India has toughened its scrutiny of telecoms firms with a directive demanding “access to everything”. … more

The drive to create Broadband Britain has hit another milestone, as BT signed up the 15 millionth user to its high-speed network last week. … more

India has said it will delay a ban on Blackberry devices for 60 days while it reviews proposals from the gadget’s maker, Research in Motion (RIM). … more

Shipments of Samsung Mobile’s Galaxy S Android smartphone reached 1 million units in the U.S. 45 days after it first became available, the company announced Monday. … more

Australian mobile network operator Telstra has become the first operator to launch a mobile broadband service using HSPA+ at 42Mbps (bits per second), it said on Monday. … more

Singapore’s Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) has proposed changes to a law governing telecommunications operators that would raise penalties for companies that violate conditions of their licenses. … more

A full-page ad in The Economist this week features a photo of an actual-size BlackBerry, smack in the middle of the sheet. But the advertisement wasn’t taken out by RIM for its business-minded smart phone. Instead, it is promoting the Middle Eastern nation of Bahrain. The BlackBerry’s screen declares: “Bahrain has the most liberal telecoms market in the Gulf.” … more

Seven of the 10 safest countries in which to surf the Internet are in Africa, with Sierra Leone rated the safest, according to a study by the Internet security firm AVG. … more

The influx of new internet access technologies and accompanying devices has put pressure on the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to rethink how it regulates service providers and manages user identities. … more

Government intervention will be required to give Australian households super-fast fibre, writes Lucy Battersby.

As summer spreads across Scandinavia, thousands of Norwegians will take to the garden with a shovel, digging a trench between their house and a metal box at the end of their street. … more