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Within 8 Years, Indian Demand For Mobiles To Be 1 Million Per Day: Mobile Revolution 2020?

by | posted: November 3, 2011
You heard that right: 1 Million Cell Phones will be sold per day. Sounds too high to be true? According to a study by industry body FICCI with market analyst firm Ernst and Young (E&Y), by the...
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Money2India Now On Your Mobile Phone

by | posted: August 25, 2011
Consumption of information and communications are now rapidly shifting to mobile web platforms. This trend has been making brands and companies realize that they need to optimize their services to mobile...
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Mobile Commerce In India -Today And Tomorrow

by | posted: July 21, 2011
Mobile commerce has not taken off to its full potential in India as against in West where it has almost reach its zenith. G Krishna Kumar of Teleca Software Solutions India has an interesting write-up...
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Nokia Bundles Money App With Phone

by | posted: June 29, 2011
Mobile Commerce is unanimously agreed to be the next big thing. It is poised to change the way we conduct day-to-day transactions. In the international arena, the launch of Google Wallet has promoted NFC...
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WATSummit Highlights : Panel 3 – Way Forward for Mobile monetization And Banking

by | posted: January 17, 2011
The third panel discussion at WATSummit was on the Way Forward for Mobile monetization And Banking. The panel was moderated by Kunal Bajaj – Managing Directoy, Analysys Mason and the panelists were...
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India To Have Encrypted SIM Cards?

by | posted: November 3, 2010
As if Google’s Street View Cars’ “accidental” capturing of WiFi data wasn’t enough of a warning sign by itself. The FireSheep incident clearly showed us how dangerous it can...
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TelePhone User Base Crosses 70 Crores In India – Tele-density Crosses 59%

by | posted: October 6, 2010
The mobile phone craze started in India a long time back and it certainly is not going to die down for a long time to go.  Based on this, we had earlier reported that mobile phones will lead the digital...
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Visa – Monitise Enter JV To Launch Mobile Financial Services In India

by | posted: May 26, 2010
Visa and Monitise have announced a joint venture whcih will provide a technology platform for financial institutions and mobile operators in India to offer a range of mobile financial services to consumers....
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Mobile Round-up: Bharti Airtel Africa Foray, Mobile Transactions 50K Limit; Tata Photon Prepaid Services

by | posted: January 21, 2010
Bharti Airtel eyes African telcos After Airtel’s ventures in Bangladesh, The Bharti Airtel Group is now looking for a stake in public sector telecom companies in various countries of the African...
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Fortune Tellers Become Salaried Tele-Astros Now – They Spell It Big For Telcos

by | posted: November 24, 2009
I once heard that the youth brigade or the so called ‘Youngistaan’ have become self-sufficient when it comes to taking their own decisions, at least when it comes to cricket (betting), stock...
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Funding Updates: MChek – Nexus | Nokia Growth Partners – Web 18

by | posted: October 2, 2009
Funding continues in the Indian space. Though its still more of middle to late stage funding that seems to be filling up the Indian digital media space. Here are two recent deals. One in the mobile space...
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Mobile Payments & MCommerce – The Future Opportunities & Challenges

by | posted: November 11, 2008
With the RBI guidelines coming to the fore the mobile payments market has an official go ahead from the authorities. So we thought it was a great time to speak to some of the mobile payment players and...
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Banks To Issue Separate M-Pin For M-Commerce – RBI Proposes Mobile Payments Guidelines

by | posted: June 17, 2008
According to the latest guidlines drafted by RBI banks may soon have to issue separate M-Pins for customers who wish to use their mobiles for making payments. With mobile payment players like paymate,...
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Reliance to Offer Inter Bank Money Transfer Services Across 110 Countries

by | posted: May 12, 2008
Reliance Globalcom, the international arm of Reliance Communications, is planning to launch a global backbone to enable international inter-bank transfer on mobile platforms across 110 countries reports Business...
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M – Commerce & Mobile Wallets A Reality in India Soon Courtesy the RBI Policy Statement on June 15

by | posted: April 30, 2008
  Brace up. After the 15th of June, you probably will be able to use your mobile phone as a debit card or a credit card.     The Reserve Bank of India, in its annual policy statement on Tuesday, said it...
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Now get Paid to Listen to Ads on Your Mobile Phone

by | posted: April 21, 2008
Mobile Phone subscriptions in India recently crossed 260 Million in India making it the 2nd largest mobile market in the World. Everyone in Mobile has been grappling with revenue models.     The telecom...
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