RIM just let the world know, by way of a tweet from their Developer account, that carrier billing is now available for some additional carriers through App World. The carriers listed include T-Mobile, A1 Telekom, and Vodafone UK. It’s great to see more carriers adopting this billing option. Hopefully this will spark more carriers to add the option and more developer will be able to take advantage of this great service that RIM is offering. Hit up App World if you’re on one of those carriers and let us know how you like the carrier billing option.

Source: @BlackBerryDev

RIM and Telefonica have announced today via press release that they are working together to bring carrier billing to App World. Telefonica is a huge global company that will bring carrier billing to many countries around the world. With BlackBerry App World being available in over 100 countries it only makes sense that RIM would form partnerships to extend carrier billing to many more of those countries. The full press release is featured after the break.

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Telus put out the official press release for the Torch 9800 launch just a few short days ago. Near the bottom of that release was some information that most of us overlooked. At the end of this release, Telus was announcing that they would be offering carrier billing through App World very soon. The quote from the press release about App World was:

“TELUS is excited to be the first carrier in Canada to offer clients the ability to pay for their BlackBerry App World^TM purchases on their mobile phone bill as well as through credit card payment. This ability will be available prior to the BlackBerry Torch launch.”

This is very exciting news for both Telus customers and everyone that uses a BlackBerry. Carrier billing will make App World more accessible and is a huge step in the right direction for RIM. Apps are the future of smartphones and with RIM advancing App World they are sure to stay on top. Hopefully now that one carrier is introducing carrier billing more carriers will jump onboard with it and App World will become an even more dynamic application purchasing experience.

Source: CrackBerry