IBM has moved to expand its enterprise mobility capabilities by acquiring Israel based Worklight, a privately held developer of software for smartphones and tablets.

Vodafone has released an Android and iPhone/iPad app gives users up to date information on voice and data usage against plan quotas, and provides other useful information.

GlobalOne, a technology consulting firm specialising in cloud-based systems for enterprises, has hired the former application development team of Vodafone Australia, and its head Doug Maloney, to form a new unit that will offer professional services for building, deploying and maintaining mobile cloud apps for both consumer and enterprise environments.

Australia-based carbon credits trading marketplace, Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX), is using the services of BlinkMobile to provide access to its carbon credits trading platform from mobile devices.

Telstra is offering its BlackBerry users the ability to purchase apps from BlackBerry App World and charge the purchases directly to their monthly Telstra Mobile bill.

The Commonwealth Bank will launch tomorrow, 25 October, what it says will be "a world-first mobile app that marks a significant change to the way their customers can pay [and that] will combine a number of payment types."

Vodafone New Zealand is giving its customers a taste of augmented reality on their mobile phones in a marketing campaign designed to tie in with its sponsorship of the New Zealand Music Awards.

Optus - which became the official digital partner of the Football Federation Australia (FFA) in July - has revamped the FFA's network of websites and launched mobile apps for Hyundai A-league and Qantas Socceroos.

Intel's network and device security software subsidiary, McAfee, has unveiled its strategy - comprised of current and new products - to address the burgeoning demand for securing and managing mobile devices - especially employee-owned devices being brought into the corporate environment.

Intel's network and device security software subsidiary, McAfee, has unveiled its strategy - comprised of current and new products - to address the burgeoning demand for securing and managing mobile devices - especially employee-owned devices being brought into the corporate environment.