Seven standards developments organizations have agreed to work together on common global standards for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. The seven SDOs are ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TIA, TTA, and TTC.

MegaUpload users can rest easy about the fate of the digital files they stored at the cyberlocker service.

Results of 3G speed tests carried out by consumers during 2011 show that London has the slowest average speeds of any of the UK's top ten largest cities (by population), according to the price comparison a website, uSwitch.

Telecoms service provider revenues grew by 7% to US$1.96 trillion, but growth rates will slow considerably over the next five years, according to Ovum.

ADSL connections to US homes are on the slide as companies and consumers turn to cable and fibre for faster connectivity.

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, PayPal and others are working together on a standard that can be used across the Internet for blocking phishing e-mails.

Challenges like the cost of implementation, sometimes-soft consumer demand, operational expenses and questions about ROI potential have been roadblocks to IPTV expansion around the globe as well as in the United States.

The Internet economy of the G-20 economies is projected to reach $4.2 trillion in 2016 -- nearly double the size it was in 2010 -- providing companies and countries with a vital source of growth as they battle to thrive in an era of uncertainty, according to The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

The tablet market is set to explode over the next five years with retail revenues on such devices increasing from $34.5bn in 2011 to $121.5bn in 2016.

Representatives of 21 of the EU’s member states, including the UK, have signed off on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – the European version of the US SOPA and PIPA rolled into one and cranked up to 11.