Rajshri Media To Launch RajshriMobile.com & RajshriTamil.com Soon

by | posted: May 25, 2009
You are reading it here first: Rajshri Media is soon to launch RajshiMobile.com and RajshriTamil.com(sites still not live). According to our sources RajshriMobile.com would be a CRBT download site and...
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Airtel Crosses 100 Million Subscribers – What Does That Say About the Mobile Industry?

by | posted: May 16, 2009
Airtel has become the first in India and the third worldwide behind China’s top players to cross 100 million subscribers. It has also become the sixth largest integrated operator in the world. And...
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‘Take User’s Written Consent for VAS Subscription’ Says TRAI

by | posted: April 28, 2009
Any of you suffered due to mobile operator sudden subscription and activation of some Value Added Services (VAS) such as call ring back tone and hello tunes, TRAI has listened to your voice and on Monday...
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Vodafone Partners With OnMobile For Mobile VAS Offering

by | posted: April 23, 2009
OnMobile Global Ltd, a major Mobile VAS player in India and Vodafone have entered into an agreement to deploy OnMobile’s VAS offerings like Ringback Tones, Voice Portal and Speech-enabled Value Added...
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Will Mobile Ad Revenue Drive Mobile Entertainment?

by | posted: January 30, 2009
We have already posted IAMAI report, Mobile VAS is already a big  business and growing at a rate of 70% year-on-year. Atleast 35% of the Mobile VAS revenues are contributed by Music, mostly CRBT and Ringtone...
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NDTV Active Ties Up With Affle, But What’s Mkhoj Doing in The Midst of it?

by | posted: January 21, 2009
(the Post has been Edited with additional info from MKhoj – read it towards the end) Afaqs reports that NDTV has tied up with mobile marketing player Affle (of SMS 2.0) to monetize NDTV Active, their...
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How Can VAS Become A Bigger Opportunity For Telecom Operators?

by | posted: December 8, 2008
Rajesh Jain of Netcore has written a 5 point to do list on how can VAS become a bigger opportunity for Telecom Operators. We liked it so much that we are reproducing his post here on WATBlog.. Rajesh Jain’s...
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Funding Updates: TeleDNA & D.Light Design Raise 10 M $ & 5.5 M $

by | posted: November 10, 2008
Slowdown or no Slowdown.. VC’s have money and they shall invest is the mantra as funding news continues to trickle in and there is no apparent impact as yet of the impending slowdown on the funding...
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Why Ovi Is Important To Nokia?

by | posted: September 9, 2008
When you have a 60% market share of a rapidly increasing mobile handset market in India, what else can you ask for? Well, more. And for Nokia that’s the Mobile VAS, another rapidly growing market....
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A Busy Weekend at Indiatimes: Launches Local Search, ARBT and Group SMS Services for Mobile Users

by | posted: September 1, 2008
Indiatimes had a busy couple of days if their latest announcements are anything to go by. Singing the same tune as we did here at WATBlog on Friday, when the air was filled with more mobile industry stories...
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Canaan Partners Upbeat On Investing In VAS Space (Read to Know Why)

by | posted: August 27, 2008
Canaan Partners the Venture firm that has funded the likes of BharatMatrimony (Now Consim Info) and techtribe is now looking towards the VAS space with high expectations with its new fund ready for investment....
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Shaadi.com Ties the Knot With Vodafone: Matrimonials go Mobile

by | posted: August 12, 2008
A little late in the day for a news story, however, taking the matrimonial wars a step ahead, Shaadi.com has announced a tie up with cellular service provider Vodafone.  On what is claimed to be a first...
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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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Exclusive WATShow: Mauj Telecom CEO Manoj Dawane Talks On VAS, P2P Mobile & Mobile TV

by | posted: April 19, 2008
WATShow is back! This time with an exclusive interview with the CEO of one of the biggest mobile VAS companies in India i.e. Mauj Telecom’s Manoj Dawane. Here are the questions we fired at Mr.Dawane:   1)...
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India To Be 2nd Largest Mobile Market in April!

by | posted: March 25, 2008
Well India is soon going to take over the US numbers as far as mobile subscriber base is concerned. That would put India in no.2 position in the world by April according to TRAI which will be behind the...
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More About Rajshri Media’s Mobisodes – Akbar Birbal Remixed

by | posted: March 5, 2008
We had previously covered Rajshri Media’s decision to launch a series of 90 mobisodes – each mobisode being 3 minutes long.      Here are some more interesting facts on the Rajshri Strategy....
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