Microsoft picks up minority stake in the SMS2.0 firm Affle

Microsoft reportedly picked up a minority stake in a Singapore based SMS 2.0 firm Affle, the press release from the Affle reports that it has established a strategic relationship with Microsoft to strengthen...
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Telenor Picks Up 60% In Unitech Wireless for 1.07 B $

It seems like Unitech wireless has been up for sale for quite sometime now and finally someone seems to have bought into the telecom firm which has a pan india telecom license and spectrum in 13 cities. Unitech...
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Asian Major iProperty.com Acquires RealAcres.com as Part of the Rs.18 Crore Asian Expansion Strategy

IPGA Limited which runs the iProperty.com group of property websites acquired Indian property major RealAcres (Horizon Infoventures) for a reported AUD 5 million (around 18.8 crores in Indian Rupees)....
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ContentNext Media (Owner of contentSutra.com) Bought By The Guardian Newspaper For 30 Million $!

Well this will possibly go down as the deal that changes the face of new media publisher market the world over. ContentNext Media the company which owns a network of new media blogs in Paidcontent.org,...
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Telecom Overview: New M & A Guidelines Issued by The Govt.

We have recently seen a lot of mergers and acquisitions in the telecom space, some of which can lead to restrictive trade practises. Keeping that in mind the Govt. of India has issued new telecom guidelines....
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EXCLUSIVE- More Competition In Digital Advertising? LBi – The International Full Service Interactive Agency To Launch Soon in India

The online/interactive advertising space went through a sort of a consolidation phase recently with bigger traditional advertising players acquiring digital only agencies or digital agencies raising the...
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Funding Updates!

A lot of mergers and acquisitions have been happening in the ICT space. Newer companies have been raising investments to fund their operations and expansions. Below are some of the investments done by...
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Percept Knorigin Aquiring Its Way To Being a Full Service Agency

We were the first ones to blog about Percept Knorigin’s ad network plans with Ad Chakra (which is launched in association wih Adify a US based ad network). Percept Knorigin has been one the later...
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Updated! – Exclusive: UTV Acquires ITNation!

(Updated) – I have been further informed by my sources that UTV would be doing this deal under the company UTV Interactive which was formed in 2000. Also that ITNation will be revamping current and...
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Acquisitions! Expansions! Its All Happening In Digital Advertising Space!

 We had blogged about earlier how Publicis Groupe was scouting for a possible acquisition in the digital advertising space. Now it seems even digital advertising agencies are acquiring other players! id8labs...
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Attention web startups! Web18 on the prowl!

Well if you are an internet startup or an internet business which has been around for sometime doing some good work i suggest you contact Web18 because they are on the prowl when it comes to aquisitions!...
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MIH set to rock web in India

MIH Web Pvt ltd is looking at a 3 pronged approach- build, invest and acquire t ogain a significant share in Indian internet industry. Under its build strategy it launched ibibo.com. Bixee.com and...
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