EX-99. CERT

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30a-2(a) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Anne F. Ackerley, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc., certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: June 28, 2010

/s/ Anne F. Ackerley

Anne F. Ackerley

Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of

BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

EX-99. CERT

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30a-2(a) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Neal J. Andrews, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc., certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

5.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: June 28, 2010

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

Neal J. Andrews

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of

BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.


Common Stocks		Shares		Value

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%
Tetra Tech, Inc. (a)		33,700	$	820,595


Construction & Engineering — 0.2%
Bouygues		4,900		242,794


Diversified Telecommunication Services — 10.6%
AT&T Inc.		126,962		3,308,630
BCE, Inc.		32,500		978,250
Cable & Wireless Communications Plc		100,500		94,953
Cable & Wireless Worldwide		100,500		132,858
CenturyTel, Inc.		13,000		443,430
Deutsche Telekom AG		25,700		334,621
France Telecom SA		14,800		323,997
Qwest Communications International, Inc.		303,700		1,588,351
Swisscom AG		1,100		373,299
Telefonica SA		40,948		926,868
Verizon Communications, Inc.		69,300		2,002,077
Windstream Corp.		39,141		432,508

				10,939,842

Electric Utilities — 34.3%
American Electric Power Co., Inc.		106,000		3,635,800
CEZ AS		5,600		268,523
CPFL Energia SA - ADR		6,200		385,578
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais - ADR		47,451		766,329
Cleco Corp.		13,500		369,900
DPL, Inc.		75,000		2,113,500
Duke Energy Corp.		126,132		2,116,495
E.ON AG		7,900		291,334
EDP - Energias do Brasil SA		33,200		635,064
Edison International		44,400		1,526,028
Electricite de France SA		9,200		493,064
Entergy Corp.		43,600		3,544,244
Exelon Corp.		24,600		1,072,314
FPL Group, Inc.		77,300		4,023,465
FirstEnergy Corp.		39,700		1,503,439
ITC Holdings Corp.		49,500		2,763,585
Iberdrola SA		113,000		896,774
NV Energy, Inc.		17,100		213,579
Northeast Utilities, Inc.		30,700		853,153
PPL Corp.		89,500		2,216,020
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.		9,900		369,666
Progress Energy, Inc.		20,600		822,352
The Southern Co.		106,700		3,687,552
Westar Energy, Inc.		30,100		713,069

				35,280,827

Gas Utilities — 5.1%
EQT Corp.		17,500		761,075
Energen Corp.		22,000		1,075,140
New Jersey Resources Corp.		20,400		769,692
Questar Corp.		44,400		2,128,980

Common Stocks	Shares		Value

Gas Utilities (concluded)
UGI Corp.		19,000	$	522,310

				5,257,197

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 7.7%
The AES Corp. (a)		62,900		725,866
AES Tiete SA (Preference Shares)		42,300		472,339
Calpine Corp. (a)		26,300		358,469
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.		72,800		2,573,480
International Power Plc		132,500		670,676
NRG Energy, Inc. (a)		129,400		3,127,598

				7,928,428

Internet Software & Services — 0.5%
Equinix, Inc. (a)		4,600		462,990

Media — 0.8%
Comcast Corp., Special, Class A		43,100		812,435

Multi-Utilities — 18.1%
CMS Energy Corp.		96,600		1,570,716
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.		54,100		776,876
Centrica Plc		113,000		507,579
Consolidated Edison, Inc.		31,600		1,428,320
DTE Energy Co.		9,000		433,530
Dominion Resources, Inc.		94,174		3,936,473
NSTAR		26,200		958,920
PG&E Corp.		54,500		2,387,100
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.		89,800		2,885,274
RWE AG		4,500		370,162
Sempra Energy		24,900		1,224,582
United Utilities Group Plc		61,400		502,456
Wisconsin Energy Corp.		19,100		1,002,941
Xcel Energy, Inc.		30,000		652,500

				18,637,429

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production — 3.1%
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Class A		12,000		433,560
Devon Energy Corp.		10,000		673,300
EOG Resources, Inc.		8,400		941,808
Range Resources Corp.		8,200		391,632
Southwestern Energy Co. (a)		17,600		698,368

				3,138,668

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.8%
PetroHawk Energy Corp. (a)		16,600		358,394
Spectra Energy Corp.		50,116		1,169,708
Talisman Energy, Inc.		19,500		332,280

				1,860,382

Utilities — 1.1%
Williams Cos., Inc.		46,900		1,107,309

Water Utilities — 2.1%
American States Water Co.		3,400		126,888


Common Stocks	Shares		Value

Water Utilities (concluded)
American Water Works Co, Inc.		42,000	$	914,760
Aqua America, Inc.		31,500		577,395
California Water Service Group		14,200		549,966
Cia Saneamento (Preference Shares) (a)(b)		314		—

				2,169,009

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 7.9%
America Movil, SA de CV - ADR		24,000		1,235,520
American Tower Corp., Class A (a)		14,200		579,502
Cellcom Israel Ltd.		18,000		545,400
Crown Castle International Corp. (a)		17,500		662,375
Millicom International Cellular SA		8,000		706,240
NII Holdings, Inc. (a)		9,600		407,232
Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B		16,000		570,349
SBA Communications Corp., Class A (a)		37,700		1,333,449
Sprint Nextel Corp. (a)		99,200		421,600
Vivo Participacoes SA - ADR		13,200		349,404
Vodafone Group Plc - ADR		58,812		1,305,626

				8,116,697

Total Long-Term Investments (Cost – $72,733,956) – 94.1%				96,774,602




Short-Term Securities

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempCash, Institutional Class, 0.15% (c)(d)		6,151,609		6,151,609

Total Short-Term Securities (Cost – $6,151,609) – 6.0%				6,151,609

Total Investments (Cost – $78,885,565*) – 100.1%				102,926,211
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.1)%				(134,617	)

Net Assets – 100.0%			$	102,791,594


Aggregate cost	$	79,083,184

Gross unrealized appreciation	$	24,586,011
Gross unrealized depreciation		(742,984	)

Net unrealized appreciation	$	23,843,027


(a)	Non-income producing security.

(b)	Convertible security.

(c)	Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, were as follows:



Affiliate	Shares Held at July 31, 2009		Net Activity			Shares Held at April 30, 2010		Income

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempCash, Institutional Class		—		6,151,609			6,151,609	$	4,260

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class		6,841,531		(6,841,531	)		—		—




Schedule of Investments April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)	BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc. (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)



BLACKROCK UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND, INC.	APRIL 30, 2010	1




Schedule of Investments (continued)	BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc. (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


*	The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of April 30, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


(d)	Represents the current yield as of report date.

•	For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

•	Fair Value Measurements - Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are as follows:

	•	Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

	•	Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market- corroborated inputs)

	•	Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.




Schedule of Investments (concluded)	BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.


Investments in Securities

Valuation Inputs	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total

Assets:
Long-Term
Investments
Common Stocks:
Commercial Services & Supplies	$	820,595		—		—		820,595
Construction & Engineering		—	$	242,794		—		242,794
Diversified Telecommunication Services		9,315,678		1,624,164		—		10,939,842
Electric Utilities		33,331,132		1,949,695		—		35,280,827
Gas Utilities		5,257,197		—		—		5,257,197
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders		7,257,752		670,676		—		7,928,428
Internet Software & Services		462,990		—		—		462,990
Media		812,435		—		—		812,435
Multi-Utilities		17,257,232		1,380,197		—		18,637,429
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production		3,138,668		—		—		3,138,668
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels		1,860,382		—		—		1,860,382
Utilities		1,107,309		—		—		1,107,309
Water Utilities		2,169,009		—		—		2,169,009
Wireless Telecommunication Services		8,116,697		—		—		8,116,697
Short-Term Securities		6,151,609		—		—		6,151,609

Total	$	97,058,685	$	5,867,526		—	$	102,926,211



	Investments in Securities

	Common Stocks

Balance, as of July 31, 2009	$	21,003
Accrued discounts/premiums		—
Realized gain (loss)		—
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)¹		(21,003	)
Purchases		—
Sales		—
Transfers in		—
Transfers out		—

Balance, as of April 30, 2010		—


¹	The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities still held at April 30, 2010 was $(21,003).

Item 2 –	Controls and Procedures

2(a) –	The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15(d)-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2(b) –	There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 –	Exhibits

	Certifications – Attached hereto

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

	By:	/s/ Anne F. Ackerley
		Anne F. Ackerley
		Chief Executive Officer of
		BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

	Date: June 28, 2010

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

	By:	/s/ Anne F. Ackerley
		Anne F. Ackerley
		Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
		BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

	Date: June 28, 2010

	By:	/s/ Neal J. Andrews
		Neal J. Andrews
		Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
		BlackRock Utilities & Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

	Date: June 28, 2010



Portfolio Abbreviation


ADR	American Depositary Receipts