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

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (14 hours, 5 min ago)

   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

2. RCOM Launches Socially With Unlimited Access To Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (19 hours, 4 min ago) Mobile , Social Networking

   Reliance Communications has launched a mobile VAS application called Socially, which gives access to to social networks including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn through a single client. What’s interesting about it is that when you receive a call, the callers recent status updates are shown. Socially is downloadable from RWorld and users can subscribe to the [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Tata DocoMo   Reliance Industries Limited   OnMobile

3. Digitoon #52: Come One, Come All. Get Your IPL 3 Digital Rights Here!

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (19 hours, 8 min ago)

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4. BSNL Inflating Subscriber Numbers, Says Director: Report

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (20 hours, 25 min ago) Telecom

   J.S. Deepak, a government nominee on the board of public sector telecom operator BSNL has said the company was inflating its subscriber base, according to a report in Business Line. According to Deepak, who is Joint Secretary (Telecom) in India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT), 28.73 percent of the companys mobile network capacity was lying unutilized. [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance Industries Limited   Department of Telecommunications

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

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (22 hours, 43 min ago) Mobile

   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)
   

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6. A Cheaper, Dumber Google Nexus One For India?

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (23 hours, 29 min ago) Mobile

   Google’s flagship Nexus One mobile handset will be redesigned for India. The handset will be a simplified cousin of the one that was launched in USA in January and will also be priced more economically, according to Digital Inspiration. Is this Google’s way of taking on Nokia, which has a market share of 55.9 percent [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Digital Inspiration   IDC   Nokia

7. Net 4 India To Raise Rs. 200M: Report

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 8 2010)

   BSE-listed web domain service provider Net 4 India will be attempting to raise funds by diluting its equity by 10 to 15%, in order to fund the expansion of its data centre. The company also has plans to expand its leased line, VPN (virtual private network) and MPLS offerings for corporates as well as push [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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8. Tata Tele Launches Dialog For Internet On TV; Price vs Education

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 8 2010)

   How do you increase India’s budgetary allocations for broadband? Simple, convince the Finance Minister that Farmville generates agricultural income! Jokes aside, another initiative has been launched to try to make the Internet more accessible to consumers: Tata Teleservices has announced the launch of Dialog, a device that will allow users to access the Internet from their TV [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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9. July Systems, Indiagames, GoBindaas Ink IPL 3 Deals; Complete List Of Mobile Partners

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 8 2010) Mobile

   Bangalore-based mobile firm July Systems has bagged the exclusive rights to the mobile Internet portal M.IPLT20.com, the official site for the third Indian Premier League on the mobile. UTV Group owned Indiagames is the official gaming partner for the Indian Premier League while the Noida based GoBindas Entertainment has landed the Interactive Voice & Video Response [...] (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   July Systems   MMS   SMS

10. BIGMaps COO Manav Sethi Resigns

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 8 2010) Social Networking

    Manav Sethi, COO BigMaps, and AVP Corporate Strategy at Reliance Entertainment has put in his papers, MediaNama had learnt from reliable sources. Reliance Entertainment President Rajesh Sawhney has subsequently confirmed the development. Sethi’s next move is not known, though it is rumored that he may either be starting up or joining a venture fund. We’ll [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance Industries Limited   Sudhir Sethi   Rajesh Sawhney

11. Google Maps Gets Delhi Metro Transit Info; Buses The Real Test

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 8 2010) Maps/Local

    The metro is easy. Google India and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) have announced the availability of Delhi Metro transit information on Google Maps, including – train timings, station and fare details, approximate time travel information. As a frequent user of both the Delhi Metro and Google Maps, I can vouch for the following: Firstly, [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Business Standard   Delhi Metro Rail Corporation   Metro

12. Indian Digital & Media Stocks – 5th March 2010

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 8 2010)

    Indian Digital & Media Stocks for the week ending 5th March 2010: Reliance Mediaworks 3 March 2010:Updates on Open Offer to the Shareholders of Fame India 2 March 2010:Limited Review for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2009 Bharti Airtel 3 March 2010:Press Release IBN18 2 March 2010:Limited Review for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2009 Idea Cellular 3 March 2010:Updates MTNL 4 March 2010:Mahanagar Telephone Nigam [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airtel   Fame India   Indian Digital & Media Stocks

13. Comparing MingleBox & PagalGuy's Online MBA College Application Services

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 7 2010)

    MediaNama.com (blog)Comparing MingleBox & PagalGuy's Online MBA College Application ServicesMediaNama.com (blog)Old favorite PagalGuy.com and Sequoia Capital funded born-again-as-an-education-portal Minglebox have launched platforms that allows students to apply to ...and more » (Read Full Article)
    

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14. Comparing MingleBox & PagalGuy’s Online MBA College Application Services

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 7 2010)

    Pardon the pun, but this is probably the “killer application” for online education websites in India. Old favorite PagalGuy.com and Sequoia Capital funded born-again-as-an-education-portal Minglebox have launched platforms that allows students to apply to multiple MBA colleges online, including the Indian Institutes of Management. For long, the problem for students in India – and the country’s [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Minglebox   Sequoia Capital India

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

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 7 2010)

    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

16. Spice Mobile Raising Rs. 7 Billion; JV With Blueberry

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 5 2010) Mobile , Acquisition

    A month after announcing the merging of NSE listed Spice Mobiles (SPICEMOBIL), the handset manufacturing division, with Spice Televentures, the company has revealed its plans to raise capital. It will issue FCCB, GDR, QIP or other equity linked securities or securities that are convertible into equity to the tune of Rs. 7 billion. [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Spice Televentures   Fccb   Spice Communications

17. vRock Bags IPL Mobile Rights; What Are These Rights Worth?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 5 2010) Mobile

    (by Preethi J & Nikhil Pahwa) vRock Mobile Communications has signed an agreement with licensing partner Global Cricket Ventures for global – SMS, MMS and IVR rights for a period of five years. Not much is known about the company: we could not find a website, any previous deals, nor any earlier products. Today we’ve received [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Canaan Partners   Cdma   MMS

18. DQ Entertainment IPO Opens On March 8; Challenges

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 5 2010)

    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

19. Hungama Tries Mobile Apps & Services With Hungama Labs

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 5 2010) Mobile

    Hungama Digital Entertainment is trialling a service for mobile users called Hungama Labs (Hungamalabs.com). “It is still in the concept stage,” said the company spokesperson. When asked when it might be launched, she drew a comparison with Internet giant Google which has a similarly named product Google Labs, saying, “Google Labs never had a launch [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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20. IPL Global Smartphone App Rights Go To DCI Mobile & Sigma Ventures

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 5 2010) Mobile

    Sliced and diced. The chopping up of the digital rights for the Indian Premier League continues unabated, with the “global mobile smartphone rights” being sold to Singapore based venture capitalist firm Sigma Ventures and DCI Mobile Studios, a division of Chennai based technology company Dot Com Infoway (DCI). At least this time, the rights sold are [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Global Cricket Ventures   IPL   Blackberry

21. IndiaTVNews Partners Rhythm Mobile For Online Art Gallery

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 5 2010) Mobile

    Independent News Service’s online portal IndiaTVNews.com is going the NDTV way, partnering with a zillion online companies to set up subsites. The latest one is an art gallery which is for some reason powered by a mobile VAS company called Rhythm Mobiles. The art gallery was launched “to offer a selective collection of original paintings for [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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22. 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)
    

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23. July Systems Raises $7 M To Fund Mobile Publishing; Advertising Future?

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 4 2010) Funding

    Bangalore based July Systems has raised $7 million in Series C funding led by Intel Capital, alongwith Sequoia Capital and Footprint Ventures. The details of the investment were not disclosed, but this probably isn’t your usual Series C round: the Rajesh Reddy (in pic) founded company changed its business model in 2005, much after its [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   July Systems   Acer Technology Ventures   Sequoia Capital India

24. Indians Ready To Pay For Books, Videos & Music

    Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 4 2010)

    Twenty nine percent of Indians have already paid for books (note: not e-books) online, 19 percent have paid for online magazines, and 18 percent have paid for music, a survey conducted by The Nielsen Company has revealed. The survey was across 54 countries, and 27,000 consumers, designed to examine consumer attitudes to paying for [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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