With Essar abandoning the Vodafone- Essar Partnership, Vodafone India Limited [VIL] is one step closer to a partial stock market listing of its Indian operations. As Essar sold its stake in Vodafone India, Piramal Healthcare has bought it for a UK £ 385 Million cash! With just 5.5 per cent stake changing hands, the valuation of VIL now stands at UK 7 Billion. Though the Indian IPO can only be filed...

I had in one of my posts earlier mentioned how I have always been a cheap-phone guy. All my phones have been basic with the most modern function being a camera in the one i carry these days. It has been a conscious effort to stay away from high-end phones and have never fancied a fancy phone. Now, Spice Mobility has come out with India’s first 3D phone in the View D which makes even me wonder...

Yesterday, we told you about the grand battle which is taking place between the mobile operators, fondly called the Tariff War. On the other hand on a relatively smaller scale (as it appears) another battle is on, and this one is between the phone-makers. After all without handsets, the operators are totally useless. First of all lets check out some history. As many of you might be aware, Motorola...

Ever wondered, Why Android is sure to be a hit in Indian markets ? Let me tell you that it could be one because Mobile is the future of communication. Mobile is for the masses to use and with expectations that the number of mobile users in India will overtake the number of users in US and China in the coming months, we can only celebrate its usage increasing leaps and bounds and that too at an astonishing...

269 Million handsets were shipped in the second quarter of this year, a little improved figure compared to the 253.5 million handsets shipped in the first quarter, reported ABI Research and the same is confirmed by Gartner. Though the numbers are still sharply down compared to last year, Improved sales figures are for sure signaling a turnaround. The economic slow down still has it’s impact on...

Here, at WATBlog, we’ve kept you updated on all the news in the Mobile World, especially news that is pertinent to the mobile scene in India. A recent news release caught our attention. 2ergo, a leading mobile enabling technology provider, has acquired ActiveMedia Technologies Group – one of India’s mobile marketing and VAS companies. ActiveMedia Technology or AMT boasts of operations...