Chinese 3G users top 150 MILLION but most still on 2G Operators launch HSPA+, cheap deals to snare more punters China may boast staggeringly large internet and mobile phone user numbers but the latest government figures show that the quality and speed of the services most are receiving still leave a lot to be desired.…

Wild excitement over terahertz wireless demo It’s not the messiah, just a very fast modulation Japanese researchers have demonstrated a 3 Gbps transmission on a 542 GHz carrier. It’s interesting, even exciting, in its own right: at the very least, it’s certain to be surpassed before such technologies become part of the commercial product landscape.…

Telstra denies IPTV shift Ellis review results hold staff in suspense Telstra has strongly rejected claims that the company will move away from the IPTV market, in a response to The Register‘s report last Monday that it was reviewing its IPTV strategy and considering moving its 300,000+ T-Box customers to Foxtel.… New Apple keyboard patent

LightSquared files for bankruptcy End of the line for 4G wannabe? Wanna bet? Just hours before the expiration of a deal designed to keep it from defaulting on its debt, 4G wannabe LightSquared announced on Monday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.… Google shoves cybersquatter off 763 Googletastic domains ‘Gay network’ owner

Telstra to hand T-box customers to Foxtel Exec exodus continues as speculation downloads Telstra is expected to shut down its aggressive IPTV ambitions and hand over its 300,000 plus T-Box customers to Foxtel, once the merger of Foxtel and Austar is completed, sources close to the deal have told The Register.… Taken from The Register

UK court rules Nokia infringed patent, Finns party on anyway Loses ‘priority call’ appeal in battle against IPCom A top UK court has ruled that Nokia’s old 3G handsets infringed a telecoms patent owned by technology warehouse IPCom, which wants a ban on every mobile made by the Finns.… Taken from The Register

North Korean GPS blocking sparks cyber war fears Satnav stand-off as signal-stoppers slow ships, planes South Korea will lodge an official complaint with the UN over its reclusive neighbour after GPS-blocking by the North for over a week disrupted hundreds of flights, in what some officials are worried could be the first signs of a

Asian mobile web traffic TRIPLED in past two years Region leads the world into a mobile future The percentage of users accessing the web from their mobile device has almost tripled in Asia since 2010 and in some countries mobile web traffic now accounts for nearly half of all browsing, according to new research from