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Data
– 824M Active Mobile Connections In India in Nov 2014; RCOM Loses 4.23M
– Charts: Market Concentration in Telecom in India – November 2014
Investment & M&A
– CommonFloor raises investment from Google Capital
– Funding roundup: Gympik, NumberMall, Faircent and ReTiSense
– Tookitaki secures $1M from Jungle Ventures, Blume & Rebright Partners
– Services marketplace Near.in raises Rs 1.8 Cr funding
– Videocon D2H sells 33.5% stake to Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp for $300m
– Spice Mobility to delist from BSE & NSE
– Purplle secures funding from IvyCap Ventures & Blume Ventures
– Updated: Lenskart secures Rs 135 Cr from TPG Capital, IDG & TR Capital
– QwikCilver raises $10M from Amazon & existing investors
– Superprofs raises $3 million from Kalaari Capital and IDG Ventures
– YouTube MCN #Fame raises $10 million from TO THE NEW Ventures
– Funding roundup: Lookup, VioletStreet, SpoonJoy, Yup! and more
Other Updates:
– Naukri: Hiring in Telecom down 12% in December 2014
– Mumbai Police blocks over 650 social media posts featuring Charlie Hebdo cartoons
– Capital18 sells its multiplex biz Stargaze Entertainment to Carnival Cinemas
– Vserv ropes in Shailesh Varudkar as VP – Global Business Operations
– Updated: Star India launches another video streaming service Hotstar
– What’s interesting about Hike’s acquisition of VoIP startup Zip Phone
– ICICI Bank rolls out NFC-based cards in three cities, more cities to follow
– Samsung makes a push for all of its devices to be IoT enabled in five years
– Customers were charged separately for P2P services on Andhra-based ISP Bluwifi
– Quikr starts allowing buyers talk to sellers with Quikr Nxt
– HomeShop18’s Narasimha Jayakumar joins 99Acres as chief business officer
– What does Facebook think of COAI’s anti-WhatsApp letter to the TRAI?
– Hungama ties up with Vh1 Supersonic to bring EDM radio station
– Updated: Tata Teleservices reported Rs 4,887 crore loss in FY14
– FIPB: TutorVista approved; Knowlarity, ACT, Verint Systems deferred
– CommonFloor acqui-hires messaging startup Bakfy
– Online private label DoneByNone goes offline
– Times Internet’s Alive platform opens itself up for users to send personal videos
– Playboy content, games and apps to be distributed in India by Shemaroo
– Delhi Govt brings Uber, Ola & other taxi aggregators under radio taxi license
– You Broadband has published a list of sites blocked
– NTT Docomo files Intl arbitration charges over Tata Tele’s stake sale
– Amazon.in looking to offer music and video streaming, Prime services
– Justdial begins selling electronics online
– Xiaomi raises $1.1Bn funding; $12Bn revenue in 2014
– Let’s Not Discount Caution On Ecommerce – Ankur P Agarwal, Pricebaba
– Trends in the Online Education sector in 2014
– Trends & key developments in the digital payments segment in 2014
– Trends and developments in the Handset segment in India in 2014
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
