Review, Regulation, Competition, NGN, Global: ITU has published guidelines for regulators in an attempt to foster investment and access. The medium is Trends in Telecommunication Reform: the Road to NGN, which has just been issued in its eighth edition.

Analysis, Internet, Blogging, Bulgaria, CEE: APC, the excellent newsletter from which we have on occasion quoted, has revealed that website bloggers have been suffering intimidation as a wave of environmental protests has been hitting Bulgaria...

Taxation, Regulation, East Africa: East Africa and Rwanda came out badly when Deloitte published its report on mobile taxation rates. The GSMA, which commissioned the report, has now released more details of how and why Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania can create low-tax regimes.

Licensing, Regulation, Saudi Arabia, MENA: Saudi Arabia is on the verge of conducting her third mobile licensing procedure. This represents the last major opportunity for Gulf-oriented operators. Developing Telecoms summarises why analysts have come to this conclusion, and highlights some hotspots for growth.

Mobile Tariffs, Regulation: Mobile markets have benefited from competition, thereby avoiding the market failures associated with fixed-line. Regulators in the developing world are now at least considering regulating mobile retail tariffs. Analysys strongly believes that if a regulator really feels the need to regulate mobile retail tariffs, it absolutely must strike the right balance between protecting consumers and maintaining incentives to invest...