Update: BlackBerry has been in touch to say O2 is still confirming whether it’s part of the Telefonica tie-up, but that Vodafone is bringing app billing to the UK ‘later this year’.
RIM and Telefonica have just come clean on a new tie-up, which will see punters using the Spanish giants’ networks able to pay for apps from BlackBerry App World as part of their monthly bill, rather than up front.
Vodafone and Telefónica have announced that they will join forces and link their European networks to give better coverage in Germany, Spain, Ireland and the UK.
O2 may be about to sign an exclusive deal to sell the new Palm Pre handset in the UK. Parent company Telefónica has already snapped up the rights in several other countries.
Japan may have already plunged into recession, but over here at least, the broadband market hasn’t been affected by the credit crunch, as O2, has announced an increase of 16% on the last four months. Read more