Mobile VoIP service provider Truphone is on the rage, expanding to Australia as we speak. The company announced two things: Their first press release (PDF) announces the acquisition of Startel Communications, which is a specialised mobile and fixed line telecommunications provider to Australian businesses and consumers. Truphone will take advantage of Startels large distribution network and

Australias Optus plans to acquire spectrum licenses for 10MHz of paired spectrum in the 2100MHz band from Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM)s local subsidiary. As a result, Optus could double its 3G spectrum in the eight capital cities from 10MHz to 20MHz to support retail and wholesale customer demand for Optus increasing range of data services. The transaction

Australian mobile network operator, Optus will double its radio spectrum in urban areas if plans to buy spectrum from Qualcomm's local subsidiary are approved. Click here for more.

BlackBerry Curve 8900 users on different carriers can now download and update their handsets to the official OS 5.0.0.411 firmware. OS 5.0.0.411 from Optus Mobile OS 5.0.0.411 from Vodafone DE OS 5.0.0.411 from Vodafone ES ...

RIM has pushed OS 5 out and now its up to the carriers to get it to the users.With OS 5 available for the Bold 9000, hopefully well see more devices getting an upgrade shortly. OS 5.0.0.411 is now available for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 from a variety of carriers including Vodafone and Optus Mobile. Remember to delete the vendor.xml file located in: C:Program FilesCommon FilesResearch In Motion...

Nuance Communications Inc. has just bought SpinVox, an institution that provides voicemail to text solutions for wireless carriers that offer the service to their subscribers, for a total of $102.5 million. SpinVox’s clients include Alltel, Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless, TELUS, Movistar, Optus, Vodacom, Vodafone Spain, Telstra, and Skype. Some opinions are saying that Nuances purchase

Optus announced today the launch of its Voice to Text service. Optus Voice to Text will allow Optus’ mobile customers to convert spoken VoiceMail messages into text and receive them as a text message on their mobile phone.Continue reading...

A few folks have sent in the news that Australian mobile operator Optus appears to be completely blocking access to paid apps for owners of Android phones. Apparently people have been complaining about this for a while, and Optus has been mostly silent on the matter, only stating: "Optus is currently working with Google to provide an Android application store to our customers, and we are optimisti...

Much of Androids beauty is based on the Android Market. Everything from teeny little free apps made by some dude next door to full-fledged software solutions and in-depth games all available starting at free and working your way up. Unless youre an Optus customer then the applications you can download start and end

EXCLUSIVE | Optus is blocking owners of Android mobile phones from buying paid apps from the Android store, while locking users into long service contracts. Optus is the exclusive Australian mobile carrier for the HTC Dream and Samsung Galaxy Android phones and yet people who signed a long term contract for these phones have to date been blocked from buying paid Android apps and getting the full.....