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The world's top mobile browser maker, Norway's Opera Software, today released a test version of its mobile browser, Mini 5, promising new features, easier usage and new design, reports Reuters.

Reuters reports that Google has claimed that Apple rejected its Google Voice application for the iPhone, contradicting Apple's statement to regulators last month.

The South Korean telecoms regulator today gave approval for Apple's iPhone to be sold in the country in a move that could shake-up a local handset market dominated by domestic vendors such as Samsung and LG.

The Telegraph reports that Apple's iPhone will soon be available from all five UK operators after T-Mobile and 3 have discovered a loophole that sees both companies only offering the phone to its most high-value customers.

Just a day after rival Orange announced it is to break O2 UK's exclusive hold over the iPhone, Vodafone has said it plans to sell the iconic device in the UK and Ireland "in early 2010."

France Telecom-owned Orange UK is to begin selling Apple's iPhone later this year, bringing an end to rival O2 UK's exclusive hold over the iconic handset.

Reuters notes that US operator AT&T will open its 3G network to third-party Internet voice applications on Apple's iPhone, clearing the way for services such as Skype.