Broadband / Network Services

AT&T is building out and expanding its 3G networks. Commentary from GigaOm; Their network sucks.

EU agree SMS price cap (11 Euro cents for international)

Pirate Bay fallout: site added to IWF list so BT is now blocking access, most commentary on the wider issues tend to condemm the failed business model of media companies, highlight the Streisand effect and the futility of censorship on the Internet. The news that the Judge seems to be a member of a copyright advocacy group has led to talk of a mis-trial and ensures the story stays in the news.

Bluetooth 3.0 relased. Promises better battery life and higher speeds.

Virgin Media pre-emptively deny they are quiting Phorm

FTTH

Aussie NBN retail costs: A$215 at 80% takeup

Public WiFi

Meru raises US$30m

CSIRO wins settlement with more major 802.11 manufacturers

AT&T reports big surge in HotSpot connections and not just from acquiring WayPort and StarBucks APs

WiMAX

Airspan de-lists from NASDAQ and joins Pink sheets as losses continue.

Malaysia's national WiMAX network gets going with Samsung providing the mains pieces

Mobile / FMC / VoIP

GSS debuts FM radio chipsets with RDS (never been a fan of RDS myself but the ability to receive emergency alerts is useful).

iPhone: passes the 1 billion downloaded apps mark (some favourites) just a few days after recording excellent finacials. In terms of ads served the iPhone blows away all rivals with 50% market share.

Andriod: T-Mobile has sold over 1m G1 phones although a warning shot is fired over app portablity as SDK v1.5 is about to ship.

Andoid: on a NetBook?