more

It’s a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in. … more

Australia’s undersea cable market is set to become more competitive with the construction of a new $450 million link to the US. … more

IiNet is locked in a battle with TPG Telecom to acquire Telecom New Zealand’s struggling AAPT unit. … more