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Sms Could Be the Driver Of Data & Mobile Internet Growth! Unbelievable? Read On..
Its funny how two businesses which may look like competitors to you and me in a growing industry might actually be complementary businesses in the long run. What Im talking about are the businesses of SMS and Data on the mobile front.
Lots of people believe that once data i.e. GPRS, 3G etc is ubiquitous then [...]
On SMS Volumes, Interconnect Charges & Impact On Bulk SMS Players
SMS is probably the second most used feature in a mobile phone after voice. No doubt then that in a market as large as 500 million plus mobile subscribers SMS forms for sizable usage. According to a recent Gartner report its expected that mobile messaging volumes in India will reach 191.6 billion messages in 2013. [...]
Tie-up Fiesta – Spice Digital To SMS Ads And Travel Details To IRCTC Users
IRCTC has come a long way in the e-commerce space in India since its estimated gross annual sales of Rs.3400 crore comprised 1/3rd of the total e-commerce industry worth Rs. 9000 crores in India. This time in news, IRCTC ties up with Spice Digital in an agreement which benefits both parties. So next time a [...]
Exclusive Interview With Amit Mehra – MD, Reuters Market Light – Enlightening Farmers
We spoke to Amit Mehra this week who apparently looks to build his enterprise along with the growth of telecom in the hinterland. He joined Reuters in Nov 2001 in the London office as Manager, New Business Development and was the Vice President – Content Operations till he became the MD of RML. At Thomson [...]
Twitter Updates: Find People API Released, UK First For MMS Support
November 16th, was a certainly an eventful day for Twitter. Apart from moving into a new office as tweeted by @twitter itself ‘Official pics from the shiny new Twitter HQ! http://bit.ly/2oVk85‘, other big developments took place as well.
People Search API for Third Party Apps – Now Search for People
Did you know that a large number [...]
SMS Based IM, Social networking – The Next Killer App For Indian Mobile?
Couple of years ago I stumbled on an idea of SMS based IM and social networking, though the idea gave me goose bumps with the extent of potential market, I was eventually convinced that mobile internet will be the thing, partly because I was already working on a mobile internet based idea and left only [...]
Track Your Mail Via SMS
The Indian Government seems to be taking to technology pretty quickly. We’ve covered some of the initiatives to incorporate current easy-to-access technology like email and SMS to further their outreach to people before. Now, email’s predecessor, the humble post will undergo changes.
General Manager Business Development and Marketing Directorate Department of Posts, Alok Sharma, speaking to [...]
Netcore Sent 60 Crore SMSes For BJP During Elections! – Did Intrusive Marketing Hurt BJP?
We were attending IAMAI’s Digital convergence event at Welingkars on Saturday and Abhijit Saxena CEO of Netcore stated a statistic which baffled us. He stated that they had partnered with BJP during the recent elections and sent over 60 crore smses to people!
Wow 60 crore is huge by any standard!
Lets put the economics of this [...]
Can SMS Ever Be Dead? Can You Survive Without Them?
With the ever-improving telecom infrastructure, can it ever happen that one fine day people stop text messaging once in for all? Vinay Goel, Head of products, Google India certainly thinks so. In a recent interview, Mr.Goel predicts that people are moving more and more towards e-mailing via their mobile phones that SMS may become obsolete [...]
Way2SMS launches email alerts on mobile
Way2sms, the popular nation wide free SMS provider has now launched Email alerts on mobile! Through this you can get alerts about incoming e-mails in your mobile inbox at no cost. The alerts are limited only to sender’s address and e-mail subject as message content is currently not sent in the alerts. This helps [...]
Zee News Goes Mobile – Ties Up With One97
Its seems to be a trend for news channels to go digital in more ways than one through tie ups. So if Timesnow chose the online medium with a tie up with Nautanki Zee news has chosen to go mobile with a tie up with One97. Through this association mobile users across India can access [...]
A Busy Weekend at Indiatimes: Launches Local Search, ARBT and Group SMS Services for Mobile Users
Indiatimes.com 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 than any other, Indiatimes has launched three mobile enabled services catering to different needs and projecting different business streams that mobiles are capable of. I guess this only adds to our assertion that mobile is moving ahead and moving ahead big.
BigAdda.com Now On Mobile.. Invite Your Phonebook & Make Your Mobile Number Your Profile ID!
Update: Afaqs has reported today that Bigadda is reportedly spending over 4 crores in popularising the mobile version of its site. Well I caught some ads on tv as well guess Reliance ADAG has pots of money..
Original Post: BigAdda the social network backed by Reliance ADAG which has already spent crores of rupees [...]
Now Get Orkut Scraps On Your Mobile – NOT If you are an Airtel/Vodafone/BSNL Subscriber?
Orkut has quietly launched a feature that will take the orkut platform beyond the web and into people hands i.e. sms for your scraps. I personally feel this feature has come too late for the early adoptor segment which already seems to have moved on to things like facebook, twitter and the even more enthusiastic ones are feasting on friendfeed which kind of aggregates your social graph.
Rediff Spruces up Product Search
Rediff has spruced up Product Search. It still essentially remains a retail aggregation model. Some things that Open2Save.in (we wrote about them Yesterday) can learn from this model and vice versa. A lot of innovative feature and interesting mashups. Search made interesting with peripherals.