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TRA on ADC + Revised Spectrum Policy + 3G Auction
Telecom regulator TRAI will next week initiate discussions on the fate of Access Deficit Charge, a levy paid by private firms for subsidising rural telephony in the country. “A consultation paper will be released on Monday where the issue of ADC wouldbe discussed in three major points”. Reliance Communication will…
Make Me Over Game attracting Western Girls
The Royal Wedding Celebrations of India turned into games is fast catching attention of European and American girls. In a surprise development, Games2Win, the developer of Make Me Over has reported millions of teenage girls from around the world are logging into gaming portals hosted in India. Alok Kejriwal, CEO…
Big Private Equity + VC Deals in 2007
Here is a list of Indian Satrtups that raised big money from PE or VCs in 2007. Name of the Startup + Name of the Funding Companies Intelenet Global Services – Blackstone Infotech Enterprises – General Atlantic IBS Software Services – General Atlantic ICSA India – Goldman Sachs Telsima Communication…
Innovation atlast from Microsoft in Retail Advertising.
World’s number one software maker, Microsoft was struggling to take on Google on the Advertising platform. Finally, after having acquired aQuantive, the company has come up with innovative advertising mechanism, ofcourse not on the Web but on Grocery Shopping Carts. Microsoft in association with Plano, Texas-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. was…
BSNL IPO + Spectrum on Seniority
BSNL plans to raise as much as 400 billion rupees in about a year in what would be India’s largest initial public offering. The New Delhi-based company may sell a 10 per cent stake in India and overseas. The government said spectrum to new telecom players, who were last week…
GPS + GSM in Indian Railways
Indian Railways proposes to adopt End of Train Telemeter EOTT devices in all its goods train. The EOTT device is an advanced telemetric system which continuously monitors train brake system integrity, train completeness, train speed & train position. This cutting edge high technology, sophisticated device incorporating latest GPS, GSM &…
Hottest Areas for VC Funding in 2008
In a survey conducted by VentureWoods, Mobile Data Services emerged as the Hottest area for VCs looking to fund startups in India this year. Here is the break-up of Hot Favorites in percentage according to the poll, Mobile Data Services – 13% Online Education – 12% E-commerce/M-Commerce – 12% Online…
Reliance Communications on Advertising on the Mobile Platform
Reliance Communications campaign for Fair & Lovely Scholarship Program 2007 on Reliance Mobile or R World has been voted as the Best Use of Mobile Marketing in the direct response category at the Mobile Marketing Association Annual Global Awards held in Los Angeles. Mr. Mahesh Prasad, President , RCom said,…