Those of us that live in countries cursed with frustratingly small mobile data limits know all too well the pain of not being able to freely stream Netflix and other services while away from a WiFi network – it's basically the biggest first world problem in the world today.

Optus feels our pain, which is why it has announced that as of today, customers on selected My Plan Plus 24-month contracts will now be able to stream their Netflix, Presto, Spotify, Pandora, Google Play Music and iHeartRadio subscriptions without it counting towards their mobile data allowance.

Previously only available to prepaid customers, all of the plans include unmetered streams on music services (512kbps), while the $100 and $120 monthly plans now include unmetered Netflix and Presto in standard definition.

If you're on the $85 plan or below, you can add unmetered streaming video to your package for an extra $10 per month.

My Plan Plus contracts also include a new handset (with the option to trade up after 12 months for a one-off fee of $99), including the likes of the iPhone 6S or Samsung Galaxy Note 7, though the phone you choose will also incur an additional monthly fee. You can find out more about the offer on the Optus website.

• Best Optus phone: 5 we recommend

We've been anticipating it for just shy of forever (okay, maybe not that long), but now a launch date has finally been set for Samsung Pay in Australia.

Samsung has officially announced via press release that it will be holding a Samsung Pay launch event and press conference on June 15 – that's only a little over a week away.

According to the release, a panel with be held at the event discussing "the current mobile payments landscape and the implications of this technology for Australian consumers and businesses."

Banking on support

Though Samsung has yet to announce which banks will be supporting its NFC payment technology, representatives from American Express and Citibank will be attending the panel, leading us to assume that at least those two banks will be embracing Samsung Pay.

American Express already supports rival NFC payment service Apple Pay in Australia, so it seems likely that it will throw its hat into the Samsung Pay ring, too.

Samsung Pay functionality is currently supported by the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S6 active, Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

Though today’s best mobile phones have the capacity to provide us with all the content in the world at the drop of a hat, strict data allowances usually stop us from accessing that information, in fear of being stuck with a massive bill after the fact.

Introducing OVO, the new hybrid telco and streaming service by My Mobile Data that aims to give its customers unmetered access to specific services.

Which services, you ask? Well, OVO has announced that it has signed a 3-year deal with the V8 Supercars racing federation, so users will be able to stream V8 content without worrying about their data being chewed up.

This should please V8 fans, as research by My Mobile Data has found that 81 per cent of V8 Supercars fans polled named their mobile phones as the main device used to consume entertainment.

And V8 Supercars content is just the beginning – OVO says it’s got a number of other content partnerships currently in the works.

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Of the announcement, OVO chairman Barry O’Brien said “just as Netflix has redefined how consumers watch programmes, OVO changes how fans engage with sports and entertainment and consume content.”

On top of free V8 Supercars content, OVO will also offer unlimited national calls and SMS using the Optus Network.

OVO’s services will commence operation in early December, selling contract-free SIM cards online which will be delivered to customers by mail.

WIll unmetered V8 Supercars content be enough to differentiate OVO from the network resellers that have come (and gone) in the past? Maybe, but we sure hope those other content partnerships it has in the pipeline involve the likes of Spotify, Netflix or Stan...

• Best Optus phone: 5 we recommend