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1. Bollywood Resorts To Crime To Fight Online Piracy

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (1 hour, 35 min ago) Bollywood

   In order to prevent online piracy – a crime by itself, Bollywood Studios appear to be turning to crime. DNA reports that Bollywood Studios have hired “Cyber Hitmen” to take down websites that offer illegal movie downloads. The report specifically mentions a Bangalore based company called Aiplex Software, which, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Fox Star Studios   Bollywood   New York Times

2. Times Of India Invests $4 Million In Online Content Network InstaMedia

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (13 hours, 42 min ago) Acquisition

   Content Network Instamedia, which owns around 15 niche content sites and the citizen journalism platform Instablogs, has raised $4 million from the Times of India group. The investment has been made via the groups Internet subsidiary Times Internet Limited (Indiatimes), and Satyan Gajwani, Director of Business Development, for the Times of India Group has joined [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Times of India Group   Satyan Gajwani   Instablogs

3. Digest: IMN News, I&B Anti-Piracy, Yatra, Webchutney, Netxcell, ApnaCircle

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (23 hours ago)

   IMN News appoints Diptosh Majumdar as Editorial Director In preparing for its imminent transformation to IMN News, NewsX has announced the appointment of Diptosh Majumdar as its Editorial Director. He will be based in NewsX’s Noida office and spearhead channel’s newsroom operations. Prior to joining NewsX, Diptosh was the National Affairs Editor at CNN IBN and had [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   ESPN Star Sports   Airtel   NetXcell

4. Telecom Secretary PJ Thomas Made CVC; Will He Look Into 2G License Scam?

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (23 hours, 16 min ago) Telecom

   P.J. Thomas, former Telecom Secretary, was sworn in as 14th Central Vigilance Commissioner by the President of India yesterday, after less than a year at the telecom ministry. Thomas had been appointed Telecom Secretary in October 2009, and oversaw the 3G auction, and weathered the storm surrounding allegations of corruption facing Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   P.J. Thomas   Income Tax Department   Andimuthu Raja

5. Consim Launches Marriage Portal For Defence Personnels

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 8 2010)

   The CommunityMatrimony family of online matrimonial portals has a new member: DefenceMatrimony.com. Launched by Consim Info, this portal provides online matrimony services to the Army, Air Force and Navy personnel. Considering the amount of difficulty in finding suitable matches that is faced by defense personnels who are posted in remote areas like Siachen and Kargil, the portal provides a [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Consim Info Pvt. Ltd   Air Force

6. July 2010: India Broadband Base at 9.77 M; Mobile At 652.42 M

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 8 2010)

   The total broadband connection base in India grew by 3.39% during July 2010, up from 9.45 million at the end of June 2010, inching slowly towards the 10 million mark, even as the number of wireline connections in the country declined by around 220,000 to 35.96 million. BSNL holds 74.20% of the wireline marketshare, while [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Airtel   Pahwa Email Email Print Print   Uninor

7. SMS GupShup Goes To Philippines With Globe Telecom

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 8 2010) Mobile , Telecom

   Group messaging company SMS GupShup has entered into a partnership with Globe Telecom, one of Philippines’ leading telecommunication companies, to launch the SMS Reply-All Chat service in the country. Globe is among the leading telecom operators in the Philippines, but has been struggling to retain mobile customers (down 2% YoY for the first half of 2010; download pdf) [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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8. Advertisement: 221 Digital & Telecom Jobs At JobNama

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 8 2010) Mobile

   221 Job Openings at JobNama, our free Digital Job board. To post a job click here. Featured Jobs - Business Development Executive - Schematic Digital - Digital Technology Head – Star News Some recent openings: Head-Development for the new age startup – Pumpkinsafari.com, Anywhere E-Commerce – Client Servicing and Marketing Manager – Lloyds Ventures Product Manager/UI Specialist for Mobile Applications – One97 Communications Ltd Content and Digital Strategist [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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9. Why SMS Spam Has Increased In India: Business Model Changes

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 7 2010) Mobile

   On September 11th 2010, I’ll complete three years on the Do-Not-Call registry, and even now, I get a few calls a month (the last one today from +91-11-45197100), and a few SMS’ every day, mostly from service providers TM (Tata Teleservices, Mumbai; for example TM-11111111) and LM (Loop, Mumbai; for example, from LM-L_N_P). The move to [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Airtel   Tata Teleservices   VAS

10. Telenor Investors Get Cold Feet Over India Telecom Investment, But It Plans To Stay

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 7 2010) Telecom

    Just days after a report suggesting that some of India’s new telecom operators (were granted spectrum in 2008) had approached the countrys telecom ministry for an exit route, comes a Bloomberg report with analysts urging Telenor to quit India, just a few weeks shy of its Analysts Day on September 21st. This is reminiscent of calls for [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Telenor   Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo   Bloomberg

11. Tushar Vyas Returns To Group M As National Director, Interaction

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 6 2010)

    Tushar Vyas, previously Director and CMO at Digital Advertising startup Surewaves, has returned to media buying agency GroupM as National Director (Interaction) after three years. An email was sent out to employees today announcing his return, and Vyas subsequently confirmed this development to MediaNama. As a part of his current role, he will also look [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   SureWaves   GroupM   Tushar Vyas

12. Mobile Contactless Payments Co Tyfone Raises $5 Million From Polaris, HDFC Holdings, Ojas

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 6 2010) Acquisition , Funding

    Update: In a press release,Tyfone hs said that it has raised money the $5 million in Series B financing from HDFC Holdings and returning investors Ojas Venture Partners, apart from an unnamed strategic manufacturing partner. Over the past 12 months, Tyfone has also added a US patent for “Electronic Transaction Cards” to its portfolio. August 23rd: [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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13. Times Audience Network To Launch PlayTime In-Banner Video Ad In India

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 6 2010) Video

    Times Audience Network (TAN), the digital video arm of the Times of India group, appears to be on a drive to acquire video inventory for the Indian market. After acquiring the mandate to sell advertising for Monsoon Ads publishers in India last week, TAN has announced a deal with TubeMogul, to launch PlayTime advertising platform [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Komli   TAN   CNN

14. In.com And Traffic Tactics: Why Comparing In.com With Rediff Is Incorrect

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 6 2010)

    Web18* owned In.com, according to a report in Afaqs, has surpassed Rediff.com, in terms of Unique visitors worldwide. Do check the report for exact numbers from Comscore. With this, In.com can lay claim to being the largest Indian portal. But is this comparison really right? In.com isn’t really entirely a content site – much of [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Web18   Lakshmi Narasimhan   Pahwa Email Email Print Print

15. Airtel Broadband Doesn’t Want To Be A Dumb Pipe

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 6 2010)

    Bharti Airtel is planning to introduce an applications store for its fixed line customers, reports Business Line. The company, which has over 3.1 million fixed line users and 1.3 million broadband connections, will be looking to partner with content owners for this. K Srinivas, President (Telemedia Services) Bharti Airtel is quoted as saying “Within the next [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airtel   Business Line   Telemedia Services

16. Weekly Digest (27th-3rd Sep 2010)

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 5 2010)

    This week: - Today: MTS will announce the launch of its handsets (Delhi) - Today: TRAI will host an Open House Discussion at Hotel Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. Starts at 10 AM. (note: upcoming event updates and weekly information to rakesh@medianama.com) Editors Picks for last week - HCL Wins Contract For 100,000 $35 Tablets For India - SEBI Makes Private Treaty Disclosures [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   MTS   Sebi

17. Indian Digital And Media Stocks – 3rd Sep 2010

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 5 2010)

    Indian Digital And Media Stocks for the week ending 3rd September 2010: Reliance Mediaworks Ltd 31 August 2010:Outcome of AGM Aksh Optifibre 2 September 2010:Outcome of Board Meeting 31 August 2010:Disclosures under Reg. 7(3) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 1997 31 August 2010:Disclosures under Reg.13(6) of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992 30 August 2010:Disclosures under Reg. 7(1) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance Mediaworks Ltd   Sebi

18. Digest: Airtel, Bsnl, Rbnl, Essar, Sam Pitroda

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 5 2010) Telecom , Acquisition

    Essar Completes Acquisition Of AGC Networks Essar Group completed its acquisition of AGC Networks, total deal size was $61.4 million (Rs 288 crore), taking Essar’s stake in the company to 79.13 per cent, including closure of the open offer representing 20 per cent of AGC Networks’ outstanding shares.[Business Standard] Sam Pitroda Criticizes BSNL For Losing Competitive Edge Having [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   India Times   Airtel   SAM

19. HCL Wins Contract For 100,000 $35 Tablets For India

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 3 2010)

    HCL Technologies has won a contract to manufacture 100,000 of the Indian governments $35 tablets, to be rolled out before the 10th of January 2011, reports Mint. The Indian government is allocating Rs. 30 crore (around $6.4 million) for the project. IIT Rajasthan will test the device. (Watch: demo of the $35 Tablet, with the Android [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   One Laptop Per Child   Olpc   HCL Technologies

20. Airtel Owned Warid May Have To Become A Public Limited Company

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 3 2010) Acquisition

    Warid Telecom, a Bangladesh based telecom operators which Bharti Airtel acquired 70% stake in, in January this year, may be among 24 companies in the country that are asked to become a public limited company, reports The Financial Express (Bangladesh). According to the rules of Bangladesh’s stock market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airtel   SEC   Warid Telecom

21. Naspers Invested Over $10 M In Ibibo In FY10; Goibibo $1M Per Month; Payments Platform?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 2 2010) Acquisition

    In its annual report, Naspers, the South African media conglomerate, has reported that it invested ZAR 76 million (around $10.29 million at current rates) in ‘Development Costs’ in MIH India (Ibibo) during the financial year ended March 31st 2010. This is less than the ZAR 98 million it had invested in the company during the [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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22. Railway Stations Get Mobile Controlled Water Pumps; Nano Ganesh?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 2 2010)

    Northern Frontier Railway has come up with a system that saves manpower and electric energy used in running water pumps. They are using an automated unit based on mobile technology to automatically run pumps, which has already been implemented in four stations of Rangiya Division in Northeast Frontier Railway: Tezpur, Tangla, Majbat and Rangjuli. [PIB] The pumps can [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Anmol Pradhan   Nano Ganesh

23. Tanla Granted Indian Patent For Its Automated Meter Reading System

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 2 2010)

    Tanla Solutions Limited, one of the two public listed mobile Value Added Services companies in India, has been granted a Patent (No.: 241745) for its Automatic Meter Reading system by the Indian Patent Office. It had applied for the patent in India in 2006, and Singapore and Europe in 2007. The Singapore patent was granted in May [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Tanla Solutions Limited   Anmol Pradhan   Tanla

24. IPTV Co Aksh Closes $25 M GDR Issue; MD Resigns, Moves To International Subsidiary

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Sep 2 2010)

    IPTV company Aksh Optifibre has successfully closed its GDR issue of $25 million, allocating 58,287,500 equity shares underlying 1,165,750 GDRs. This follows an earlier approval that company’s board had given, for raising approximately $50 million, for funding the expansion of its IPTV business. Aksh is an IPTV (iControl) and VoIP (Pigeon) franchisee for government owned [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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