Indian language content in demand
Mobile content available in Indian languages is in high demand by non-metro subscribers according to this Business Standard article.
Content providers have seen phenomenal growth in UP, Punjab, Gujarat, and to some extent, in Maharashtra too. The tier II, III cities of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kolkata, Gujarat and Punjab have a marked demand [...]
Ring Back Tone for international roamers
Trai has directed mobile operators to provide special ring-back tone facility to help discourage unwanted calls while on international roaming.
International roaming subscribers generally don’t receive caller line identification on incoming calls, making it difficult for them to identify and choose the calls that they want to answer.
This facility will allow the playing of messages such [...]
PVR and Airtel launch m-ticketing
Airtel and India’s largest multiplex chain PVR Cinemas have launched booking of movie tickets on mobiles.
I was wondering about the technology behind the m-ticketing initiative of PVR when the company had announced their pan India roll-out plans.
It is a Java application (J2ME) which can be downloaded by an SMS request. For Airtel subscribers, it is [...]
Aircel to provide GPRS in another one month
I first checked the date of this news.
When all other Indian operators are gearing up for the launch of 3G data services, Aircel is planning to launch GPRS. Does anyone know the reasons behind this delay?
Aircel has over 3 million subscribers and operates in the Chennai, Tamil Nadu and North East circles. Malaysia’s largest telco [...]
BharatMatrimony.com to launch a mobile portal
Business Standard reports that leading Indian Matrimony service provider, BharatMatrimony.com is planning to launch a portal for mobiles.
The portal will have a range of services including news, mobile downloads, digital applications, vendor information, handset cost comparison etc. The company has also acquired a short code
Mobile is the iPod of India
My latest post on Technology Walla is about the proliferation of India-centric podcast content and services.
Any technology innovation generally starts with content and services in the technology category, moving outwards to entertainment, spreading to politics / current affairs and then becoming mainstream.
I think mobile will be the device of choice for podcasting in India.
If podcasting [...]
Regional language content can boost rural growth
Speaking at a session on “World Class Telecom Services: India Success Story” at the recently held Connect 2006 conference in Chennai, these speakers stressed that VAS can contribute towards subscriber growth in rural areas.
Vijay Madan, Executive Director, CDOT
the mobile subscriber base can grow by six to seven million per month if content developers can provide [...]
PVR plans pan-India rollout of m-tickets
India’s largest multiplex chain PVR Cinemas is planning a pan-India rollout of m-ticketing in September.
M-ticketing for movies has been tried out before. Fame Cinemas had announced a IVRS-based service powered by OnMobile where the payment could be made through credit cards. While ConvergeLabs had launched barcode-based m-ticketing for Deep Multiplex in Gujarat.
But the PVR announcement [...]
Sponsored calls
“Please hear this message before proceeding with your (urgent) call.”
This is what one might hear if the “sponsored calls” service actually comes into being. Business Standard says that one operator is soon expected to offer this service on local calls made within its network. OnMobile is the technology provider and developer of this service.
Forget low [...]
Mauj as a consumer brand
ET has press release like article on Mauj. It can hardly be called a company profile, but nevertheless worth a dekko.
Founded by Anupam Mittal (of Shaadi.com) and Arun Gupta (ex-Yahoo India) in August ‘03
Turnover of about Rs 10 crore with 165 people
Raised $10m from Sequoia India and Intel Capital in March ‘06
Revenues grew 50% last [...]
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