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

Whoever said technology was dehumanizing was wrong. On screens everywhere — cellphones, e-readers, A.T.M.’s — as Diana Ross sang, we just want to reach out and touch. … more

Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert Nordberg said Tuesday that he expects smartphone use in China to expand to half of all mobile-phone users in the country within five years, as the company joins other global handset makers in shifting its focus to higher-end devices. … more

Mobile firm Orange has become the first UK network to use a technology that offers higher quality voice calls. … more

Chinese mobile telephone users must register their personal details to buy phone numbers under a rule that comes into force from Wednesday, in what the government calls an attack on spam but some see as a blow to privacy. … 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

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