Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), the London-based trade association, is launching a new initiative today that will explore mobile social networking in the U.S., France, India, Italy and the U.K. to…

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India had 261 million mobile phone subscriptions at the end of March, ranking it second in terms of the size of the mobile market—behind China, of course. “The Telecoms Regulatory…

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Bharti Airtel, India’s largest teleco, has put in a bid to acquire 51 percent stake for South African telecom operator MTN, reports the Financial Times. This, after Airtel’s CFO and…

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Indo-U.S. mobile payment company Obopay Inc has secured a $20 million in a fourth round of investment led by India’s Essar Communications Holdings, and included Alliance Bernstein, ONSET Ventures, Redpoint…

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Business Standard reports, quoting “Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) retail sources” that the iPhone will be launched in India the first week of September with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD). We have not been…

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The market for mobile TV in India will hit $360 million in revenue and 12 million customers according to Springboard Research—which would be impressive considering that there is currently only…

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The mystery of the missing iPhones has reached a fever pitch, and several pundits including Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster have interpreted the shortage to mean that a 3G model…

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Indian consumer electronics maker Videocon Group will be bidding for Motorola’s mobile devices business, its chairman Chairman Venugopal Dhoot told Dow Jones today. Venugopal declined to put a price or…

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Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) has launched its mobile service in one of the biggest and most competitive mobile markets in the world: India. It has announced a ‘brand franchise’ agreement…

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Several reports came out this week saying that unwanted text messages, or spam, sent to the mobile phone is on the rise. Quoting a report by mobile security firm Cloudmark,…

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India’s diversified digital media group Spice is using Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to unveil three pieces of hardware, including this “Movie Phone” - a film-centric handset that plays titles…

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-- Napster (NSDQ: NAPS) Mobile Launches in Italy: Telecom Italia has launched Napster Mobile in Italy. The service, co-developed by Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) and Napster will give subscribers access to…

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OnMobile Global, India’s largest mobile Value Added Services (VAS) company, is looking to raise Rs. 350-450 crores (about $90 million to $115 million) from its IPO, with shares priced between…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) plans to roll out Ovi in India in the first half of this year, an indication that the handset behemoth doesn’t see the country just as a…

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India’s telecoms regulator favors auctioning licenses for broadcast mobile TV services and wants providers to transmit signals either through terrestrial or satellite systems, reports Reuters. The main points of the…

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Last week Stanford University hosted a discussion panel titled ”Indian Wireless Market—Why Mobile?, Why India?, Why Now?”, discussing the future of mobile value-added services market. Along with the panel, graduate…

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Mobile is the lynch pin of the communications sector, driving its growth and accounting for 53 percent of total telecoms revenues, according to the UK regulator Ofcom in their exhaustive…

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A report from Boston Analytics has painted a rosy picture of the Indian mobile content market… “India has 100 million cell phone subscribers plus a growth rate pegged at 50…

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Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is planning on teaming up with other operators in India to reduce the expense of expanding its mobile network in the country—it already has a deal to…

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Some latest VC and M&A deals from India, through our ContentSutra site: -- HT Media Buys Social Networking Site DesiMartini -- ACK Media Acquires Amar Chitra Katha And Tinkle For…

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Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson has announced that Virgin will open a mobile service in India. “We have a (telecoms) partner now, and I will reveal all in two months’…

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From our India site ContentSutra: Over a year after the telecom regulator TRAI recommended guidelines for 3G, the Indian government has announced its 3G policy. Contrary to the Indian regulators…

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has gone the SMS way in India, launching the short code based Google SMS service. They’ve put up a simulation of the service. Services on offer include…

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-- Helio has added KushTV to its content line-up. KushTV does original short form programming, such as The Loc Dog Show starring Korn, Perfect Picks with E! Entertainment’s The Olly…

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The Wall Street Journal has a piece on AT&T (NYSE: T) and its recently revived move into overseas markets. Top of the list is India: “In July, after barely a…

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