PSU Telco BSNL has launched five new GPRS plans – not for its new 3G users but existing 2G GSM users – the packs effectively lower the rates of Mobile ... Continue_Reading

Tata DoCoMo, the GSM joint venture between CDMA telco Tata Indicom and Japanese firm NTT DoCoMo, will soon launch comics for mobile phones. The new VAS will be in the ... Continue_Reading

Updated Below (by Nikhil Pahwa) Four companies -Volantis, Wipro, Reliance Money and Religare Technova – have tied up to offer m-trading of stocks through a mobile trading portal – RMoney.Mobi. The ... Continue_Reading

Reliance Communications has reported a consolidated net profit of Rs. 14102 million, down 7.88% since the last quarter. This is despite a 3.64% increase in consolidated for the quarter. The ... Continue_Reading

Reliance Communications has reported net profits (consolidated) of Rs. 1530.8 crores, up 1.2 percent since the last quarter. Total revenues (consolidated) for the quarter were Rs. 5645 crores up 6.07 ... Continue_Reading

Bharti Airtel has reported net profits (consolidated) of Rs. 2046 crores, up 1.05 percent since the last quarter, and 27 percent from Q208. Total revenues for the quarter were Rs. ... Continue_Reading

VAS Revenues As per calculations done by MediaNama, based on data given by Reliance Communications in its quarterly performance report, the Non-SMS component of Wireless Value Added Services (VAS) accounts for ... Continue_Reading

Update: We’re told that the numbers we’ve calculated for VAS are for the month, and not for the quarter, since ARPU is a monthly figure. We stand corrected. That effectively ... Continue_Reading

NDTV Active, the mobile portal from NDTV Convergence, has tied up with Hovr for free ad-supported mobile games. For Hovr, this is the second such deal they have done – ... Continue_Reading

Reliance Entertainment company Zapak is in the process of setting up a mobile site – Zapak.mobi . The GPRS based mobile gaming site allows users to play against others, play ... Continue_Reading

The gloves came off at the TRAI Open House discussion on regulating Mobile VAS, and despite the sedate start, VAS companies and mobile operators were clearly at loggerheads with each ... Continue_Reading