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Ria Lakshman November 14th, 2016 1:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

VAS provider Mahindra Comviva recognized as ‘Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Revenue and Customer Management (IRCM) for CSPs 2016’

The value-added services provider for mobile operators Mahindra Comviva has been positioned in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Revenue and Customer Management (IRCM) for CSPs, 2016. The company is identified as a niche player for its billing solutions (iPACS, mBAS), and customer analytics suite MobilytixTM, according to a statement released by the company. Gartner’s document list out the communications service providers (CSPs) that provide business processes. It rates the... Read More

Tharun G December 24th, 2015 6:00 PM 12 COMMENTS

Idea announces foray into digital content market with 4G service

Idea Cellular has launched its 4G network and became the third operator in the country to offer 4G service. Apart from pure data service, Idea is offering bundle 4G devices and digital content to its 4G subscribers. Though unlike Reliance Jio who has its own arsenal of self branded digital media apps (Jio beats, Jio play, Jio mags), Idea has taken the shorter route by partnering with existing media apps like Eros now for... Read More

Srikapardhi November 16th, 2015 3:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian telcos pick Spice Digital’s VAS marketing tool, iPEN

Spice Digital, a part of the Spice Connect Group, said that its iPEN (intelligent post event notification), a contextual marketing platform has been successfully running in India with several telecom operators. The company recently launched iPEN in association with Videocon. With micro-segmentation, iPEN is enabling Videocon to generate about a billion impressions for specials offers for customers and this has resulted in a significant surge in the operator’s revenue. “In... Read More

Srikapardhi February 8th, 2015 4:34 AM 6 COMMENTS

TT Poll : Mobile VAS, is it really driving the Indian telecom market ?

Most of you might be even afraid to use the acronym - VAS, especially in mobile to consumer segment category. VAS is a commonly used acronym for Value Added Service which is a popular term in telecommunications sector to offer services to customers beyond the core services like SMS, voice and data. These services may be available for free or charged based on the quality/quantity provided by operators themselves or... Read More

Chethan S November 25th, 2014 12:02 AM 3 COMMENTS

Bank transactions through mobile without internet soon

Millions of mobile users will now be able to carry out most banking transactions (like PIN change, funds transfer, payment of low value bills, getting new cheque book, bank passbook request and balance enquiries and many more such simple services) using a basic handset. For this, the dealings between a customer and the bank will be possible with a basic handset and without accessing the internet. The Telecom Regulatory Authority... Read More

Ritij November 13th, 2014 1:40 PM 8 COMMENTS

TRAI keen on curbing unsolicited activation of VAS, releases data related to activation, deactivation and complaints

TRAI has just released data related to activation, deactivation and complaints of Value Added Services w.e.f. 1st January 2014 to 30th September 2014. The regulatory authority has been taking steps regularly to prohibit activation of value added services without the consent of consumers. Directions prohibiting the same and procedure regarding obtaining consent from consumers have been issued as well. Customers can deactivate the Value Added Services through a common toll-free... Read More

Sanjay December 18th, 2013 6:38 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Launches ‘Vodafone Music’ Android App and WAP Portal

Vodafone India today announced the launch of Vodafone Music Android Mobile App and WAP portal with a unique features which will allow its customers to experience a new age of entertainment via mobile Internet. Vodafone launched a totally new, comprehensive streaming and download music service - Vodafone Music offering a musical treat for its 155 million plus consumers. It is available on WAP on all phones and via an Mobile... Read More

Sanjay November 28th, 2013 3:06 PM 3 COMMENTS

India’s Telecom Regulator TRAI Prescribes Tariff for USSD-based Mobile Banking Services

In a bid to promote use of Mobile Banking Services across India, TRAI has come out with new Guidelines and Tariff on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data known as USSD -based mobile banking services. Telecom regulator TRAI has prescribed that ceiling tariff for an outgoing USSD-based mobile banking service shall be Rs.1.50 per USSD session. All mobile service providers should facilitate not only the banks, but also the authorized agents of... Read More

Sanjay October 30th, 2013 11:39 AM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone – ICICI Bank’s M-Pesa – Mobile Money Service Launched in Maharashtra

Vodafone India today announced the launch of ‘M-Pesa’ a unique mobile money transfer and payment service in Maharashtra. The financial transactions are provided by ICICI Bank for M-Pesa services. This service will now be available across 286 Tehsils, 33 Districts through 4080 specially trained authorized agents and across 387 Vodafone exclusive retail stores in Matharashtra. ‘M-Pesa’ has been already rolled out in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, UP... Read More

Sanjay October 21st, 2013 1:45 PM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Selects Vuclip as Strategic Mobile Video Media Partner for Rs.1 Entertainment Store

Vuclip,video and media company today announced its partnership with Bharti Airtel to power the video section of the Re. 1 Entertainment Store. Airtel mobile entertainment store which brings a host of services including music, games, photos and videos, allows Airtel customers across India to enjoy thousands of premium content videos starting at just Re.1 per video. Vuclip is the mobile video media partner responsible for the technology, product, analytics, and... Read More

Sanjay October 12th, 2013 11:20 AM 19 COMMENTS

Mobile VAS Complaints Declined After Strict Norms & Measures Undertaken By TRAI

India's telecom regulator TRAI today said that complaints of false activation of Value Added Services (VAS) have declined after tightens norms and following measures undertaken by it in last few months. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today issues VAS complaints data shows that in July 2013, the total number of VAS complaints were down to 1,85,468 as compared to 2,59,476 in June,2013. Earlier TRAI stringent guidelines for activation... Read More

Sanjay September 5th, 2013 2:50 PM 26 COMMENTS

Exclusive : BSNL Launches Voice SMS Service for 2G and 3G GSM Subscribers

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers today announced the launch of Voice SMS service for its 2G and 3G GSM customers across all circles for a fixed price for 75 paisa. Fun and easy to use, this new service enables BSNL subscribers to send Voice SMS messages to each other in their own voice, rather than by typing. Voice SMS is an enhanced mode... Read More