Optus Releases New BlackBerry Plans

Optus has just released two Blackberry plans that offer unlimited email from just $9.99.

Asylum seekers feared dead electronically tracked to Indonesian island

INDONESIAN authorities believe they have found the mystery boatload of asylum seekers that went missing for several days, feared drowned, on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa.

Optus Cops $110,000 Fine Over Spam Texts

OPTUS has been given a slap on the wrist by the media and communications regulator, which has ordered it to pay a $110,000 fine for spamming its mobile phone customers.

Chilling Calls Point To Pakistan Terror Link

"WE HAVE three foreigners, including women from Singapore and China," a terrorist says into his mobile phone. "Kill them," is the reply.

It Would Be Funny If It Didn't Matter

Peter Remfrey, secretary of the NSW Police Association, hadn't even got around to putting Matt Brown's details into his mobile phone before he received the 5.30am text message on Thursday that the new police minister he'd spent all the previous afternoon schmoozing had resigned - or been sacked, more precisely.

Pins And Needles

INFORMATION overload is leading to memory problems, with Australians struggling to remember phone numbers, birthdays and bank-account details, a survey has found.

Cash Crisis Ends Sex Counselling For Priests

THE Catholic Church's national sexual abuse assessment and treatment facility this month consists of one volunteer in Kincumber on a mobile phone.

Optus Calls Best Mobile Numbers In Two Years

OPTUS' declining share of the domestic mobile phone market may be set for recovery following a positive start to 2008.

Mobile Net Hamstrung

Mobile internet will only take off when advertisers, their agencies and technology providers figure out how to maximise ad inventory across all three screens, according to one of the biggest industry players.

Cash Carrot For Telstra Slowcoaches

TELSTRA has resorted to offering customers on its CDMA mobile phone network a cash incentive to switch services, in the latest sign it is struggling to force thousands of users to make the move just three weeks before the old regional network is scheduled to be shut down.

Phone Scams The New Way To Do Your Money

SCAMMERS have found a fresh way to get your money, this time using your mobile phone.

Sos Over Sms To Sell Snack Foods To Kids

SNACK food companies are using text messaging competitions to collect mobile phone numbers of young people, raising the concerns of healthy eating groups.

Sos Over Snack Foods Sms

SNACK food companies are using text messaging competitions to collect mobile phone numbers of young people, raising the concerns of healthy eating groups.

Text Spam Will Spell Big Fines

RESTAURANTS that use mobile phone numbers to confirm bookings could be fined more than $1million if they use them to send promotional text messages.

Software Lets Parents Control Children's Mobile Use

The parents of mobile-phone-mad teenagers may soon be able to use the internet to curb their children's excessive use.