India Digital Summit

@ Digital Summit: Don’t Call Us M-VAS, We’re Customers; Limiting Pipes, Toll Roads; MVNOs

Jan 14, 2008 12:58 AM

A riveting discussion between Atanu Mandal, President of ACL Wireless, Viren Popli, VP and Head (Mobile Entertainment) of STAR India and Milind Pathak, Co-CEO and Country Manager for Buongiorno, was among the highlights of the IAMAI’s India Digital Summit. Popli, in a belligerent mood, played the devil’s advocate: “I don’t…

Keep Reading »

Posted In: Mobile, Events, India Digital Summit

@ Digital Summit: On Why Operators Are Tying Up With Financial Institutions For M-Payment

Nikhil Pahwa

Jan 11, 2008 4:17 AM

Mobile operators are tying up with financial institutions for mobile payment systems, because they want a separate wallet; if the money is shown in their books, then it will add to the license fees the operator pays to the government - typically around 10 to 12 percent. Which is why…

Keep Reading »

Posted In: Mobile, Events, India Digital Summit

@ Digital Summit: Ibibo Reaches 1 Million Users; Internet As A PR Medium; Privacy Issues

Nikhil Pahwa

Jan 10, 2008 10:11 PM

“The problem of our times, for the Advertising Community, is how to reach consumers with personalized advertisement and still maintain an affordable cost per lead” - a member of the audience Ravi Kiran, CEO of Star Com Media Vest Group introduced Ibibo CEO Ashish Kashyap, informing the audience that ibibo…

Keep Reading »

Posted In: Events, India Digital Summit, Companies, MIH

@ Digital Summit: We’re Bleeding. Where Are The Users? What’s The Point Of Connectivity Sans Usage?

Nikhil Pahwa

Jan 10, 2008 2:07 AM

The Q&A part of the India Digital Summit opened up with a couple of tough questions, but really no answers: “We’ve seen lots of presentations, lots of people who’ve started Internet companies that are bleeding. Everything was dependent on number of users - the claimed users from the IAMAI and…

Keep Reading »

Posted In: Events, India Digital Summit