Dianne See Morrison
Jun 9, 2009 8:32 AM
The UK’s ad-funded, youth targeted mobile service provider Blyk is bringing its model of free talk-time and texts in return for viewing advertising to India. Mint.com reports that senior level recruitment is already underway, according to an unnamed source who was approached for a job at the new operation. Blyk…
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Advertising, Mobile, Companies, BPL Mobile, RCom
Nikhil Pahwa
Mar 10, 2008 5:38 AM
What is that they say about throwing out the baby with the bathwater? Concerns around security concerns have become a cause for concern for mobile operators and Blackberry users in India: the Department of Telecom has written to mobile operators providing Blackberry services in India, asking about whether there is…
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Legal, Policy, Companies, BPL Mobile, Hutch/Voda, RCom, Tata Comm
Nikhil Pahwa
Jan 28, 2008 7:03 AM
[with inputs from Cerius Shah] —Business Standard reports that BPL Mobile, whose subsidiary Shippingstop.com has received a Letter of Intent from the Indian government for launching services in 22 circles, is preparing a warchest of $2.5 Billion. Shippingstop.com, now called Loop Telecom, is considering a both equity and debt, and…
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Companies, BPL Mobile, BSNL
Nikhil Pahwa
Sep 24, 2007 6:02 AM
BPL Mobile has launched an off-portal WAP site at wap.mizone.bplmobile.com, reports TechTree. I just accessed the WAP site via Airtel GPRS. They’ve got ringtones, games, TV, cricket, humor, astrology and messaging, among other things. All content is available for a price. I wasn’t able to download a video - got…
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