News in Brief

Category: Extra | No Comments | Posted on November 8, 2006

UK-based GLG Partners buys 8% in Idea

Last month private equity firm Providence Equity Partners bought a 15% stake in Idea Cellular. Another private equity firm, TA Associates, also grabbed a minority stake in Idea.

No one can beat us in India: Nokia

With customer service and distribution network well in place, “We shall be very difficult to beat in this market,” Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, president and CEO of Nokia said adding, “We are far ahead of competitors having in market for long time. Nokia is a strong brand and well respected in India.”

Indiatimes launches Indi5566 in Dubai

Content is available to subscribers for a monthly fee of AED30 or at a daily rate of AED1. New subscribers can logon to Indi5566.com and select the information they require and will be receiving their customised content henceforth.

Hutch ties up with Flightraja.com

Hutch has entered into an agreement with the Bangalore-based Flightraja.com, an online travel portal, to help customers book domestic airline tickets and access flight information through SMS.

ValueFirst launches SMS helpline@6070 for working women

In case of emergency, using this helpline, any employee can send in the SMS to the number 6070 (SMS help GNG ) which would then be automatically forwarded to the police department.

‘Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses’ launched across mobile networks

Rajshri Media to launch Barbie MobiWorld on their short code and a series of mobile games too.