Close to the heels of Russian telco Sistema’s forray into the Indian telecom market by acquiring a stake in Shyam Telelink, consumer electronics company Videocon has announced that it’s applying…

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Russian Telecom operator Sistema has acquired 10 percent stake in Indian telecom operator Shyam Telelink for $11.4 million. Shyam Telelink, a part of the public listed Shyam Telecom group, operates…

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed to allow new players for offering mobile broadcast TV services, with the upshot that companies other than telcos will be able…

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So the iPhone is available in India...I tried out two yesterday (one in pic on the right). The phone connects to Indian GSM networks (both Airtel and Voda-Essar worked), and…

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Cellcast Asia Holdings, an interactive digital broadcaster, has received $5.25 million in its first round of funding...In India, Cellcast produces live, interactive pay-to-play programming like Bid2Win in India, and leverages…

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Mobile gaming company Digital Chocolate has bought operations and studios in Bangalore, India, and Barcelona, Spain, from Small Device Mobile Technologies and Microjocs Mobile, respectively. These buys will give the…

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Nimbus Sports, an Indian sports broadcaster, has been awarded internet and mobile rights for the English Premier League (EPL) for over 80 countries till 2010. The deal covers 1140 EPL…

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--Yahoo will optimize for mobile handsets the web pages that people surf to through its oneSearch service, undoubtedly a bid to make surfing the web via mobile (via Yahoo) are…

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India-based Voice SMS company Kirusa has received $10 million in third round funding from Helion Venture Partners and Nexus India Capital. Kirusa has a US patent for its Voice SMS,…

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An exclusive on our sister site ContentSutra: South African media giant Naspers owned MIH India has picked up 20 percent stake in mobile value added services company ACL Wireless. As…

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Vodafone Fiji has signed a deal with Indian company Bharti Telesoft to use its content and VAS services, including Color Ring Back Tone (CRBT) services, Voice Portal and Multimedia Portal…

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--NBC Universal has signed a deal to put the channel NBC Sports Mobile on the MobiTV service. The service will launch with live coverage of the 2007 US Open Golf…

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--Best Buy’s trial of mobile-focused stores with UK company Carphone Warehouse seems to have been a success, as the companies are planning to expand the project. “Best Buy Mobile started…

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Indian vendors of mobile content are displeased with their take of the revenues, which comes in at an average of 40 percent but could be as low as 15-30 percent,…

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After almost a year of regular hype-building announcements, Doordarshan (DD) has finally launched its Mobile TV pilot with Nokia. The pilot was supposed to start in January. Indiatimes reports that…

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The official release hasn’t been posted yet, but an email tip reveals that Yahoo has launched a beta of its oneSearch mobile search offer in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,…

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India will have 600 million mobile subscribers by 2011, according to a predictions from the Centre for Telecoms Research in London. A large portion of the growth will be from…

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“Due to the changes in business environment, both companies concluded that it would be difficult to launch i-mode service at this time and agreed not to proceed”, says NTT DoCoMo,…

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Indian carrier Bharti Airtel has released its first quarter figures for the three months ending March 31st. Its revenue for the quarter rose 58 percent year-on-year to 53.93 billion rupees…

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India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared the sale of Hutchison’s share of Hutchison Essar to Vodafone, which will now work on rebranding the service Vodafone Essar and divest…

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India plans to let international companies bid in auctions for 3G licenses, reports Reuters. “We want new international players to come to India and offer their services,” the Mint daily…

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Bharti Telesoft, an arm of the Bharti Enterprise, is launching a live streaming TV service over India’s GPRS networks...Bharti Telesoft said that its technology compresses an audio file four to…

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The Indian Foreign Investment Promotion Board deferred a decision, again, on whether to approve Vodafone’s proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Hutchison Essar...this is the third time. The board…

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In India, Airchord Televentures is in the process of finalizing several Mobile TV deals reports the Telegraph. Deals are being finalized with media companies including MTV, B4U, and India TV,…

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India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has twice delayed its approval of Vodafone buying Hutchison’s share in Hutchison Essar for $11 billion, and its looking less likely the deal will…

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