Weekly Digest (6th-13th July 2012)


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Events

Sep 26-29 2012, Delhi: Nullcon 4th International Conference on IT security

Investment & M&A

Shareaholic Raises $3 Million Funding From Kepha Partners & Existing Investors
Dentsu Acquires Aegis Group For GBP 3.16 Billion
Prepaid Payments Company TranServ Raises Funding From Nirvana Venture Advisors
Music Messaging Platform Melod.io Launches iOS App; Raises Funding
Mobikon Raises $1.7M From Jungle Ventures & Others In Series-A Funding
Bigshoebazaar Raises Rs 100 Crore From Fidelity, Qualcomm & Existing Investors
App Development Company Twist Mobile Raises Funding From Matrix Partners

Data

IRCTC Reports 13.57M Transactions For May 2012

Other Updates:

Nokia Launches Twitter App For Series 40 Phones; Review
InMobi Acquires Appbistro & AppGalleries Owner MMTG Labs
On Tata Docomo’s Project Clean VAS
Thoughts On Indiatimes’ MyTimes & Times Rewards Loyalty Points For Readers

Imsy Offers Third Party Content On Instant Messaging; Our Take
Industry Moves: InMobi, Yahoo
Hiring In Internet & Mobile Sectors In June 2012: Up 9% On Naukri; 8% On TimesJobs
Rocket Internet Launches Online Printing Service Printvenue

Panelists For Our “Monetization Of Mobile Apps” Panel @ mBillionth, 21st July, Delhi
Sandeep Ganguly, OnMobile’s Business Head Of Latin American Ops, Resigns
Updated: Maxis Communications Looking To Sell Aircel Stake; Timeline
News Digest: Wikipedia, SSTL, Karbonn Mobiles, DoT, RIL & More

Kerala Tourism Launches Mobile Apps; Review
TableGrabber Launches Online Restaurant Reservation Service In Delhi-NCR
RedBus Announces Tie-Up With RSRTC
NH7 Launches Music Store On Flipkart Flyte; Why?

MouthShut Launches Mobile Site; Our Take
OnMobile Updates: Govt Seeks Report; Promoter Group Co Details
MediaTek Inks Deal To Bring Twitter To Feature Phones
TRAI Releases Draft Regulations On Service Quality Of Mobile Internet

IRCTC Takes Steps To Improve Tatkal Ticket Bookings
Expedia Partners Thomas Cook India To Offer Online Visa Services
Statewise Broadband Subscribers In India – September 2011
Prizm Payments Will Target Home Delivery Segment With Mobile Based PoS Device

Mogae Digital To Launch Talking Comics On DTH, Mobile
Facebook Extends App Center To India; Launches New Localization Tool
OnMobile CEO & MD Arvind Rao Resigns; Mouli Raman Is Interim MD
Indian Mobile Handset Revenues Drop 5% In 2011-12: Report

Vserv Adds Paywall To Mobile Apps With AppWrapper; Deals With Vodafone, Nazara, Indiagames, Jump Games
Times Internet Appoints Joy Basu As CFO
MediaNama Panel @ mBillionth: Monetization Of Mobile Apps, 21st July 2012, Delhi
Ad: India Business Group Mumbai 2012: Emerging Mobile Opportunities

Department Of Post – BSNL To Offer Mobile Money Order; Pilot By Aug-Sept 2012
ISPAI Contests 8% License Fee On ISPs At TDSAT
Prizm Payments Plans Square Clone; $50B In Transactions In India?
News Digest: Aircel, MTNL, Doordarshan-Coke Studio, 2G Spectrum Auction & More
I&B Ministry Makes It Mandatory For Cable Industry To Provide Data

Also See: Digital & Telecom Jobs At JobNama

Useful Lists:

Deals: VC, PE & M&A In Internet, Mobile, Media in India
Short Code Services in India
Circlewise List Of Telecom Operators in India
Statewise Broadband Subscribers In India
Digital Payment Companies in India
Advertising Networks in India

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