The global disparity in fixed broadband access and cost has been revealed by UN figures. … more

The number of Internet users in India is expected to triple in the next five years, according to a report from the Boston Consulting Group Wednesday but making money from them isn’t going to be easy. … more

The number of people with Internet access in Brazil, Russia, China, India and Indonesia will double by 2015, management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group said in a report released Wednesday. … more

The country’s major Internet providers such as BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada and Telus Corp. must lease network space to smaller competitors at matching speeds to ensure competition for broadband services, the telecom regulator said in a key ruling Monday. … 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

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

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

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

The company’s stance on net neutrality shows it’s trying to monopolize a market just like a conventional, Microsoft-style Bigfoot would, with corporate guile and misdirection. … more

Telecom, which is fighting to get a share of the government’s $1.35 billion fund to roll-out high-speed internet, is set to get the freedom to set the terms for its resale services. … more