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• BlackBerry 7.1 OS lands in Australia

  The BlackBerry 7.1 operating system (OS) is now available for download in Australia from Optus and Vodafone.

• EU and Japan to make the Internet safer for children

  Europe and Japan will work together on a strategy to make the Internet safer for children and teenagers.

• Optus and Vodafone sign an agreement to pool resources

  Optus has signed a binding memorandum of understanding with Vodafone, striking an agreement to combine the telcos' resources to improve network coverage and cut costs.

• Vodafone seeks international arbitration in India tax case

  Vodafone said it served a notice to the Indian government on Tuesday as a first step in seeking international arbitration in a dispute that could see it paying over US$2 billion in taxes.

• EU investigates UK mobile payments plan

  Europe's competition watchdog has opened an in-depth investigation into plans by three telecommunications companies to create a joint "mobile wallet" venture in the U.K.

• Huawei Discovery Expedition will take a beating

  Chinese-based networking and telecommunications company Huawei has today launched a shock, water and dust resistant mobile phone in Australia that is likely appeal to tradies.

• Australian telcos unveil pricing for new iPad

  Vodafone, Optus and Telstra have announced pricing for the third-generation Apple iPad.

• Vodafone launches contract plans for new iPad

  Vodafone will sell Apple's new iPad on both 12 and 24 month contract plans, the telco has announced.

• EU weighs investigation of collusion among mobile operators

  Europe's top antitrust regulator is considering an investigation against the European Union's five biggest telecommunication companies for possible anticompetitive collusion against potential competitors including Apple and Google.

• Vodafone announces Samsung Galaxy Note

  Samsung's Galaxy Note will soon be available in Australia, Vodafone has announced.

• Preview: Prada Phone by LG 3.0

  The Prada Phone by LG 3.0 is the third smartphone LG has developed in collaboration with Italian fashion label Prada.

• Vodafone teams up with McAfee to offer security app for Android

  Vodafone has teamed up with security vendor, McAfee, to offer a protection service for the telco’s Android phone customers.

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  Vodafone should go retail-only: Analyst

  Vodafone Australia should consider ditching its infrastructure business and instead focus on being a Telstra or Optus reseller, according to one of the country's leading telco analysts.

• Review: HTC Sensation XL Android phone

  Is a 4.7-inch screen just too big for a smartphone? HTC has bravely endeavoured to find out with the launch of the Sensation XL Android phone.

• Vodafone wins over $2B tax dispute in India

  India's Supreme Court has ruled that Vodafone did not have to withhold tax from Hutchison Telecommunications when buying its stake in 2007 in Indian mobile operator, Hutchison Essar, Vodafone said on Friday.