MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Akamai, ComScore, Crazeal, E2E, Flipkart, Goibibo, Hazel Media, Imsy, Indiatimes, MouthShut.com, Nazara, One97, Ooyala, Onmobile, Octane, Quikr, Qualcomm, Quikr, Saavn, Spice Digital, Vistaas and Zaakpay for their support.

Investment & M&A

- MeraCareerGuide Raises Funding From Vishal Gondal & Ronnie Screwvala
- Dentsu In Talks To Buy Network18′s Stake In Webchutney
- Updated: NewsCorp Acquires Disney’s 50% Stake In ESPN-Star Sports
- Eros Worldwide To Offload 2.8% Stake in Eros International
- The Morpheus Batch 8 Startups: Memetic Labs, OnlinePrasad, CVBhejo, MotorPaneer & Others
- Times Internet Invests In US Based eCommerce Venture Fab.com
- One97 Buys Mobile Marketing Platform MobiVite
- Updated: ZipDial Raises Funds From 500 Startups, Times Internet Ltd
- Vdopia Raises $3.4 Million Series B Funding

Data

- 53.61 Lakh Mobile Number Portability Requests In India In October 2012
- October 2012: Total 703.94M Active Mobile Base In India ; 14.81M Broadband

Other Updates:

- Gaana Claims To Have 1M Registered Users; 100M Minutes Of Use In 2012
- Yes Bank Launches Mobile Point Of Sale Solution
- DoT To Auction Increased Spectrum In Forthcoming 2G Auction
- RIM Q3-FY13: Profit Declines 97% YoY To $9M; 1M BlackBerry Service Subscribers Leave

- RIL To Get DoT’s Nod To Test Voice Services On 4G Networks: Report
- Times Internet Relaunches iTimes As Interest Focused Network
- TRAI Starts Pre-Consultation On National Roaming; Points Of Discussion
- MediaNama is Hiring One Associate Editor And One Journalist

- Faisal Farooqui On MouthShut.com’s Deletion Of 4100 Fake Profiles & Paid Accounts For Brands
- Tamil Nadu Govt To Amend Goondas Act To Include Cyber Crimes
- Keyboard App SwiftKey Adds Support For Hindi & Hinglish
- Grameenphone Appoints Uninor’s Vivek Sood As CEO

- How India’s eCommerce Companies Did On GOSF Day
- #NAMA Video : Vijay Shekhar Sharma On The Mobile VAS Ecosystem & Future Plans
- Tata Tele Ties Up With ICICI Bank To Offer Money Transfer Services
- YouTube Rewind 2012: Top Videos, Most Subscribed Channels, Top TV Shows & More

- News Roundup: Reliance Digital Retail,Telenor, DoT & More
- Reliance Industries Partners Spirit DSP To Offer VVoIP Services On 4G
- eBay India Launches Daily Section To Offer International Food Products
- Industry Moves: Akamai, DDB Mudra, eBay

- MagicBricks Relaunches Home Decor As A Content Portal
- #NAMA Video: Binny Bansal & Sundeep Malhotra On Building An E-Commerce Business In India
- TRAI Asks Tata Tele, Unitech, Videocon & Sistema To Inform Users About Shutdown
- Tikona To Shut Down Operations In 13 Cities

- Updated: Crudearea Offers An Online Graphic Art Marketplace
- Times Of India Launches Another Augmented Reality App: Times Alive
- Update: #NAMA Mumbai Mixer On 19th December, To End The Year?
- HCL Launches MyEduWorld – Tablet & PC Based Learning Solution

- Vishal Gondal Backed Examify Brings Exam Question Papers Online; Use Of Data
- Nehru Place A Notorious Piracy Market: USTR
- Update: HT Media Picks Up 40% In MyParichay; Offers Facebook Recruiting
- Policy Roundup: National Roaming, GSM-CDMA, CensusInfo, Patents, WCIT, Aakash Tablet

- Chandni Chowk Market Brought Online By Google; Our Take
- Twitter Sets Up Gujarat Elections Event Page

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