Month: April 2008
Send Free SMS from e-Mail – 160by2.com
160By2.com the FREE SMS startup in India powered by Mobile Advertising has introduced yet another feature – SMS from E-mail to Mobile. This is introduced after several Indian IT companies started blocking the website of 160by2.com. All you need to do is insert the recipient’s mobile number in the “To”…
Comparison of Paymate + mChek payment services
Have you ever tried mobile payment services like Paymate or mChek ? We had an exclusive review of Paymate mobile payment system in India. However, I tried mChek and found it to be more user friendly than Paymate. Here are some differences between the two competing services. Paymate is like…
Vodafone to launch Apple iPhone ?
News was leaked early this morning that Apple is planning to launch the official version of iPhone in India in Sept-08. Like elsewhere in the world how Apple has tied-up with a mobile operator for selling its handset, it is believed that it has chosen Vodafone in India and Australia….
Orkut Mobile Lanuched with limited features
Google powered social networking site Orkut, the most popular network for Indians has gone live with Mobile edition. The site can be accessed with a GPRS enabled phone at http://m.orkut.com [On your left is the screen shot of the Login which I took on my N70 and Opera mobile browser]…
Subscriber addtion moving towards 10 million a month ?
GSM sub additions were at ~7.5m in March ’08 (including Reliance GSM). India could therefore record its highest ever net monthly additions at ~9.5m (assuming CDMA maintains its monthly run rate of ~2m net adds) as tariff cuts and increased coverage flow through in numbers. Idea’s net adds crossed the…
Bharti Airtel launches 1Mbps Unlimited Plan
Bharti Airtel Broadband is all set to offer 1 Mbps unlimited data transfer broadband plan in Karnataka circle. [I am not sure of other circles yet] Just last week, BSNL DataOne launched 512Kbps broadband at cheaper price than Airtel. As per the information provided by Bharti Airtel, here are the…
Valuation of FutureBazaar.com + Komli + MapMyIndia Funding
Future Bazaar is an Internet Venture of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd. Recently, Sherpalo Ventures and Kleiner Perkins picked up 15% stake in the company for an undisclosed sum putting the valuations in question. We are in receipt of a report by Morgan Stanley[MS] from which we deduce the value of…
BSNL DataOne launches Unlimited Plans
We have just a while ago received an e-mail from BSNL which has launched new Unlimited Data Transfer Broadband Plans. These plans offer a steep discount to that of its nearest competitor – Airtel Broadband. Home Plan UL 750 – Bandwidth upto 256Kbps with Unlimited Data Transfer. Charges are Rs…