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

Apprentices gain sought-after skills, writes Cotton Ward.

TELSTRA has announced a rise of about 4 per cent in access charges for almost half its home-phone lines, just two days after posting a 13 per cent jump in annual profits to $3.7 billion.

Finding a phone and internet plan that fits your calling habits can give you more cash in your wallet, writes Debra Cleveland.

What: Before discarded mobiles were the toys of choice for kiddies wanting to make like adults, there was the tin-can phone. Two empty cans were joined by a long piece of string which, when pulled taut, acted like a transmitter.