I really like LBSZone with its reports and news and stuff - I’ve linked to it before, and no doubt will again! They are highlighting a report at the moment on THE STRUCTURE OF THE EUROPEAN LBS MARKET 2005.

What are the latest developments on the European LBS market? This forecast shows that LBS could contribute [...]

Directions Magazine has an article by Scott Hotes outline LBS positives for Enterprise:
Location-based services (LBS) have resurged remarkably over this last year throughout the North American market. For over three years, location pioneers Bell Mobility and Nextel were alone in offering high precision (read GPS-based) services to their data customers. Then, last May, the [...]

Hong Kong actually. Wherify press release earlier in the month announced:
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (February 21, 2006) – Wherify Wireless, Inc. (OTCBB:WFYW), a leading developer of wireless location products and services, today announced the Company has completed its Global Location Service Center in Hong Kong to support Wherify-enabled service offerings in the Asian region.
From the ABOUT [...]

In this week’s Computerworld (written by John Ribeiro),
SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. plans to release a software platform for phone operators later this year that it hopes will accelerate the use of location-based services in mobile phones, the company’s president and CEO said.
SiRF sells chips and software for use in consumer Global Positioning System (GPS) products. [...]

The Sydney Morning Herald (on their Saturday morning edition front page) had this article regarding one of the most successful LBS implementations in Australia to date:
People tracking is no longer just the stuff of covert military operations or spy movies. Putting mobile phones and GPS together is an ideal technological marriage, says an expert in [...]

The Location Intelligence Conference, April 3-5 ‘06 in San Francisco:
Since we first launched this conference two years ago, we are seeing an explosion in the interest for location technology. From mapping portals, to web services, to the integration of geospatial software solutions with business intelligence and enterprise databases, the demand for better tools to help [...]

The GITA Annual conference is coming up in April 23-26.
About GITA: The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) is a nonprofit educational association serving the global geospatial community.
In the past, GITA has sponsored LBS Conferences - this one is followed by SmallWorld TenSails Symposium on April 27.
Also following the GITA shindig (on April 27) is [...]

Keep an eye on GISUser.com site for Australia &NZ Data Resources. When I last checked they had:
Global Map Australia 1M 2001 & VMAP0
Queensland Geological Data
Australian Spatial Data Directory
W. Australia Dept of LAnd Information
GEODATA TOPO 250K Series 2
NATMAP Raster
Admin and postal maps of Australia and New Zealand
NZ Route Map Data for GPS
The Australia National Geodetic Data [...]

Seeker Wireless in Sydney (and UK) offer a number of products in the LBS field.
Mapping
Why would I want to use LBS mapping services ?If you are a courier or delivery company, or someone who has a large fleet of mobile workers then you can improve your business efficiency with the ability to plot their location [...]

TechDigest (date unknown) have an article on iKids LBS/GPS phones in the UK.
Back in the day, most kids played out on the street. But if recent research is to be believed, nearly a third of children now miss out on playing outside because of parental fears for safety. If you worry everytime your child leaves [...]