Blackberry Offers Security Solution To Government – Last Ditch Effort?

Blackberry’s future in India seems threatened. The Ministry of Home Affairs is now frustrated with the encrypted messages of Blackberry. So the ministry has introduced new clauses in which Centre has...
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Hotmail Provides SMS Alerts For Free – Too Late?

In a new move to gain an edge over its competitors, Hotmail has launched a new service. By entering your mobile phone number and a verification code on www.mobile.live.com, you can get email alerts through...
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Netcore Acquires Greynium – Bullish On Local Languages

Our recent WATShow with Abhijit Saxena Of NetCore Solutions had questioned the importance of vernacular content to his business (check his answer here) and now it seems Netcore has gone ahead and acquired...
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SmsGupShup Raises 12M $ in Funding From Globespan Capital Partners

Smsgupshup the sms based social network had just a few months ago stated that it was only 6 months away from breaking even. Also recently they launched social cause driven groups to further their reach...
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Don’t Ignore The Next SMS You Get, It Could Possibly Save Your Life!

The Meteorological Department of India (IMD) is in the process of setting up a transmission centre that will send important weather alerts via telephone, radio, television and more. The system will most...
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TRAI To Amend SMS Termination Charges – Will SMS Charges Come Down?

Indian telecom space has made lot of buzz even internationally due to declining tariff and new price structures being introduced in the market. This time it seems TRAI is gunning after SMS to bring normality...
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Burrp Starts Sms Service – Nokia too gets Local

Burrp a local search engine for restaurants pubs discotheques, bakeries etc have recently launched an sms based services for mobile users that allows them to be updated with the latest news on restaurants...
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