Editor’s Picks:
–Facebook Users Can Post Voice Updates Via Aircel; Karaoke License?
– Apalya Raises $7.5 M From IndoUS, Qualcomm, IDG; Why It Needs Money
–Gaming Co Zynga To Offer Payment Options In India Through SMS, Online Banking, Prepaid Cards
–Airtel And State Bank Of India Ink Mobile Payments Joint Venture
–IDC And CyberMedia Part Ways; Launch Competing Businesses In India
Regulation
–India Permits Video Calls; Telcos To Prove Interception By July 31st
Data:
–Nov 2010: India Added Over 17.1 M GSM Connections
–The India Mobile Handset Reports Confusion: G’Five Number Two; Samsung Disputes IDC Info
Industry Moves
–Former Microsoft India MD Rajan Anandan To Head Google India
–N Srinath To Be Tata Teleservices MD; Vinod Kumar To Tata Communications MD & CEO
Other Updates:
–Mirchi Mobile Launched On Reliance & BSNL; Who Governs Mobile Content?
–Qualcomm Allowed To Invest Rs. 796.9 Crore In Indian BWA Biz; AETN18 Approved, Others Wait
–Cooldose.com Lines Up Made For Mobile And Web Shows
–eBay India Launches Social Shopping
–Just Eat Picks Up Majority Stake In India’s Hungry Zone; To Invest $5-10 M
–ICICI Bank & Vodafone Essar In Mobile Banking Partnership; Future ATM’s – All Banks, All Telcos
–UTV Ignition Locks MG Of $10M For El Shaddai; Consolidates US Ops
–Reliance Launches User Generated Caller Tune Service; Liability
–Deepak Chandnani Made Global CEO Of Struggling Mobile Payments Co Obopay
–Educomp, Zeebo Inc & Lakshay Digital Ink JV For Education Content Over 3G Via Console
–Tata Communications To Acquire Content Delivery Network BitGravity
–Updated: GroupOn Enters India By Acquiring SoSasta.com: Report
–Apalya Ties Up With Sony For Mobile TV; No Zee
–Updated: MotorExchange Raises $5 Million From Epiphany Ventures, Canaan Partners
–Shaadi.com Launches Integrated BlackBerry App
–Shine.com To Be Merged Into HT Media
–Yahoo India Launches Education Site
Also See: Digital & Telecom Jobs At JobNama
News Digest:
–News Digest: Nokia-Siemens, Akai, US-India, Bharti Airtel Kenya, Etisalat, Vijaya Bank-Timesofmoney, Loop Mobile, BigRock
– News Digest: Copyright Bill, Cable Operators, HCL, iYogi, Telcordia, SingTel-Airtel, Sharp
–News Digest: DNA, Comviva, AirTyme, T24, 99acres, Aidem-eBus, DTH, Spectranet, Jivox, MTS
–News Digest: BSNL, TTSL-Aircel, TDSAT, Uninor, MTS-Yahoo India, RCom, Jump Games, True Games
From Our Press Release Site:
–OM Nanotech Launches New Range of Branded Memory Products Flagship Brand: ZipMem
–AKAI Mobiles Unveils New Full Touch Screen Phones Priced At Rs. 7,995
–News Corporation’s STAR Launches 4-channels on Comcast’s DC Metro and City of Philadelphia Cable Platforms; –Flagship Channel Also Launches In Colorado
–Sudha Sadanand Joins 92.7 BIG FM as Radio Operations Head Delhi
–Jet Airways Takes The Next Step In Customer Innovation With Mobile Barcodes
–TATA DOCOMO Introduces Blood Helpline Service on SMS
–HCL Learning Bags a Rs. 40cr Project From Department of Higher Education, Himachal Pradesh
–Apalya Technologies Raises $7.5 million in Series-B Funding
–Japan’s Sharp Corporation Launches Two Opera Mini Enabled Handsets For India’s Youth
–Reliance Broadcast Network to Acquire Imagine Showbiz Ltd,Expand Its Reach In Media Business
–Educomp and Zeebo Inc Form Joint Venture to Launch First Wireless Educational Platform for Children In India
–Epiphany Ventures Leads Series B Investment In MotorExchange
–Shankar Bali Joins(SSTL)From Hutch, Sri Lanka As Chief Operating Officer,Delhi NCR & Haryana Circle
–Tata Docomo Celebrates 1 Million Fans on Facebook
–Intel to Pay NVIDIA Technology Licensing Fees of $1.5 Billion
–‘AirTyme Communications’ Forays Indian Market
–Reliance MediaWorks Launches India’s Largest Hollywood Benchmarked Studios
–Comviva Partners With Airtel Bangladesh For Its Messaging Solutions Portfolio
–Aidem Ventures – eBus Media Networks Announce JV For India & MiddleEast
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
