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Finally iTunes gets into some tough competition in the Indian market. After Motorola had acquired the pan Asian music service provider, SoundBuzz, Motorola seems to be working overtime to launch the its much celebrated music portal, MOTOMusic, before iPhone gets a chance to grab that share in the Indian market, thanks to Apple’s very popular iTunes service.

WiMax is planning to ride high on the Indian Market. After TATA & Reliance, it’s Motorola’s turn to endorse WiMAX. Pundits believe that given the geographical features of India, WiMAX provides a much cheaper alternative for providing internet access to every nook and cranny of the country, as compared to the wired connections. More so, [...]

One of India’s oldest refrigerator company and most trusted electronic appliances company, Videocon has expressed an interest in bidding for Motorola’s mobile handset business. According to the sources, the discussions on the acquisition of the third largest mobile handset maker are on the cards within the Videocon stable.
 
With the current onslaught on increased spectrum allocation [...]

 
At the IAMAI Mobile VAS 2008 Summit, the topic of VAS and user awareness was discussed by an esteemed panel that included:
 
 
Mr. Pradeep Shrivastava – CMO, Idea Cellular
Mr. Arvind Rao – Co - Founder of One Mobile
Mr. Ajay Vaishnavi – Director of Telecom at Times Internet
Mr. Raj Singh Bhandal – Managing Director, Active Media
 
 
 
 
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Acquisitions is surely the new expansion mantra. We have blogged on - WPP acquiring Quasar Media, UTV acquiring ITNation and now it is Motorola who has keen interest in acquiring Soundbuzz, the Asian online and mobile music company. Financial terms regarding the deal are yet to be disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close [...]

Google bowls a googly to its competitors. Google is giving away prizes worth $10 millions to people who can come up with an innovative software for the company’s upcoming cell phone operating system.
 
 
By taking this initiative, google has made it clear that it is interested in capturing the wider range of market by wiping [...]

Charging gadgets is quite a pain – especially when one is always on the run. It’s a drain on our resources and also the environment to a certain extent. Solar chargers have been around for some time now, but nothing as cool and non-bulky as that this:

Motorola was recently awarded a patent for putting a [...]

Mobile manufactures like Nokia, Motorola, LG, Samsung etc. have started to reach out to the Indian villagers trough Mandi’s, Haats (unregulated markets) etc as their on-ground activity to attract the villagers towards their handsets.
I think it’s about time they did so, considering 70% of the Indian population are from the rural areas. The rural market [...]