mChek launches on Airtel

Bangalore based mobile payment company, mChek has launched a mobile bill payment service for Airtel postpaid users. Airtel postpaid users across the country can pay their bills via SMS using any valid Visa credit card. mChek plans to add support for Mastercard credit cards shortly. The service is entirely free to the user. How it [...]

Rajat Jain joins Mobile2win

Former MD of Walt Disney India, Rajat Jain has joined Mobile2win as managing director and CEO. Prior to Disney, Rajat was with Sony Entertainment as EVP and Business Head, SET MAX, their movies and cricket TV channel. He has also held senior management positions with the Essel Group, Telstra International, Benckiser India and Hindustan Lever. [...]

Record 73 lakh additions in June

Wow! India added a total of 73 lakh (7.3 million) mobile users in June this year, the largest subscriber addition by telecom sector so far. CDMA players added 21 lakh (2.1 million) users and GSM operators added 52 lakh (5.2 million) new users in June, says this Business Standard article. But according to COAI, GSM [...]

Mobile revenues to hit $25.6b by 2011: Gartner

India’s mobile services revenue will grow to $25.6 billion by 2011 according to research firm Gartner. Telecom revenues were around $8.95 billion in 2006, of which 9.6% were contributed by data services. Share of data revenues would rise to 22% of the total revenues by 2011. Gartner says entry of Vodafone will vitalise data services [...]

Airtel launches voice portal in Karnataka

Airtel has launched a voice portal for content downloads with a regional language interface in Kannada. The VAS portal, launched in Karnataka, enables customers to download ring tones, devotional songs, and listen to content. There are plans to make available Astrology, news and other services on the portal. An Airtel customer needs to call 51111 [...]

Reliance Comm buys Yipes for $300 mn

India’s second largest mobile operator Reliance Communications has acquired US-based Yipes Holdings, in an all-cash deal valued at Rs 1,200 crore ($300 million). Yipes provides managed ethernet and application delivery services for enterprises and has nearly 1,000 customers. Yipes will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Flag Telecom, the undersea cable arm of Reliance Comm. Founded [...]

GSM players add 5.4 mn subscribers in June

With additions of 5.4 million (54 lakh) new users in June, GSM subscriber base has touched 136 million. Bharti Airtel = 1.96 million new, 42.7 million total Vodafone Essar = 1.54 million new, 30.75 million total BSNL = 0.43 million new, 28 million total Idea = 0.90 million new, 16 million total Spice = 0.16 [...]

Weekend Mobile Humour

Lalu ke peeche kutte ka baccha pad gaya. Lalu bola: “Hum toh Airtel ka card dalwaya hoon, phir sasura ye Hutch ka network kaise pakad raha hai!!” *** Life before marriage is AIRTEL: “You can express yourself ” After honeymoon is HUTCH: “Wherever you go, your wife network follows” After 1 year life is IDEA: [...]

Mobile Monday July – Mobile Advertising

The July event of Mobile Monday Mumbai is on the topic “Mobile Advertising” and will be held on July 16th. Thanks to GroupM for sponsoring the event and supporting the community. Topic: Mobile Advertising Is mobile advertising required by brands and how can it be taken to the next level. What do the brands expect [...]

Sarin says losers tried to derail deal

Speaking to IIT alumni in Silicon Valley, Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin said his hopes that India’s regulatory bureaucracy had modernised were shaken by last-minute moves to derail his company’s $11-billion takeover of Hutchison Essar. “I really did not expect people

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