Broadband / Network Services

EU's Viviane Reding talks up a a new European Strategy of "high speed broadband for all", wants "a unifying broadband strategy by the end of this year".

BT & Tata in 5yr international voice deal

Google Voice (nee Grand Central) leaves invite-only mode

Mobile video uploads to YouTube are up 400% since iPhone 3GS launch.

FTTH

Singapore: the OpCo & NetCo consortiums outline their deployment plans

Monticello, Minnesota gets Ok from the state supreme court to own & operate a fiber network

Public WiFi

Singapore: Government extends subsidy of Wireles@SG cloud until Mar 2013 and doubles basic speed to 1Mbps

WiMAX

Another week, another big Alvarion win this time, a a national mobile WiMAX network for Italy (3.5GHz)

Mobile / FMC / VoIP

iPhone: sells over 1m 3G S in the first weekend. The slow availability of V3 apps that use Push functionality made some wonder if Apple was ready but push-enabled apps were approved soon afterwards. Review by Google's Matt Cutts. V3.0 firmware is more sensitive when showing 2g / 3g network changes which means people are seeing 'EDGE' more often than they did before.
Possible problems with WiFi reported on Apple forum but the overall performance, especially Javascript, continues to impress. Cost breakdown: 3G S build costs estimated at $179 which together with other costs suggests Apple needs the AT&T subsidy to make a profit. More on the oleophobic 3GS screen. TapBots reports a 75% adoption rate for V3 firmware

Palm Pre: Slashdot has a thread on needing to give your SSN to get a service contract with Sprint (maybe that's what the Sprint sales guide meant by only selling the Pre 'to the right sort of customer').

Android: T-Mobile announce their second Android unit, the MyTouch and the HTC Hero will have Adobe Flash.

Vodafone UK announces femtocell launch (either free or as part of an inclusive price plan (starting at £15pm), purchase (£160) or a monthly charge (£5pm)