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  1. Videocon Launches GSM Service In Coimbatore, Finally!

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (3 hours, 43 min ago) Mobile

    Videocon has become 14th telecom operator to launch GSM services in the crowded Indian market. The service, branded as Videocon Mobile Services (and not Datacom) is live in Coimbatore. Videocon has licenses for operations in 21 circles. New connections will be made at Videocon Mobile Shop, ‘Next’ showroon and Planet M Showrooms. We called up the customer [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Vodafone   Aircel   Videocon Group

  2. Mobile Apps: Downloads In Asia Expected To Grow…Revenue?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (8 hours, 32 min ago) Mobile

    Mobile Apps: Downloads In Asia Expected To Grow…Revenue? There were 7 billion mobile application downloads in 2009, and this is set to increase at a Compounded Annual Gross Rate (CAGR) of 92 percent to 50 billion by 2012, according to a report by Chetan Sharma Consulting commissioned by applications retailer GetJar. Revenue from mobile apps, including from downloads, advertisements and virtual goods is expected to increase from [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Aircel   Diwaskar Chettri   Tata DocoMo

  3. Dow Jones Launches WSJ Mobile App On Airtel

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (17 hours, 14 min ago) Mobile , Funding

    Dow Jones Launches WSJ Mobile App On Airtel Dow Jones has launched The Wall Street Journal India Mobile application with Indian telco Bharti Airtel, giving users access to the latest international and Indian financial and business news from The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. For now, the app is available exclusively to Airtel mobile customers, and while the basic content is free, [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   July Systems   Airtel   WSJ

  4. State Bank Of India & Srei Sahaj Tie-Up For Rural eBanking

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 17 2010)

    State Bank Of India & Srei Sahaj Tie-Up For Rural eBanking State Bank of India has tied up with SREI Sahaj, a subsidiary of Srei Infrastructure that operates several broadband enabled Common Service Centers in India, in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Tamil Nadu. The banking services in rural areas will be provided through Sahaj Rural Development Foundation (SRDF), and possibly at [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mutual Funds   Airtel   Common Service Centers

  5. Aircel Launches INQ ‘Social Mobile’ Handsets In India

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 17 2010) Mobile

    Aircel Launches INQ ‘Social Mobile’ Handsets In India Aircel has tied-up with London based handset mnufacturer INQ to launch two of its mobile handsets in India: INQ Mini 3G, which is a candy bar phone and INQ Chat 3G, a qwerty keypad phone. They intend to launch the device via 5000 outlets. INQ Chat will cost Rs 7599 (Rs 7999 in Maharashtra) and [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Aircel   INQ   MakeMyTrip

  6. Aircel Launches Peek, An Email Only Device

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 16 2010)

    Aircel Launches Peek, An Email Only Device Aircel has launched Peek, a single purpose email device in India. The device comes with a full QWERTY keypad and a 2.5″ screen, is attractively priced at Rs 2999, and allows users to access unlimited emails on the move. It supports up to three POP3 or IMAP accounts from service providers like Gmail, Yahoo! or Hotmail, as [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Gmail   Aircel   Diwaskar Chettri

  7. Ford Uses QR Codes In FIGO Advertisement; To What End?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 16 2010)

    Ford Uses QR Codes In FIGO Advertisement; To What End? It’s good to see QR codes are being further trialled as a cross-media tool in India. After Mid Day, car manufacturer Ford is using QR Code in print ads for its new hatchback Figo. The QR Code on the Ford advertisement  delivers via mobile, a video advertisement of the Figo. To what end will QR Codes [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ford   McDonalds   Diwaskar Chettri

  8. RCOM Crosses 100M Wireless Customers; Next 100M Not So Easy

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 15 2010) Acquisition

    Telecom operator Reliance Communications has announced that it has crossesd 100 million wireless customers in India, covering GSM, CDMA and probably wireless data cards as well. To celebrate the success the company has unveiled a 100 Million Commemorative Logo and has announced plans of launching services like the 100 Million Caller Tunes. We’ve not experienced [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Cdma   Reliance Industries Limited   Diwaskar Chettri

  9. Facebook To Open Office In Hyderabad; Support Only?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 15 2010) Social Networking

    (with inputs from Nikhil Pahwa) Facebook has announced that they will open an office in India, in Hyderabad. While the company claims that it has 8 million users from India (according to Facebook advertising, 6,483,100 are 18 years and above), it appears that this move is essentially to support the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California, [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Don Faul   Yahoo

  10. News Digest: Bsnl, Infibeam, Airtel Audit, Vodafone & Dot-COAI

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 15 2010) Telecom , Acquisition

    BSNL Exits Zamtel Bid Indian PSU BSNL has quit the race to buy a majority stake in Zambia’s fixed-line phone operator Zamtel. Only three operators Angola’s Unitel, Libya’s LAP Green Networks and Russia ’s Altimo remain in the bid to acquire 75 percent stake in the telecom operator. (Read more at Reuters) IPL Merchandise Store Powered By [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airtel   Adidas   Reebok India

  11. Dialog Telekom Launches Music Station Powered By Geodesic; Mundu IM Now On IPhone OS

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 12 2010)

    Dialog Telekom Launches Music Station Powered By Geodesic; Mundu IM Now On IPhone OS Sri Lankan telco Dialog Telekom, has launched an Internet Radio service called Music Station, built on Geodesic’s Mundu Radio platform for its six million subscribers. The platform will work across both 2G and 3G data networks and has a large number of licensed internet radio stations. It is designed to scale and allow unlimited channels [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mundu IM   Diwaskar Chettri   Blackberry

  12. eYantra Raises $7.8 M In Series B From Argonaut

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 12 2010) Acquisition , Funding

    Hyderbad based merchandising and corporate gifting solution company eYantra Industries Ltd has raised $7.8 million in series B funding led by US based PE Argonaut Private Equity, reports Business Standard. The company plans to use some of the funds for three acquisitions: among them, Bangalore based Hourglass Essentials. eYantra had earlier acquired majority stake in Mumbai [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Diwaskar Chettri   Argonaut

  13. eGov: Expensive Internet Services For Farmers; eDistricts CSCs Behind Schedule

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 12 2010)

    eGov: Expensive Internet Services For Farmers; eDistricts CSCs Behind Schedule One would expect that pricing of Internet access to farmers would be highly subsidized, and not as expensive as cybercafes: the Agriculture Department of Andhra Pradesh is running pilot programmes in 3 mandals from 3 regions of West Godavari, Kurnool and Karimnagar District for various services to farmers through Citizen Service Centres (CSCs). The cost: Surfing [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Department of Information Technology   RFP   CSC

  14. Grameenphone Launches Mobile Rail Ticketing In Bangladesh

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 11 2010) Mobile

    Despite claims of IRCTC launching application based rail ticketing on mobile, there’s no clear indication of how they’re doing. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Railway has taken the telco route for mobile ticketing: commuters in Bangladesh can now reserve train tickets 10 days in advance over their mobile phone through Grameenphone’s Mobitaka service. Importantly, the payment can be done [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Irctc   Diwaskar Chettri   GrameenPhone

  15. News Digest: Bsnl, Ttsl, SingTel-YOU & Paid News

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 10 2010) Telecom

    Government Approves 10 percent Sale of BSNL There’s been talk of plans to divest stake in public sector companies: according to sources quoted in the report, the Telecom Ministry has approved the sale of 10 percent stake in BSNL. (Read more at  Bloomberg UTV) However, keep in mind that BSNL is also mired in controversy regarding its [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bloomberg UTV   Diwaskar Chettri   Tata Photon

  16. Vodafone Launches Mobile Application Store; IPL Tickets

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 9 2010) Mobile , Social Networking

    Vodafone Launches Mobile Application Store; IPL Tickets Vodafone Essar has announced that its mobile applications store in India, launched on February 15 has already witnessed  10,000 downloads. This is the latest in a flurry of telecom operator app stores planned in India: Airtel has its App Central, powered by Cellmania, already up. Idea Cellular’s App Store is powered by Spice Digital and [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Vodafone   Aircel   Airtel

  17. DoT Shuts Down S Tel Services: V For Vendetta?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 9 2010)

    New entrant telco S Tel , has been asked by DoT to stop service in all of the three circles, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa it has been operating from December last year,  in the interest of national security reports Business Line. We find it surprising that the Government realized that S Tel allegedly is a security [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Diwaskar Chettri   Batelco   Delhi High Court

  18. BBC Janala Delivers 1M English Lessons To Mobile In Bangladesh

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 8 2010) Mobile

    BBC Janala Delivers 1M English Lessons To Mobile In Bangladesh BBC World Service Trust announced last month that Janala, a mobile service which helps learn English via mobile phones in Bangladesh, has delivered 1 million English lessons. Janala, which means window, was launched in November last year and is run by BBC World Service Trust and funded by UK’s Department for International Development. (Hat Tip: Rajeev Gambhir) The [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Diwaskar Chettri

  19. ITV Gets UK Broadcast Rights For IPL 2010; Live Streaming vs YouTube

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 7 2010)

    ITV Gets UK Broadcast Rights For IPL 2010; Live Streaming vs YouTube ITV has secured UK broadcast rights for the 2010 Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament to be shown on its digital channel ITV4 for an undisclosed amount.  The channel will broadcast 59 out of the 60 matches, all free-to-air. ITVs live coverage will be free to air on Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin.presented by Matt Smith alongside [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bollywood   Youtube   Diwaskar Chettri

  20. DQ Entertainment IPO Opens On March 8; Challenges

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 5 2010)

    DQ Entertainment IPO Opens On March 8; Challenges Hyderabad based animation firm DQ Entertainment will be going public on March 8 with 16,048,011 equity shares of Rs. 10 each. Subscriptions will close on March 10, 2010. The price band and minimum bid lot have not yet been announced; price will be determined by 100 percent book building mechanism. Post issue, promoters DQ Entertainment [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Diwaskar Chettri   DQ Entertainment   IPO

  21. Reliance Technology Ventures Rebranded; Time Line

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 5 2010) Acquisition

    Venture Capital subsidiary of Reliance ADA Group Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd has been re branded as Reliance Venture Asset Management Ltd, reports VCCircle. The company is looking beyond technology- enabled businesses with the change in its name and will focus in sustainable companies following a sector, stage and geography agnostic investment approach. Reliance also [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance Industries Limited   Diwaskar Chettri

  22. Liquid Comics To Adapt Deepak Chopra’s ‘Beyond’ For Film

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 4 2010) Bollywood

    Liquid Comics To Adapt Deepak Chopra’s ‘Beyond’ For Film Liquid Comics formerly known as Virgin Comics has partnered with Deepak Chopra, yes – the author of self-help and motivational books, for a film based on their graphic novel ‘Beyond’, which will be directed by British filmmaker Suri Krishnamma. Liquid Comics’ founders Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devrajan along with John Garland and Michael Diffucy will produce [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance Industries Limited   Liquid Comics   Diwaskar Chettri

  23. BookMyShow To Sell Tickets For IPL 3; What Happened To TicketPro.in?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 3 2010)

    BookMyShow To Sell Tickets For IPL 3; What Happened To TicketPro.in? Only 8 days to go for the start of the Indian Premier League, and online ticketing website BookmyShow.com has announced that they are the exclusive ticketing partner for the Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab and official online ticketing Partner for Delhi Daredevils. Tickets can be booked online, through a mobile app, WAP. If you’ve ever [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   IPL   CCI   Chennai Super Kings

  24. News Digest: Bsnl, Ipl, I&b Ministry, Gameshastra, Essar – American Tower & More

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 3 2010) Telecom

    Scrap 93 Million GSM Line Tender says Pitroda Sam Pitroda led committee has told BSNL to scrap the 93 million GSM line contract and has suggested that the PSU should adopt the managed service model. (Read more at Business Line) Raja To Face The Heat For BSNL’s Dismal Performance A report compiled by DoT bureaucrats on the problems [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   IPL   Essar   I&B ministry

  25. Meltwater Acquires Social Media Monitoring Co BuzzGain For $4 Million

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 2 2010) Social Networking , Acquisition

    Meltwater Acquires Social Media Monitoring Co BuzzGain For $4 Million Norwegian software company Meltwater Group has has acquired social media monitoring company BuzzGain Inc. PC reports that the deal is worth $4 million including earn outs. BuzzGain is a California based social media monitoring company with a development office in Bangalore. Its customers and partners for its  social media monitoring solution includes Microsoft and Infosys [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Meltwater Group   Mukund Mohan   Diwaskar Chettri

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