Month: April 2008
MOTOYUVA W270 Hit Retail Stores
Motorola has launched the MOTOYUVA W270 in the Indian market. This is a flip phone with built in MP3 player and FM Audio. It has dedicated keys to control the Audio and can be operated even with the flap closed. It can have an expandable 2 GB memory.The best feature…
Bhrarti Airtel slashes NLD Tariffs
India’s number one mobile service provider, Bharti Airtel Ltd, has cut long distance and roaming tariffs, effective from April 30. This is a very significant move by Bharti Airtel which is a truly Integrated Telecom operator in India with services ranging from Cellular telephony to broadband services. Bharti Airtel said…
Sulekha + Bloggers = Next Generation Publishing
ibibo was the first one to reward bloggers [distributed Rs1.5 crore] encouraging them to produce original content. Sulekha, another Web 2.0 startup focused on Indian and the NRI community has now come up with a new idea [actually borrowed from Google’s YouTube profit sharing] to publish books about bloggers’ original…
AdMagnet – One More Ad Network
Google set the online advertising market on fire and since then everybody wants a slice of the market. However, what many failed to realize is that Google succeeded in the online advertising market because of their bleeding edge technology and encouraging Small and Medium Businesses to advertise on their platform….
Tata Communications suite of security services
Tata Communications has launched a suite of security services designed to protect the applications, IT systems and networks that power its customers critical business infrastructures. The high-quality, cost-effective security services, which include premise and managed services as well as professional services, enables Tata Communications to provide its customers with security…
Microsoft + NDTV to Monetize Facebook users in India
Microsoft, still struggling [since 2003] to come up with a competitive online advertising platform like AdSense is using its money muscle and marketing prowess to strike Ad deals. Microsoft has joined hands with NDTV to monetize Facebook users in India. Advertising on Social Networks may not need contextual targeting and…
Mergers + Acquisitions Guidelines
The merger guidelines, in line with TRAI proposals, include 1) Merged entity’s share of subs or adjusted gross revenues (AGR) cannot be >40% and 2) Minimum four operators required in a service area post-mergers. DoT will permit merger of operations only upon completion of 3 years from the effective date…
Value Added Services Market
The value-added services (VAS) account for 8% of the mobile market’s revenues in India, and non-SMS services account for 65% of VAS revenues. CRBT (caller ring-back tones): This constitues bulk of the VAS market share at 45%. This is a popular service in which the calling party hears music chosen…