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Comviva Inks Worldwide Etisalat Mobile VAS Deal

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 19th, 2010 |

Comviva, the Bharti Groups mobile Value Added Services company has announced a Mobile Value Added Services deal with Etisalat, targeting more 100 million of Etisalat’s mobile subscribers globally. Comviva intends ... Continue_Reading

Chhota Comics Launched On Vodafone; License Or Purchase?

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 19th, 2010 |

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Vodafone Essar has launched ‘Chhota Comics’, allowing users to subscribe to comics from Amar Chitra Katha (ACK), Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, Disney and Liquid comics, among others. Comics on Suppandi, ... Continue_Reading

Videocon Launches GSM Service In Coimbatore, Finally!

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 18th, 2010 |

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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 ... Continue_Reading

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

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 18th, 2010 |

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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 ... Continue_Reading

PayPal Needs To Comply With RBI Regulations By April 30th, 2010

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 18th, 2010 |

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It isn’t over yet: If Paypal doesn’t satisfy the requirements put forth by the Reserve Bank of India April 30th 2010, their operations could be disrupted again, Jaimon Joseph writes ... Continue_Reading

Dow Jones Launches WSJ Mobile App On Airtel

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 18th, 2010 |

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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 ... Continue_Reading

State Bank Of India & SREI Sahaj Tie-Up For Rural eBanking

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 17th, 2010 |

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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, ... Continue_Reading

Indiatimes Buys Back Sequoia Capital Stake

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 17th, 2010 |

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MediaNama had learnt from sources that Times Internet Limited (Indiatimes) has bought back Seqioua Capital India’s stake in the company. When contacted, Indiatimes CEO Rishi Khiani declined to confirm or ... Continue_Reading

What ValueFirst Plans To Do, To Be IPO Ready In 2012

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 16th, 2010 |

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Mobile Value Added Services company ValueFirst is eying an IPO in 2012: we’ve heard of IPO plans from several companies in the past, including competitor One97 Communications, and spoke to ... Continue_Reading

KPCB & Sherpalo Sell Significant Stake In Info Edge

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 16th, 2010 |

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Venture Capital firms Sherpalo Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers have sold most of their stake in BSE listed Info Edge India, though we’re not sure if KPCB (through its ... Continue_Reading

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

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 16th, 2010 |

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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 ... Continue_Reading

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

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 16th, 2010 |

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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 ... Continue_Reading