Apalya Raises $7.5 Million In Series-B Funding

by | posted: January 12, 2011
Mobile VAS provider Apalya Technologies announced today that it has raised $7.5 million in Series-B Funding from IndoUS Venture Partners, IDG and Qualcomm. The company has been in the news consistently...
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Welcoming Vijay Shekhar Sharma – MD – One97 As Speaker @ WATSummit 2011

by | posted: December 21, 2010
We are starting an interesting speaker profile series of all the speakers who shall be speaking on a panel at the WATSummit 2011. We shall be showcasing reasons on why you should meet them, who would they...
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Mauj Mobile Acquires UK based Mobango

by | posted: August 16, 2010
Mauj Mobile, People Group’s Mobile Value Added Service company has announced its acquisition of UK based Mobango Ltd. The financial details of the deal including the exact price offered, cash deal...
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Airtel Wants You To Pray To The Gods! ‘Live Aarti’ On Mobile

by | posted: April 22, 2010
It seems telecom operators are seeing an opportunity in everything including your prayers to God. We have covered live online prayer sites previously on WATBlog but now Airtel has taken the same concept...
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Exclusive Interview With Raghavendra Aggarwala, CEO, mBit Infotech – Peer-to-Peer Mobile Content Platform

by | posted: December 22, 2009
After the launch of mBit Infotech that is the joint venture between VASSoft.net (the IT division of Himenviro group India) and mBit Pte. Ltd. (Managed and controlled by mTouche Technology Bhd), they introduced...
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Cartoon Network Arrives On Mobile – Kids attract VAS players?

by | posted: December 16, 2009
Kids will now have a reason to rejoice as they will now be able to view their favourite cartoon characters on mobile phones. Nazara Technologies, Indian VAS player has announced their content sharing...
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One97 Going For An IPO – To Raise $100 million

by | posted: November 12, 2009
One97 communications, the provider of India’s largest deployed telecom application platform is reportedly planning to go for an IPO in 2010, One97 will use these additional funds for its exapansion...
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Teja Movies Casting Via Mobile – Vodafone’s Latest Innovation

by | posted: October 21, 2009
Telugu director and producer, Teja is in news for his tie-up with Vodafone for his upcoming movies. The casting will be majorly done via mobile. Aspirants can register for the contest using their Andhra...
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Tata Docomo Brings Manga to Indian Mobiles

by | posted: October 2, 2009
According to everyone’s favourite web resource since the 1950s, Manga have steadily become a major part of the Japanese publishing industry, representing a 406 billion yen market in Japan in 2007 (approximately...
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Antakshari On Reliance Mobile – Can Community-Driven Games Do The Trick?

by | posted: August 20, 2009
Reliance Mobile has announced that it will be launching the popular Indian game, Antakshari for its users on the R-World platform. Available both for the CDMA and GSM users, the game shall be available...
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Mobile VAS To Skyrocket.. Do You See It Happening?

by | posted: August 12, 2009
The telecom growth story in India is not news anymore. Inspite of that, the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) in India has remained abysmally low compared to the ARPU in other developing and developed markets...
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Star News Now On Mobile TV

by | posted: August 10, 2009
As an internet enthusiast, what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you see a news channel being aired on your mobile? You think, is it the internet booming or is it the internet-on-mobile...
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2ergo Acquires ActiveMedia – Plans Operations In India

by | posted: July 28, 2009
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...
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“3G is Overhyped While Revenue Share In Mobile VAS Is Fair To Content Providers” – Arvind Rao, OnMobile

by | posted: July 9, 2009
We spoke to Arvind Rao – Chairman, CEO and Co-founder, OnMobile about the on-going 3G saga, the post auction market scene, impact of MNP on VAS and more to get a gist of his views and opinions ...
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Mobile Tie Ups – Airtel – Babajob / RCom – BBC

by | posted: June 29, 2009
Content and Carriers seem to be gelling well these days as two more tie up announcement sprung up with regards to telecom providers tying up with content providers. Here are the updates: Blue collar Jobs...
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A Look At Rural VAS Services – Set To Change Lives

by | posted: June 22, 2009
The other day I was discussing “Rural VAS business in India” with couple of my friends, and one of my friend argued that information about the right prices is always available with the farmers...
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