Mobile

Videocon Emerges As Buyer For Motorola’s Handset Division; In Early Talks - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 23 May 2008 10:26 AM PST

Videocon said today it was in early talks to buy Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) handset division, according to the Business Standard. Videocon, a consumer electronics company, said it made a bid…

How To Start A Voice Portal With Rs 1 Lakh - 10 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 22 May 2008 10:10 PM PST

Just finished reading a very interesting post on ”How To Start A VoiceSite With Rs. 1 Lakh” by Veerchand Bothra from Netcore. Bothra writes that, apart from content, all one…

Buongiorno Launches Mobile Ad Solutions In India - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 20 May 2008 12:07 PM PST

Hong Kong based VAS and Mobile marketing player Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) is rolling out their mobile advertising solution in India. We had earlier in the day covered mobile web usage…

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Makaan Launches SMS based Real Estate Mobile Application - 4 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 20 May 2008 11:05 AM PST

People Group’s real estate property, Makaan.com, has launched an SMS based mobile application, developed by sister concern, Mauj Mobile. The difference being that while those like Magicbricks have apps that…

AOL India Allows Users To Send SMS Via Email And Mobile - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 20 May 2008 05:27 AM PST

AOL India is trying to drive signups by offering users free SMS services via mail and messenger. Subscribers are offered the facility to send free Instant messages and SMS’ to…

Opera Mini Usage Trends In India: Social Networking And Content Are Key - 8 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 20 May 2008 04:33 AM PST

With no third party data available on mobile website usage in India, we’re relying on company information for trends. Over the past couple of weeks, conversations I’ve had with even…

OnMobile Acquires France’s Telisma S.A. - 7 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 18 May 2008 02:24 AM PST

OnMobile Global, India’s VAS major, has acquired France based speech recognition software provider Telisma S.A. As per the earnings call we had covered recently, OnMobile had indicated two acquisitions, the…

Virgin Mobile Appoints Madhusudan Mandyam as CEO - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Thu 15 May 2008 09:08 AM PST

Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) India has appointed Madhusudan Mandyam as its CEO, reports Afaqs. Mandyam was earlier president of Tata Teleservices. Branson had earlier stated Virgin was open to alliances…

iPhone Deal In India Is Non-Exclusive: Airtel Also Signs A Deal With Apple - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 12 May 2008 01:11 AM PST

So it looks like Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) doesn’t have an exclusive deal for the iPhone in India: Airtel has also announced a tie-up with Apple to bring the iPhone to…

HDFC Bank Ties Up With ngpay For Mobile Banking - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 07 May 2008 05:26 AM PST

HDFC Bank has finally thrown its hat into the mobile money transfer ring - the company has tied up with NGPay, the mobile payment solution from Jigrahak , reports ET.…

Updated: India To Be Hub Of BBC World News’ South Asia Ops; Content Deal With Six Telcos - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 May 2008 10:51 PM PST

Update: India will be the hub of the BBCs South Asian Marketing, Communications and Audience Insight activity, reports Exchange4media. Vaishali Sharma has been promoted as Head of Marcomms, BBC Global…

Vodafone To Launch iPhone In India This Year - 16 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 06 May 2008 08:31 AM PST

So, we eat humble pie. Vodafone confirms a month old Business Standard story, it will launch the iPhone in India along with Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Portugal,…

TRAI Issues Consultation Paper On MVNOs In India - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 05 May 2008 09:51 PM PST

Just noticed this on the TRAI website: the regulator has issued a consultation paper for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in India. You may download the paper here. We’ll have…

Zapak, Jump To Launch Cricket Game Based On Ishant Sharma - 3 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 05 May 2008 09:47 PM PST

Reliance Entertainment owned Zapak and Jump games continue their licensing streak. Both gaming divisions of ADAG will develop an online and mobile game respectively, based on cricketer Ishant Sharma. The…

One97 Communications To Close $25 Million In Funding - 11 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 05 May 2008 03:09 AM PST

Mobile Value Added Services company One97 Communications is in the process of raising $25 million in Series B funding, the company has confirmed to contentSutra. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder and…

India Had 261 Mobile Million Subs End March; Only 3.9 Million Broadband Subs - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 01 May 2008 10:59 PM PST

As per a TRAI release, India became the second largest wireless network in the world, by the end of March. India now has over 261.09 million wireless subscribers, with 10.16…

Earnings: RCom Interested In MVNOs, But Waiting For TRAI Recommendations - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 30 Apr 2008 07:07 AM PST

Reliance Communications, the CDMA telecom operator from the ADA Group added 18 million subscribers this year, compared to 8 million last year. This brings its total tally to 46 million…

Telco Roundup: Canada Questions DoT, RComm To Launch GSM Year End - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 28 Apr 2008 04:19 PM PST

--- Research In Motion (Canadian based manufacturer of Blackberry) is bringing in the heavy artillery, the Canadian High Commissioner Malon. In a letter to A Raja, Malone opines that media…

Telco Roundup: M&A Guidelines; TRAI Recommends Increase In FDI In News Broadcasting - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 27 Apr 2008 02:21 AM PST

-- The DoT has issued M&A Guidelines for telecom licenses, stating that no merger and acquisition will be allowed if as a result of which the number of service providers…

Obopay Inc Secures $20 Million From Essar, Qualcomm, Promethean India And Others - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 25 Apr 2008 03:05 AM PST

Mobile payment company Obopay Inc has secured a $20 million in a fourth round of investment led by India’s Essar Communications Holdings, and included Alliance Bernstein, ONSET Ventures, Redpoint Ventures,…

Videocon To Partner With South African Telco MTN For GSM Business: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 24 Apr 2008 02:16 AM PST

Electronic Goods major Videocon Industries is close to inking a deal with South African telecom co MTN Group as a partner for its telecom operations in India, reports Business Standard.…

NetXcell To Raise Rs 12 Crore Through Private Equity - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 23 Apr 2008 12:30 AM PST

NetXcell, a telecom application service provider, is in the process of raising $3 million (approx Rs 12 crore) through a private equity to fund sales operations in India and the…

IBM Unveils India Led Mobile Web Initiative; Overview Of Apps And Services - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 22 Apr 2008 12:25 PM PST

IBM’s India research lab has announced an initiative to bring mobile web services to mobile handsets, which they see as rivaling the PC as primary tools of business and communication.…

Telecom Roundup: Rural Discount; Do Not Call Update; Spectrum Revenue; Monitoring - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 22 Apr 2008 04:06 AM PST

The Great Indian Subscriber Grab continues: the Hindu reports that mobile operators are offering all rural subscribers a discount of Rs. 125 (Rs. 50 upfront, and Rs. 75 as talktime);…

Telecom Roundup: ARPU, Internet & Broadband Subs; VoIP Declines; Inflation Hits Handset Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Fri 18 Apr 2008 12:43 AM PST

An All India blended ARPU for GSM subscribers declined by 5.09%, from Rs 275 in the September ending quarter, to Rs 261 in the December ending quarter, according to the…