DoT notice to Hutch on NNP violation
Department of Telecom has issued a notice to Hutch alleging violation of the National Numbering Plan of 2003 through one of its plans.
It has come to notice of licensor that Hutch is providing a value added service ‘TalkOn’ where the subscribers are required to prefix a ‘# X ‘ (Hash and X) before a [...]
Indians top photo sharing via MMS
“You are more likely to MMS a photo in Asia if you are an Indian, male, aged 25 to 36 and on a post-paid contract,
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Foxcon plans $1 bn investment in IndiaIt produces mobile phones on behalf of clients like Nokia and Motorola.
Maran against BSNL/MTNL network sharingRules out the possibility of unbundling of the local loop.
Texas Instruments upbeat on the Indian marketCurrently employs 1200+ engineers in India, working in VLSI design and embedded software.
Bharti Tele gets shareholder nod for FII [...]
Samsung plans new facility in Haryana
Samsung is planning to set up a $15 million mobile handset manufacturing facility in Haryana. The company’s president Ki Tae Lee disclosed this to CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is currently on a visit to Seoul.
Movie games are new moneyspinner
Article in Mumbai tabloid Mid-Day on mobile games based on Hindi films. Over the past two years more than 50 films have been converted into mobile games. Filmmakers have begun to realise that mobile games not only provide an additional publicity medium but can also be used to bring in extra revenue.
On average, a movie [...]
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ZQM Software to launch mobile games to increase AIDS awarenessThe games will be available free to Reliance Infocomm subscribers on World AIDS Day.
Spice to offer radio, TV in mobiles at the lowest priceSpice Telecom currently sells 30,000 handsets a month.
BSNL embarks on strategy to boost revenues from global GSM roamersTweaking its networks in areas frequented [...]
Cellcast sets shop in India
UK based interactive digital broadcaster Cellcast has set up its Indian subsidiary, Cellcast Interactive India, headed by Pankaj Thakar.
The newly established subsidiary will help Cellcast address the rising demand for interactive entertainment in India. The company’s programmes and technology platform will enable broadcast partners to capture new revenue streams that are independent of subscription income [...]
Telefonica’s India plans
Spain’s Telefonica Moviles is exploring investment opportunities in India. Telefonica’s CFO, Ernesto Lopez Mozo, is coming to India on Saturday to initiate exploratory process.
Mozo is scheduled to meet the top brass at Reliance Infocomm, a company which like Telefonica is banking on data becoming a revenue generator in future, a source said…
He has also lined [...]
IDEA chooses Nokia Intelligent Content Delivery platform
IDEA Cellular has announced that it has deployed Nokia’s content delivery platform, Intelligent Content Delivery System (ICD), on mobile networks across India.
The Nokia ICD solution enhances IDEA’s mobile packet core network capabilities and enables it to connect both prepaid and post-paid subscribers to data services and charge them according to the value of traffic and [...]
Post-launch-mortem of Videotones
Video ringtones, priced around Rs 20-30, are currently available only on Symbian Series 60 phones.
Roughly 20 per cent of mobile phone users form the category of early adapters and this largely comprises of the youth. Music is the main staple when it comes to applications like ringtones and the market is registering a three-digit growth. [...]


