Tricia Duryee
Jan 20, 2010 9:11 AM
SMS GupShup has raised $12 million to help build out its texting-based mobile-phone communities in India. The company, which has operations in both Santa Clara, Calif. and Mumbai, India, claims to serve 26 million users in roughly two million topics, ranging from religious groups to sports teams. The fourth round…
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Tameka Kee
Oct 14, 2009 3:52 PM
Twitter has sealed a deal with Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile carrier, that will let its wireless subscribers receive tweets by SMS for free, and send them at standard rates. Co-founder Biz Stone said the company had worked “quickly” to get cheap, full-service SMS set up for users in India,…
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Tricia Duryee
Jul 27, 2009 3:02 PM
UK-based 2ergo, a mobile marketing company, has acquired UK-based Activemedia Technologies Group, which is focused on the mobile ticketing and coupon market, serving the UK, India and Southeast Asia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, 2ergo said Activemedia employs more than 50 people in London, New Delhi and…
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