Broadband / Network Services

Europe (again) rejects 3-strikes legislation directed at file-sharers although something is sure to get past the vote eventually. It's not the cutting of Internet service that is the sticking point but whether there should be prior judicial review.

Singapore: StarHub offers 1GB mobile data on any phone for S$9.90

AT&T acquire wireless assets from Verizon, required divestiture following the purchase of Alltel in June 2008.

SingTel launches an advertising & services arm

Instat: Ultra Wideband is dead by 2013. Strong showing by 802.11n is a factor.

FTTH

Phew! North Carolina Senate send bills trying to ban municipal-owned broadband networks to committee, where hopefully they will die the death they deserve.

Verizon signs up for FIOS re-seller programme

Ericsson GPON in New Delhi

UK: Vrigin trys bonded DOCSIS for 200Mbps service

Public WiFi

Nice round of PlaneFi options (source: CNN)

WiMAX

NASA is looking at WiMAX for moon missions

WiFI Planet: review of ClearWire's network on Portland

Dell including WiMAX in some Notetops

Alvarion losses worsen on flat shipments

WiGig vendor group promises 60GHz ultra-WiF spec by year end (I apologise in advance for linking to a site with such a lame "clasping hands" stock image).

Maravedis & Tonse: WiMAX subs in India to exceed 13m by 2013

Mobile / FMC / VoIP

iPhone: Apple are not messing around with backward compatibilty, all Apps, old and new, must now work on v3.0 firmware. Despite the persistent rumours of Apple playing Verizon off againts AT&T, there is a point that to grow their market share, they need to diversify across carriers which makes the idea of an "iPhone Lite" and a tablet product (a Kindle killer) more relevant. Rim's Curve out-sold the iPhone in the latest stats.

Ericsson says its next-gen software-upgradable basestations are deployed and ready but remain unconvinced of Femtocell benefits

Chine Mobile is rolling out pre-LTE TD-SCDMA