BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion, has announced its new Torch 9800 handset and BlackBerry 6 operating system - unveiled overnight in the US - will be available through all of Australia's major mobile telcos.

Thank heavens, that's done. The Apple iPhone4 has been launched with midnight parties across Australia, but nobody did it better than Telstra in Sydney.

Telstra, Optus,VHA and Apple have released their respective local pricing details for the iPhone 4, with the big T also confirming it would open its stores around Australia at midnight on Thursday night to give full access to customers keen to pick up the hyped Apple handset as soon as humanly possible.

Vodafone and 3 will release data plans for the Apple iPad with Wi-Fi and 3G on May 28.

Mobile broadband services account for a third of the average revenue per user for the newly-formed Vodafone Hutchinson Australia (VHA) entity.

Mobile network 3 has revealed it is planning to launch a mobile Wi-Fi service in the UK before Christmas.

ZTE's latest MF662 data card supports download and upload rates of up to 21.6Mbps (megabits per second) and 5.76Mbps respectively, the company announced on Monday.

3 has introduced a range of mobile plans which will allow businesses to share their monthly data allowance across multiple users.