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IAMAI:The Mobile VAS market in India could be an INR 671 bn market by 2015 contributing to 31% of overall wireless revenues

by Paul Joseph January 17, 2012 Featured

According to a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the Mobile VAS market in India could be an INR 671 bn market by 2015 contributing to 31% of overall wireless revenues. This growth will be driven mainly by mobile data (both on handsets and dongles / connected computing devices) contributing 54%

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Indian telcos earn Rs 46,891 cr in Q1, Airtel leads pack

by Paul Joseph November 13, 2011 Featured

Bharti Airtel has cornered around 22 per cent of the total revenue of Rs 46,891.61 crore earned by telecom service providers during the first quarter of 2011-12, regulator Trai said. Airtel’s gross revenue was the highest at Rs 10,212.96 crore, followed by Vodafone at Rs 6,893.91 crore, Idea Cellular at Rs 4,600.77 crore and state-run BSNL at Rs 4427.80 crore, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in its India Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report. Source

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India’s netizens: Now 100-mn strong

by Paul Joseph November 13, 2011 Featured

After mobile phones, India is set to see another revolution in the technology space. According to the latest report of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the number of internet users in India crossed the 100-million mark in September. This is a 13 per cent increase over last year, when the number of internet users stood at 87 million. The total number of ‘claimed’ internet users now stands at 112 million. Claimed users are those who say they have accessed the internet to get some specific information. Source

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Infibeam Ad-vent Contest Invites Young Branis to Showcase Creativity

by Paul Joseph November 10, 2011 Featured

After a huge success with IIMA organized “Kings of Advertisements” where students from B-schools across India create video advertisements and compete for top spot, Infibeam today announced the start of “The Ad-vent” contest, making participation open for all, and not restricting participants. Aspiring artists may now make short advertisements using ideas & scripts provided by The Viral Fever, a young Creative Agency for Digital Marketing & Branded Entertainment. The participants may also come up with their own script. The winning entry will get telecast coverage on Television nationally and winning artist will receive cash prize. Commenting on the event, Mr. Manu Midha, VP, Infibeam.com said, “We are very glad to see the amazing response of the entries received from artists and look forward to some wonderful piece of work from one and all”. “In the age of YouTube, when every consumer can act as a creator, there is nothing better than to open our eyes to, consumers’ interpretation of our Brand Story. We are kicked to collaborate with infibeam, who like us, believe in such Creative Experiments. It doesn’t get better than this. The viewer becomes the creator!!” said, Mr. Arunabh Kumar, who calls himself the Creative Experiment Officer (CEO) at The Viral Fever. The thought behind reaching out to people for advertisements is to work with aspiring artists and provide a platform to have their creative work visible on national television. To date, the company has not done any mass media branding and this initiative is a huge bet to have work of aspiring artists showcase on mass media. Infibeam has always tried using such innovative ways of engaging with its customers and using technology for creating new opportunities. Recently, Infibeam was ranked amongst the top ecommerce sites in using social media to reach out to people. This sort of a ‘Campaign for a Campaign’ is a first by any Brand in any category in India. Participants can view the rules of the contest here – www.infibeam.com/static/advent.html and are required to send their entries to advent@infibeam.com by 25th of November 2011. They may also upload the video on Youtube and send the corresponding link to us by email. http://www.infibeam.com/static/advent.html ###

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Infibeam Sponsors Confluence 2011, An International B-School Fest

by Paul Joseph November 7, 2011 Featured

India’s leading shopping portal Infibeam.com is happy to be associated with IIMA’s Confluence 2011 , an international B-school fest in Asia Pacific, held between 25-27th November, 2011. Infibeam has been one of the prominent recruiters at IIM Ahmedabad in the past couple of years and is proud to be associated with Confluence 2011. The competition to be held is known as the ‘Kings of Advertisement’. It is an advertising and marketing contest. The main theme of the contest is “Fostering Change, Championing Excellence.” Confluence is the largest B-school meet in India and attracts participants from across the world. It provides a platform for budding managers of tomorrow to apply their skills in different competitions and case contests, designed to challenge the brightest minds in the world. The participation will be in teams, comprising 2-3 students, who will have to submit short advertisements for Infibeam and follow up with submitting the complete Integrated Marketing and Communication plan for Infibeam in Round 2. The initiative will prove beneficial for Infibeam, a pioneer in providing innovative solutions in the ecommerce platform.

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India eyes 4G service launch next year

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

After the launch of third- generation (3G) telecom services, India may see more advanced 4G services in the second half of next year. India aims to launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile services next year that will allow users to watch high-definition video and download content at a much faster rate, a minister says. 4G technology holds the promise of Internet speeds up to 10 times faster than typical third-generation networks. “We should be ready to launch 4G… in the later half of 2012,” Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said Source

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India to Ease Telecom Merger Rules by December in New Policy

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

India’s government aims to ease rules for mergers and acquisitions among mobile-phone service providers under a new policy it plans to adopt by December. The Department of Telecommunications plans to have the new regulations, which also will fix a mechanism for pricing wireless airwaves, approved by the cabinet by Dec. 31, R. Chandrashekhar, secretary for telecommunications, said in an interview yesterday in New Delhi. Source

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India Lobby: 3G Roaming Pacts Don’t Violate Rules

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

A lobby group of Indian mobile-phone operators said Thursday they haven’t violated telecom licensing rules in signing pacts among themselves to offer third-generation cellular services in service areas where they don’t have bandwidth. The statement by the Cellular Operators Association of India comes after federal Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said his ministry was examining whether such agreements violated licensing rules. Source

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Telecom CEOs call on Sibal, seek clarity on 3G roaming

by Paul Joseph October 28, 2011 Featured

Telecom operators on Friday raised concerns about the numerous cases of penalty being imposed by the Department of Telecom. At a meeting Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and IT, the CEOs of all the leading cellular operators sought clarification on DoT’s approach since many of the penalties are for minor technicalities. They said that many of the fine imposed are on issues that are unclear and on which the industry itself has sought clarification from the DoT. Source

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Mobile Growth in India Expands Telecom Opportunities

by Paul Joseph October 28, 2011 Featured

Four years ago, there were 218 million mobile phone lines in India. Today, there are 858 million, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. In 2009, India’s telecom industry directly employed about 400,000. That number is expected to grow. Telecom companies in India will add more than 10% to their teams this year, said Vikram Chhachhi, executive vice president with US search firm DHR International. Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator by market share, estimates it will hire 2,000 employees this year, mostly in sales, for a total workforce of approximately 16,000. Source

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