Category: mobile
MTNL – Dolphin Slashes ISD tariffs
Mahanagar Telecom Nigam – Mumbai (MTNL) has reduced its international call (ISD) tariffs on its GSM, effective today. The company operates two services, Dolphin and Trump, in Mumbai and Delhi. Under the revised tariff structure, call charges to countries like US, Canada, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia would be…
Online Cell Phone Retailer, AtLast
My desperate search for an online Mobile Phone retailer has finally come to an end. UniverCell the largest mobiel phone retailer in TamilNadu wants to be the largest in India. UniverCell is selling mobile phones through their website, UniverCell.In. All you need is a Credit Card to shop your favorite…
Mobile Retailing in India
Branding and Retailing is the new buzzword in corporate India. After Bangalore based Mobile NXT, Pantaloon quietly ventured setting up ConvergeM mobile retail chain under the brand name M Bazaar, M Port and Gen M. It is now Essar groups turn to enter cell retailing. Esaar Telecom has done due…
Ad based model to hit Indian cell phones?
OnMobile a Bangalore based company developing mobile solutions for Speech, IVR and cell Ads is all set to roll out a 30-45 seconds commercial mobile ads for one of the leading Indian cellular operator. The consumer has to view or listen to an ad before he can make a call….
Hutch launches Visual Radio in India
Hutch along with Radio Mirchi – India’s leading FM Radio provider, HP and Nokia has launched Visual Radio service in India. What is Visual Radio anyway ? It lets the user receive the local FM broadcast on his cell phone along with video being fed into it for users viewing…
Reliance and Qualcomm Saga – Royalty, Spectrum, Network Independence
Excerpts from gobroadband.In. It started in the first week of June when Anil Ambani’s Reliance Telecom applied for GSM license. gobroadband.In got an insight about Reliance’s call to switch to GSM – Mainly demanding Qualcomm for network independence and lower royalties. The costly CAPEX for its CDMA to migrate to…
Mobile Advertising and Marketing in India
The Indian and Asian Mobile market in general are poised for an explssive growth. Lately, Indian Cellcos have been toying with the ideas of cashing in on its vast mobile subscriber base by offering more value added and innovative services. Mobile coupons, Location Specific Services, Mobile Portals, Advertising on mobiles…
COAI blasts Tatas
COAI has blasted Tata’s stand on the new spectrum policy to which Tatas had filed objections. It is very well known that Tatas first joined the IDEA consortium and then backed out of IDEA when the Ambanis lobbied with late Shri Pramod Mahajan for CDMA technology to join the telecom…