Now File Your RTI Application Using SMS And Video Conferencing

by | posted: December 24, 2010
Indeed, the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 has transformed the governance of the country by mandating timely response to citizen requests for government information. For the sake of repetition, RTI...
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Mobile Phones – What Indian Teenagers Can’t Live Without!

by | posted: December 7, 2010
Every person in this world has his or her most valuable asset in life, so called the thing that he or she cannot live without. Indian teenagers today seem to have a big obsession for Mobile phones that...
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Happy Mobile Number Portability Day? – MNP Kicks Off In Haryana

by | posted: November 25, 2010
Finally! After delays, delays, delays, delays and delays followed by some more delays, it is here. Mobile Number Portability has been launched in Haryana today. By now, I’m sure you know the drill,...
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Facebook Unveils A Whole New Messaging Platform

by | posted: November 16, 2010
The rumours were true! Facebook did announce a new messaging system. But was it email? Well, Sort of! At Monday night’s (according to IST) event Facebook announced its new messaging system, said...
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India To Have Encrypted SIM Cards?

by | posted: November 3, 2010
As if Google’s Street View Cars’ “accidental” capturing of WiFi data wasn’t enough of a warning sign by itself. The FireSheep incident clearly showed us how dangerous it can...
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Facebook, Skype To Join Hands – Will It Make Facebook Unbeatable?

by | posted: September 30, 2010
We have been talking for some time now about how there may be potential competitors for Facebook and its reign on the top of the social networking world. The main competition could obviously be coming...
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Tata Indicom Launches ‘Doc On Call’ For Subscribers

by | posted: September 15, 2010
Often mobile has been blamed for being useful for just sms spammers and wallpaper downloaders. But as the mobile penetrates into the daily lives of one and all. There are services that are being launched...
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Mobile Revolution Takes Off Through Mobile Apps

by | posted: July 27, 2010
From the time when you had big bulky phones with long antennas, mobiles have come a long way. Indians took to mobiles as fish to water, resulting in the telecom boom that we are now experiencing. This...
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Mobile Banking – Will It Be Ever Be Bigger Than E-banking?

by | posted: July 26, 2010
Mobile banking has been knocking on our doors since quite some time now. In India, one of the first entrants were BOKU, who along with Airtel, were one of the first to introduce mobile banking solutions...
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MyToday Goes Paid.. Launches Super Store

by | posted: June 29, 2010
There are a plethora of things you can do on your mobile today, the SMS feature being exploited the most. You get constant updates on your phone regarding various events and advertisements. You get annoyed...
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Loop Mobile And SMSGupShup Bring Group SMS Service ‘Reply All’

by | posted: June 22, 2010
Loop Mobile in collaboration with SMSGupShup has announced a new service ‘Reply All’. This service which almost seems a mobile phone version of Google Groups will allow Loop Mobile subscribers to SMS...
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Bigshoebazaar.com Enables Shoe Shopping Via SMS

by | posted: June 22, 2010
Bigshoebazaar.com, an online portal started in 2007 for business-to-customer footwear retailing, has recently announced a new service. It will start its new SMS catalogue shopping format wherein customers...
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Netcore Acquires Greynium – Bullish On Local Languages

by | posted: May 4, 2010
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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Sms Could Be the Driver Of Data & Mobile Internet Growth! Unbelievable? Read On..

by | posted: December 7, 2009
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...
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On SMS Volumes, Interconnect Charges & Impact On Bulk SMS Players

by | posted: November 27, 2009
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...
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Tie-up Fiesta – Spice Digital To SMS Ads And Travel Details To IRCTC Users

by | posted: November 25, 2009
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...
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