Hutch introduces i-mode to Indians
Troubled Hutch CEO, Asim Ghosh is showing no signs of weariness. I haven’t been able to test their Plant Hutch services but looks like they want a bigger pie of the Mobile Value Added Servieces market. Asim Ghosh negotitated with Japanese NTT DoCoMo to introduce i-mode technology to Hutch customers…
UTV Buys 51% in IndiaGames.Com
UTV Software Communications Ltd has acquired controlling stake in IndiaGames for a consideration of $15 Million [Rs 68 crores]. UTV has also bought 70% stake in UK based console gaming company, Ignition Entertainment for a consideration of $13.3 Million [Rs 60 crores]. UTV is an integrated communications and software company…
Airtel CallHome Vs Reliance Calling Card
It took nearly 2 years for Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd to compete with Reliance Communications’ Reliance India Call. Airtel has finally launched a calling card for the Indian diaspora in the US.The Deal – It is the same as their Virtual Calling Card available in India which costs Rs 3.5 /…
Toshiba Mobile Phones to Rock India
With Japanese mobile phone market nearing saturation with 75% penetration, Toshiba is looking overseas for growth. Toshiba is Microsoft’s preferred vendor for Laptops and tablet PCs and is also manufacturing Microsoft’s music player – Zune. Toshiba will initially launch one GSM mobile handset in India within a few weeks, which…
Idea cellular Pre IPO placement
Kumarmanglam Birla controlled Idea Cellular has been continuously offloading stake in the company to various Venture Capital and Private Equity investors since August-06. Just a while ago, Idea has sold 1.5% stake to Sequoia Capital at $40 Million. With this Sequoia Deal, the valuation of Idea cellular has moved up…
Nokia – HP to introduce GPS devices in India
BSNL has launched location based tracking – an SMS application for fleet and logistics business owners. India’s largest mobile handset company [marketshare], Nokia has joined hands with HP to introduce a new device – Location Based Tracking / Gaming. With GPS enabled devices you can receive the exact latitude and…
Reliance Communications to float largest telecom tender
Anil Dhirubhai Amabni groups biggest company, Reliance Communications Ltd [RCom] will float the worlds largest Telecom tender in few weeks. The size of this tender is estimated to be around $9 Billion for 100 Million phone lines much larger than BSNL’s Mega tender of 45 Million lines. The tender is…
Nokia N Series – Podcast Phones – Multimedia Computers
As I have already said in the past, Nokia is quietly racing towards convergence adding more and more features to their phones. Podcast is one of the successful applications of Web 2.0 and it didn’t take much time for Nokia to enable their N series phones to be Podcast compatible…