﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS generated by RSSviaXmlTextWriter at Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:13:05 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"><channel><title>Telecom Tiger</title><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/</link><description>A simple RSS document generated using XMLTextWriter</description><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17768</link><title>Vuclip reaches 80 million monthly unique mobile users</title><description>Vuclip, the mobile video and media company, has said that it is experiencing rapid adoption and popularity, reaching 80 million monthly unique mobile </description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:05:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17771</link><title>Techzone ties up with Aircel to enhance its VAS offerings</title><description>Techzone has enhanced its offerings by introducing mobile video download as a VAS service to India&amp;rsquo;s prominent telecom service provider, Aircel.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:22:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17705</link><title>In-store mobile wallet payments will reach € 78 billion in Europe and North America by 2017</title><description>According to a new research report from Berg Insight, in-store mobile wallet payments in EU27+2 is forecasted to grow from less than &amp;euro; 0.1 billio</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:32:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17690</link><title>Nimbuzz partners with Hutch subscribers in Sri Lanka</title><description>Nimbuzz, a leading cross-platform global communication app and has entered into an agreement with Hutch to bring Nimbuzz to Hutch subscribers across S</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:08:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17633</link><title>Now, recharge your Aircel number with Aircel recharge app on Facebook</title><description>Aircel, one of India's leading telecos has launched Aircel recharge app for its prepaid customers to recharge their number on the Facebook fanpage.
T</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 09:25:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17606</link><title>MoMagic technologies recognized as emerging mobile VAS company of the year</title><description>MoMagic Technologies, a strategic partner for the world&amp;rsquo;s leading mobile chipset company MediaTek, has bagged the &amp;quot;Emerging Mobile India VA</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 09:34:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17600</link><title>Amazon Appstore for Android now available in 200 Countries including India</title><description>Amazon on Thursday announced the availability of its Appstore in nearly 200 countries including India. Customers around the world can now buy apps and</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:34:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17601</link><title>IMImobile, CCA sign pan-African strategic content partnership agreement</title><description>IMImobile, a leading global specialist provider of mobile data platform and services to telecom operators, enterprises and media companies,has entered</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17591</link><title>ThinkHealth launches Ayurveda based mobile health service with Airtel</title><description>ThinkHealth Services, a VAS company focused on mobile health has collaborated with Airtel to launch a mobile health serveice &amp;ldquo;Jivananda &amp;ndash; </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:55:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17559</link><title>Qualcomm, Nexleaf Analytics, DFID, TERI collaborate on mobile application foradoption of cookstoves in India</title><description>World&amp;rsquo;s leading chipset maker Qualcomm on Friday said that it has collaborated with Nexleaf Analytics, the Energy and Resources Institute, and t</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:50:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17507</link><title>Bus tickets now on Paytm mobile app</title><description>Paytm.com on Friday launched&amp;nbsp; Bus Ticket Bookings on its Android and iOS apps. This coincides with Paytm&amp;rsquo;s recent celebration of crossing a</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:25:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17498</link><title>Reliance Games, Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Overbrook Entertainment introduce ‘After Earth’ mobile game </title><description>Reliance Games, a leading international developer and publisher of mobile games, Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Overbrook Entertainment, are coll</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:20:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17435</link><title>BlackBerry bets on low-cost plan for its services to expand market share in certain regions</title><description>Blackberry whose sales are declining because of stiff competition from Apple and Samsung on Tuesday offered low-cost plan for its services in certain </description><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 09:32:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17397</link><title>Zee TV’s mobile app enters the ‘1 Million Club’ </title><description>ZEE TV has said that its interactive mobile app for its non-fiction shows one million downloads.
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Leveraging the success of Zee TV&amp;rsquo;s hig</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:55:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17378</link><title>Nokia Nearby to feature premium listings from Getit</title><description>Nokia Nearby, the innovative location-based web app that allows consumers to discover, search, explore and share places of interest near them, will no</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:19:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17361</link><title>Disney UTV Digital launches freemium apps for feature phones</title><description>DisneyUTV Digital has launched a bouquet of four freemium apps for Indian mobile subscribers &amp;ndash; UTV, Disney, Comedy and Devotional. Nokia Asha se</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:04:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17363</link><title>MapmyIndia now on BlackBerry Z10 for Free</title><description>MapmyIndia, India&amp;rsquo;s leader in digital maps, GPS devices, and web mobile location apps, has announced that all BB10 customers currently owning a </description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:26:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17350</link><title>Zapak Mobile Games crosses 100mn downloads on Nokia Store</title><description>Zapak mobile games, the mobile gaming division of Reliance Entertainment Digital has said that it recorded a 100 million downloads on the Nokia store.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:19:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17351</link><title>Bharti SoftBank free mobile messaging app 'hike' surpasses 5 million subscribers</title><description>Bharti SoftBank's has claimed that its free mobile messaging app 'hike' has surpassed 5 million subscribers. The company had the app globally in Decem</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:59:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17333</link><title>Vodafone-ICICI Bank launch money transfer service ‘M-Pesa’ in eastern region, to cover entire country soon</title><description>Vodafone, India&amp;rsquo;s leading telecom service provider has joined hands with ICICI Bank to &amp;lsquo;M-Pesa&amp;rsquo; - a mobile money transfer and paymen</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:55:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17323</link><title>Vodafone launches money transfer service ‘M-Pesa’ in eastern region, to cover entire country soon </title><description>Vodafone, India&amp;rsquo;s leading telecom service provider has joined hands with ICICI Bank to &amp;lsquo;M-Pesa&amp;rsquo; - a mobile money transfer and paymen</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:35:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17174</link><title>Mahindra Comviva in mobile banking pact with Kyrgyz Investment Credit Bank</title><description>Mahindra Comviva, the leading provider of&amp;nbsp; mobile financial and VAS solutions, has entered into a partnership with Kyrgyz Investment Credit Bank </description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:54:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17182</link><title>Aircel ties up with Nimbuzz to introduce new app-operator ecosystem</title><description>India&amp;rsquo;s leading telco has partnered with Aircel Nimbuzz, a leading cross-platform global communications solution to offer affordable communicati</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:53:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17026</link><title>Aircel, MTS, Vodafone offer special call rates, beauty tips on International Women’s Day</title><description>Leading telcos, Vodafone, Aircel and MTS have offered special plans for women on international women&amp;rsquo;s day. They are offering everything from sp</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:07:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16982</link><title>Mahindra Comviva bags GSMA Global Mobile award for mobiquity mTicketing services in Bangladesh</title><description>Mahindra Comviva, has bagged won the GSMA Global Mobile Awards for its mobiquity mTicketing platform. Deployed in collaboration with the leading opera</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:57:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16975</link><title>Mahindra Comviva to help Gabon Telecom  to  introduce Mobi Cash mobile money services</title><description>Mahindra Comviva, a leading provider of mobile financial and VAS solutions, has joined hands with Gabon Telecom, an affiliate of Maroc Telecom and the</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:50:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16968</link><title>Facebook partners with Airtel, reliance to provide messaging on mobile</title><description>Facebook has said that it has entered into a partnership with Airtel and Reliance in India to provide free or discounted data access to Facebook messa</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:38:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16973</link><title>Now, books added to Google Play in India</title><description>Google has added books to Google Play for people in India which offer thousands of Indian titles from new releases to classics.
The books include gre</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:09:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16922</link><title>PVR launches India’s first NFC enabled PVR Wallet’ app for BlackBerry 10</title><description>PVR Ltd., the leading entertainment company in India, announced its first &amp;lsquo;NFC enabled PVR Wallet&amp;rsquo; app for the BlackBerry 10 platform.
&amp;n</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:50:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16891</link><title>Western Union certifies Ericsson’s Wallet Platform for mobile money transfers</title><description>The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, has said that&amp;nbsp; it has certified the Ericsson Wallet Platform.
With this certific</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:01:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16901</link><title>Mahindra Comviva ties up with GT&amp;T for mobiquity solution</title><description>Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile financial and VAS solutions, has entered into a partnership&amp;nbsp; with Guyana Telephone &amp;amp; </description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:42:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16850</link><title>Gupshup launches mobile/web-compatible chat app</title><description>The newly launched GupShup mobile app on Monday launched a rich variety of icons for mobile users to creatively express themselves, such as sending wi</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:46:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16814</link><title>Visa launches mobile managed service with Aircel and ICICI Bank</title><description>Visa has launched world&amp;rsquo;s first bank-grade managed service platform for mobile money, Visa Mobile Managed Service. The platform will enable fina</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:45:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16789</link><title>Amazon introduces Coins for purchasing apps, games, and in-app items on Kindle Fire</title><description>Amazon has announced another new way for app and game developers to make money on Kindle Fire, introducing Amazon Coins, the new virtual currency for </description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:01:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16777</link><title>Updated version of WeChat now available for Android and iPhone users</title><description>Tencent, the largest internet company in Asia Pacific has launched a new feature rich update of WeChat for Android and iPhone users. The latest update</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:04:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16764</link><title>German gets €10,000 Apple iTunes gift for buying 25 billionth song</title><description>Apple has said that more than 25 billion songs from the iTunes Store have already been downloaded.
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Apple said in statement that Phillip Lupke</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:56:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16770</link><title>Ideafarms launches Smartphone app DealChaat</title><description>Ideafarms has launched DealChaat, only one of its kind of location-based, last minute -last-mile deals advertising, promotion and marketing service fo</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:57:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16771</link><title>Ideafarms launches Smartphone app DealChaat</title><description>Ideafarms has launched DealChaat, only one of its kind of location-based, last minute -last-mile deals advertising, promotion and marketing service fo</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:09:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16732</link><title>Airtel realizes potential of VAS in rural areas, launches Apna Chaupal</title><description>With an intention to tap customers in rural and semi urban regions, Bharti Airtel has launched one stop solution portal for value added services, Apna</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:04:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16677</link><title>New BlackBerry World for BlackBerry 10 to include extensive catalogue of songs, movies, TV shows</title><description>Research In Motion on Tuesday said that the new BlackBerry World storefront (formally BlackBerry App World) for BlackBerry 10 will offer one of the mo</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:58:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16623</link><title>Amazon launches In-App Purchasing service</title><description>Amazon on Tuesday launched&amp;nbsp; a new In-App Purchasing service that enables developers to let customers use their Amazon accounts to purchase virtua</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:08:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16606</link><title>WeChat now on BlackBerry</title><description>Tencent, the largest internet company in Asia Pacific has announced the availability of WeChat, the No.1 mobile messaging app on the BlackBerry platfo</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:44:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16585</link><title>MTNL launches Video calling service in Delhi and Mumbai</title><description>MTNL has the first Telecom Service Provider in these Metros to offer high quality Video calling service in Delhi and Mumbai. The MTNL&amp;rsquo;s Video Te</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:45:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16591</link><title>Amazon MP3 Store optimized for iPhone and iPod touch launched</title><description>Amazon has launched Amazon MP3 store optimized specifically for iPhone and iPod touch.
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Amazon said that for the first time ever, iPhone and i</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:41:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16565</link><title>Watch Maha Kumbh live on your mobile</title><description>nexGTv, India&amp;rsquo;s leading mobile TV service brings to its users an opportunity to watch live and repeat telecasts of all the six baths of the Maha</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:47:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16569</link><title>Karnataka launches pilot phase of m-Governance project  </title><description>The Centre for e-Governance, Government of Karnataka in collaboration with OnMobile Global Ltd., the leading provider of telecom value-added services </description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:49:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16528</link><title>App Store tops 40 billion downloads in 2012</title><description>Apple has said that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. The App Store has over 500 million active ac</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:01:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16501</link><title>Aircel launches ‘Pocket Music International’ for youth</title><description>Aircel has launched an exciting and innovative service &amp;lsquo;Pocket Music International&amp;rsquo; for the young music lovers of international music.
Ai</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:18:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16497</link><title>Improve your English with Airtel mEducation</title><description>Bharti Airtel, leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa has launched its mEducation services. </description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:10:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16472</link><title>33% of consumer brands will integrate payment into branded mobile apps by 2015-Gartner</title><description>By 2015, one-third of consumer brands will integrate payment into their branded mobile apps, according to Gartner, Inc.
In the next three years, this</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:34:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16473</link><title>RCom launches 'Facebook Messenger Plan' for GSM subscribers</title><description>Reliance Communications, India's fully integrated telecommunications service provider, on launched their first of its kind prepaid plan &amp;lsquo;Faceboo</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:37:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16475</link><title>Tata DoCoMo launches DoCoMo Post</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited has launched DoCoMo Post&amp;rdquo; service for its customers.
DoCoMo Post&amp;rdquo; is </description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:49:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16425</link><title>Nokia to distribute VVIDIA’s mobile content in 150 countries</title><description>VVIDIA, the fastest growing digital media company, has entered into a strategic alliance with world&amp;rsquo;s leading mobile handset maker Nokia. Now, N</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:15:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16415</link><title>Airtel launches gifting services for prepaid costumers</title><description>Bharti Airtel, Asia&amp;rsquo;s leading integrated telecom service provider, has announced the availability of &amp;lsquo;Airtel Gifting services&amp;rsquo; for i</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:15:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16398</link><title>Airtel launches 'Call-me-Back' service for low prepaid balance</title><description>Airtel has introduced&amp;nbsp; 'Call-me-Back ' service to allow a prepaid user to get a call-back from another Airtel number (prepaid or postpaid) in cas</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16399</link><title>Vuclip Video app crosses 1 million downloads on Nokia devices</title><description>Vuclip, a&amp;nbsp; mobile video and media company announced that its Vuclip Video app, exclusively designed for the Nokia Asha and other Nokia Series 40 </description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:31:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16400</link><title>Vuclip Video app crosses 1 million downloads on Nokia devices</title><description>Vuclip, a&amp;nbsp; mobile video and media company announced that its Vuclip Video app, exclusively designed for the Nokia Asha and other Nokia Series 40 </description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:38:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16402</link><title>IndiaCast, iStream.com to stream 20 channels on smart phones, tablets</title><description>IndiaCast, the joint venture between TV18 and Viacom18 has entered into a multi-year licensing deal with iStream.com, the country&amp;rsquo;s premium onli</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:04:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16395</link><title>Google Maps app available for iPhone</title><description>Google on Thursday announced that its Maps app is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch (4th gen) iOS 5.1 and higher, in more than 40 countries and </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:49:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16369</link><title>Vodafone launches news service</title><description>Vodafone India on Tuesday has launched &amp;ldquo;My News&amp;rdquo;, a new Value Added Service, specially for customers in Delhi-NCR region. The service lets</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:36:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16328</link><title>Facebook v3.3 now available for BlackBerry smartphones</title><description>Facebook v3.3 for BlackBerry smartphones is now available on the BlackBerry App World storefront, making it even easier for customers to stay connecte</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:01:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16329</link><title>RCom invites partners to distribute ICC mobile content rights</title><description>Reliance Communications Limited the Global Partner for the ICC events has announced their availability of rights for 2013 under their &amp;lsquo;Global Pa</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:10:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16299</link><title>Apple’s iTunes store launched in India</title><description>Apple has launched its iTunes Store in India along with 52 other countries like Russia, Turkey,&amp;nbsp; and South Africa.
&amp;nbsp;iTunes Store features a</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:40:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16275</link><title>Airtel launches 24x7 emergency alert service</title><description>Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has launched an innovative 24x7 &amp;ls</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:51:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16266</link><title>Apple’s redesigned iTunes released</title><description>Apple has released the latest version of its popular music software, iTunes which was originally slated to be released in October.
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Early this</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:00:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16231</link><title>nexGTv launches English music channel ‘nexGTv Music’</title><description>nexGTv, on Tuesday unveiled its own English music channel &amp;lsquo;nexGTv Music&amp;rsquo;. There are over 300 popular English songs and soon the number wil</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:25:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16192</link><title>Paragon Proximates introduces new social discovery app‘Sparks’</title><description>UK Based Paragon Proximates has introduced &amp;ldquo;Sparks&amp;rdquo; the new social discovery app that helps connect like-minded people.&amp;nbsp; The app is d</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:04:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16195</link><title>Orange, Facebook in pact to launch social calling app “Party Call”</title><description>French telecommunications firm Orange on Thursday said that it has tied up with Facebook to launch a social calling application called &amp;ldquo;Party Ca</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:41:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16174</link><title>Comviva recognized for mobiquity mTicketing services in Bangladesh</title><description>Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile financial and VAS solutions, has bagged the World Communication Award 2012 for its mobiquity mTicketing</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:37:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16144</link><title>Mobikwik launches new bill payment options</title><description>MobiKwik on Thursday launched its new bill payment services. Consumers can now pay all their utility bills including telecom mobile and landline, elec</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:56:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16074</link><title>Nokia, Vodafone to offer integrated billing solution</title><description>Nokia has entered into a partnership with Vodafone India to offer an integrated billing solution on the Nokia Music Store. With this, Nokia Music Stor</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:51:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16040</link><title>Apple extends new iTunes release</title><description>Apple has extended the release of its updated iTunes which was originally to be launched in October. It now hopes to release it by the end of November</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:19:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16029</link><title>Google’s new search app now on iOS</title><description>Google has announced that its most advanced voice search has arrived on iOS. The new Google Search app for iPhone and iPad helps the user to do just t</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:53:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15967</link><title>Tata Docomo introduces evergreen Indian music to the mobile phone “Legends Forever”</title><description>Tata Docomo on Saturday announced the launch of &amp;ldquo;Legends Forever&amp;rdquo; service for its CDMA, GSM and VMI customers. This service is launched in</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:21:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15944</link><title>Skype continues to dominate VoIP market-Study</title><description>According to Analysys Mason's latest consumer smartphone usage report, more than 45% of customers with a smartphone use some form of instant messaging</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:57:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15926</link><title>OMI launches ‘Festiveapp’</title><description>Only Much Louder, organizer of NH7, launched a mobile festival guide app called &amp;lsquo;Festivapp&amp;rsquo;.
Festivapp is currently available as a free d</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:32:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15909</link><title>Microsot’s Xbox Music to take on Apple’s iTunes</title><description>Microsoft has said that it will start rolling out its Xbox Music, its new all-in-one music servi, to millions of people around the world on Oct. 16 on</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:38:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15914</link><title>RCom ties up with WhatsApp to offer unlimited social media access for subscribers in India</title><description>Reliance Communications, India's fully integrated telecommunications service provider, has collaborated with WhatsApp in India to offer unlimited soci</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:41:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15916</link><title>Norton launches Hindi language support centre in India</title><description>Norton on Monday launched the Hindi language phone support in India. The company said that this is in line with its ongoing commitment to simplifying </description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:19:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15902</link><title>Comviva eyes West Africa region with Mobile Data Platform</title><description>Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS is betting big on mobile data growth in West Africa with its award winning mobile </description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:34:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15792</link><title>Tata DOCOMO ties up with OnMobile to launch My Call Me Tune</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices has collaborated with OnMobile to launch of a new handset application called &amp;lsquo;My Cal</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:13:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15799</link><title>Vodafone launches SMS service to find blood donors</title><description>Vodafone India, one of India&amp;rsquo;s leading telecommunications service providers, has launched a unique and innovative service on SMS that allows cus</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:21:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15803</link><title>MTS launches mobile advertising service</title><description>Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand with over 16 million wireless customers on</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:18:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15758</link><title>Nokia unveils free web application for Asha 308 and Asha 309</title><description>Nokia today unveiled Nokia Life+, the latest evolution of its widely-used Nokia Life service. Nokia Life+ is a free Web application, which will provid</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:54:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15770</link><title>New mobile App to share views on family, sleep, trust, sex and luck launched</title><description>Rick Smolan, co-creator of the groundbreaking &amp;ldquo;Day in the Life&amp;rdquo; series and other globally crowd sourced projects, has launched a free mobi</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:25:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15624</link><title>TELiBrahma launches “Buzz- Benefit from location”</title><description>TELiBrahma, India&amp;rsquo;s leading mobile advertising solutions company today launched a revolutionary and innovative service &amp;ldquo;Buzz &amp;ndash; Benef</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:19:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15629</link><title>Etisalat launches world’s most comprehensive mobile commerce service in Nigeria</title><description>Etisalat Group, the telecommunications corporation with operations in 16 markets across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, has launched the commercial </description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:34:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15611</link><title>Airtel, Buyright tie up to halt students’ poor results in examinations</title><description>Airtel Nigeria and a new technology distribution company, Buyright Africa Dotcom, to unveil a winning formula for students&amp;rsquo; success tagged the &amp;</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:48:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15601</link><title>Free apps to account for 90% of total mobile app store downloads in 2012</title><description>Free apps will account for 89 percent of total downloads in 2012, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide mobile app store downloads will surpass 45.6 bi</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:35:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15602</link><title>Google unveils new YouTube app for Apple's iPhone</title><description>Google on Tuesday launched a new YouTube app for Apple's (AAPL) iTunes store. The new YouTube app will let Google show advertising to iPhone and iPad </description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:26:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15555</link><title>LinkedIn launches upgraded version of its mobile applications</title><description>LinkedIn, the world&amp;rsquo;s largest professional network with more than 175 million members worldwide and over 16 million in India, on Thursday launch</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:48:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15537</link><title>Aviva India launches mobile application</title><description>Aviva Life Insurance on Wednesday launched its mobile application Aviva Mobile. Customers can now keep track of their investments on the move by downl</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:21:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15512</link><title>WeChat unveils new, feature rich 4.2 Android version update</title><description>Tencent, the largest internet company in Asia Pacific and the third largest in the world, has launched the new, feature rich 4.2 version of WeChat for</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:53:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15518</link><title>Airtel launches ‘my airtel’ app for customers</title><description>Bharti Airtel, leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, on Tuesday launched ‘my airtel’ app f</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:24:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15485</link><title>Amazon’s Kindle Fire captures 22% of U.S. tablet sales</title><description>Kindle Fire introduced by Amazon introduced less than a year ago has quickly became the most successful product launch in the history of Amazon.com, e</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:48:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15418</link><title>MXL Telecom launches SMS Browser for Idea, Vodafone subscribers</title><description>MXL Telecom Pvt. Ltd., a telecom solutions provider has tied up with Idea Cellular &amp;amp; Vodafone India to launch their revolutionary SMS Browser.
&amp;n</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:52:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15349</link><title>RIM launches iAfya mobile health app for BlackBerry smartphones in Kenya</title><description>RIM has launched&amp;nbsp;Avallain, an online education specialist that uses ICT to positively impact human development, announced a new mobile health app</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:35:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15352</link><title>Airtel Tanzania launches new Blackberry packages</title><description>Airtel Tanzania has launched new Blackberry packages, Blackberry Complete, Kamili, and Blackberry Social, genge to help people stay connected to busin</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:16:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15340</link><title>Nokia, Zynga to bring blockbuster games to Nokia Asha Touch phones</title><description>Nokia on Friday said that it will bring Zynga's global hit games, Draw Something and Zynga Poker, to Nokia Asha Touch devices in Q3 2012 as part of th</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:20:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15323</link><title>Winit powers Jazeera Airways mobile app</title><description>Winit, leading mobile app strategy and development company&amp;nbsp;has&amp;nbsp;enabled&amp;nbsp;Jazeera Airwaysto simplify and enhance customer experience via a</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:26:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15326</link><title>Paytm introduces recharge for the Delhi Gurgaon expressway toll plaza smart tag</title><description>Paytm.com, a leading online destination for mobile and DTH recharge, has introduced recharge for the Delhi Gurgaon expressway toll plaza smart tag. Wi</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:07:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15151</link><title>eServGlobal powers bill payment for Nepal Telecom</title><description>eServGlobal , a global telecoms software vendor specialising in mobile money and Value-Added Services, has said that solution is exceeding the expecta</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:00:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15164</link><title>Apple’s Mountain Lion downloads cross three million mark</title><description>Apple has said that &amp;nbsp;downloads of OS X Mountain Lion have exceeded three million in four days, making it the most successful OS X release in Appl</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:35:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15149</link><title>Hancom to extend ThinkFree Mobile on HCL tablets</title><description>Hancom, Inc. has tied up with HCL Infosystems Ltd., India’s premier hardware, services and ICT systems integration and distribution company to extend </description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:53:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15104</link><title>Apple launches Mountain Lion for $19.99</title><description>Apple on Wednesday launched OS X Mountain Lion, the ninth major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system. It is available as a do</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:28:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15081</link><title>Handygo to invest Rs 120 crore for mobile based services in rural India</title><description>Leading value added services (VAS) provider Handygo Technologies Pvt. Ltd on Tuesday revealed its plans to&amp;nbsp;invest approx Rs 120 crore in the span</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:11:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15066</link><title>MoMagic launches Android application to control phone with just an SMS</title><description>MoMagic&amp;nbsp;Technologies, a Noida based company with focus on mobile platform operation and mobile Internet service for&amp;nbsp;India&amp;nbsp;and other eme</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:20:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15025</link><title>DigiVive partners with Zen mobile for nexGTv</title><description>DigiVive, leading next generation technology and service provider in the data value added services has partnered with Zen mobile for its mobile TV ser</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:51:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15008</link><title>HTC rolls out support for Indian languages on HTC One and Desire series</title><description>HTC, a global designer of smartphones, has rolled out full language support for Hindi, Tamil and Marathi script on its range of innovative smartphones</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:55:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15020</link><title>IMS launches Study Buddy for BlackBerry smartphones</title><description>IMS, the leader in management entrance training, today announced the launch of Study Buddy, an exclusive app for BlackBerry smartphones that helps stu</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:53:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=15003</link><title>InMobi, Cricbuzz in pact to bring mobile ads on mobile devices</title><description>Bangalore based InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile ad network has entered into a partnership with Cricbuzz,&amp;nbsp;leading cricket property </description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:46:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14938</link><title>Facebook App Center launched in India, seven other countries</title><description>Facebook has launched its App Center in India and seven other countries, They are-United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:31:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14921</link><title>OpenMarket moves into India, expands Asian Market</title><description>Global mobile messaging and payment solutions provider OpenMarket continues its expansion into the Asian market by opening a commercial office on Mond</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:12:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14898</link><title>Nokia brings classic arcade games to Asha Touch</title><description>Nokia has said that NAMCO BANDAI will fully support the recently launched Asha Touch devices, having more than 20 arcade classic titles available to b</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:14:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14885</link><title>MVAS market likely to reach Rs. 26000 crore by 2012</title><description>The Mobile VAS market is growing at a rate of 28% and is expected to reach INR 26,000 crores by the end of 2012. According to the latest IAMAI-IMRB re</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:26:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14791</link><title>ZengaTV partners Turner Broadcasting to extend Content Offering Bouquet across platforms</title><description>ZengaTV, India’s leading mobile network with over 7.5 million regular users, has entered into a strategic partnership with Turner Broadcasting System.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:32:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14796</link><title>MTS Launches mPOS</title><description>Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited that nationally operates its telecom services under the brand MTS with over 16 million customers is all set to laun</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:11:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14799</link><title>Comviva to offer mobile financial services globally on a SaaS model</title><description>Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile financial and VAS solutions, on Wednesday announced its readiness to provide its multi award winning mo</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:44:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14802</link><title>ZYNGA showcases Zynga With Friends Network and new play across more genres</title><description>Zynga, the world's leading provider of social game services, on Wednesday announced its unified Zynga With Friends network and unveiled new web and mo</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:51:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14779</link><title>UTV Indiagames launches the official mobile game for Disney Pixar’s ‘Brave’ for Java phones</title><description>UTV Indiagames, India’s premier gaming company, has launched the official java mobile game for Disney Pixar’s ‘Brave’.&amp;nbsp;
&amp;nbsp;
This game captur</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14758</link><title>Facebook quietly introduces new mobile feature ''Find Friends Nearby'</title><description>Facebook has quietly introduced a new feature for its iOS and Android apps, allowing users to find fellow Facebook users who are in close vicinity.
&amp;</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:03:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14705</link><title>Airtel partners with Handygo to launch mobile based service for rural Rajasthan</title><description>Bharti Airtel, a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has partnered with leading Valu</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:44:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14670</link><title>RCom ties up with BIGFLIX to provide full length movies to all Reliance 3G subscribers</title><description>Reliance Communications Limited, the second largest integrated telecom service provider in the country, has teamed up with BIGFLIX, a part of Reliance</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:31:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14629</link><title>Burger King Corp. partners with Firethorn Mobile for mobile payments pilot</title><description>Leading mobile commerce enabler Firethorn Mobile, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated and Burger King Corp., the world’s second l</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:15:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14617</link><title>Ericsson demonstrates its Trusted Service Manager service live with Aconite and   Zenius</title><description>Ericsson demonstrated on Wednesday its Trusted Service Manager (TSM) service live at NFC Payments Europe, The Royal Garden Hotel, London.
&amp;nbsp;
The</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:24:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14622</link><title>Students are Ready to pay more for VAS if services are good: MoMagic Survey</title><description>The students are the major users for VAS services who on an average spend less than Rs. 50 on VAS. But they are ready to pay more than double if they </description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:52:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14539</link><title>Yahoo India launches ‘Justified view’ feature for Groups on Flickr</title><description>Yahoo! India, the premier digital media company, on Thursday launched ‘Justified view’ feature for Groups on Flickr. In addition to that it also intro</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:49:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14499</link><title>Vuclip brings favourite Indian and international TV shows to mobile phone</title><description>&amp;nbsp;Vuclip, the world’s largest independent mobile video destination, has announced its latest offering,&amp;nbsp;Vuclip TV&amp;nbsp;which will enable users</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:44:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14491</link><title>Tata DOCOMO Introduces ''Super Value Talk-time' Offer in AP</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), on Monday e launched of ‘Super Value Talk-time’ offer exclusively for its e</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:40:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14397</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches twitter application for pre-paid customers</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL) has launched a Twitter application for its GSM pre-paid customers that will </description><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 18:14:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14369</link><title>MoMagic launches educational apps for various age groups</title><description>Keeping in mind the transformation the mobile phones are bringing about in the field of education, MoMagic Technologies, which focuses on mobile platf</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:38:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14357</link><title>Wipro launches corporate iPhone app</title><description>Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Ltd &amp;nbsp;has launched its first corporate iPhone </description><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:48:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14325</link><title>ZTE launches ZSmart intelligent charging system</title><description>ZTE, a publicly listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has its ZSmart iCS (intelligent charging system) as a co</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:38:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14292</link><title>C-SAM ties up with MasterCard to offer mobile wallet solution in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa</title><description>C-SAM has teamed up with MasterCard to offer a white label mobile wallet solution based on C-SAM’s flexible Mobile Transaction Platform (MTP).
&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:51:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14293</link><title>Karbonn Mobiles launches second generation powered Karbonn KT-21 Express</title><description>Karbonn Mobiles on Friday launched its second generation messaging solution featured Karbonn KT-21 Express with ease of both touch and type.
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</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:18:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14255</link><title>Mauj Mobile launches Tower Bloxx Revolution from Digital Chocolate in India</title><description>Mauj Mobile announced amazing performance for Digital Chocolate’s Tower Bloxx Revolution on its platform garnering more than 10,000 downloads within o</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:54:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14261</link><title>OLX India launches universal iOS application for iPad and iPhone </title><description>OLX.in, India’s most successful online free local classified site has launched iPad and iPhone application to cater to the rapidly emerging internet p</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:43:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14247</link><title>Tanla inks pact with RIM to deliver applications gift card solutions in Middle East</title><description>Tanla Solutions, the leading provider of mobile payments and rights management solutions, has entered into an agreement with RIM to deliver Applicatio</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:10:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14239</link><title>DigiVive collaborates with Karbonn Mobiles for nexGTV</title><description>DigiVive, leading Next Generation technology and service provider in the managed Value Added Services in mobile and digital landscape ha s collaborate</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:22:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14242</link><title>Idea launches ‘Idea Magic Voice’ for subscribers in Tamil Nadu &amp; Chennai</title><description>Idea Cellular, India’s 3rd largest mobile operator has launched ‘Idea Magic Voice’ application for its subscribers in Tamil Nadu &amp;amp; Chennai.
Launc</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:20:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14190</link><title>DigiVive launches MTS video bites</title><description>DigiVive, leading Next Generation technology and service provider in the managed Value Added Services in digital and mobile landscape has launched MTS</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:35:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14080</link><title>Upward Mobility sells 50,000 Android apps for exam preparation</title><description>Boston based educational mobile apps company Upward Mobility has said that it has sold more than 50,000 Android apps for academic and professional exa</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:32:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=14071</link><title>Karbonn Mobiles collaborates with Dolby to enhance mobile music experience</title><description>Karbonn Mobiles, one of the fastest growing mobile brand in India has collaborated with Dolby Laboratories to deliver Dolby Sound to its mobile phones</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:07:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13996</link><title>Datawind’s tablets to be pre-installed with GetJar app store</title><description>DataWind has tied up with GetJar to pre install the GetJar app store on all its tablets giving all Datawind customers access to download their choice </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:05:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13997</link><title>Datawind’s tablets to be pre-installed with GetJar app store</title><description>DataWind has tied up with GetJar to pre install the GetJar app store on all its tablets giving all Datawind customers access to download their choice </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:09:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13969</link><title>Webtrends expands participation in Facebook’s Preferred Marketing Developer Program Relationship</title><description>Webtrends, the global leader in digital marketing optimization and relevance through real-time, unified analytics and customer intelligence, announced</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:53:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13972</link><title>Facebook launches Preferred Marketing Developer program</title><description>Facebook on Thursday announced the combination of the Preferred Developer Consultant (PDC) and Marketing API (MAP) programs, and the launch of the new</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:26:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13883</link><title>TELiBrahma to deliver near-LIVE IPL video clips on consumers’ mobiles</title><description>TELiBrahma (TIB), India’s leading mobile advertising solutions company specializing in reaching out to consumers based on their location has partnered</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:15:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13742</link><title>MoMagic develops App Store solution on MRE platform for application users </title><description>MediaTek Inc, a leading fables semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions and MoMagic Technologies which focus</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:26:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13749</link><title>PVR releases an application for Blackberry users</title><description>
PVR Ltd., the leading entertainment company in India on Thursday exciting application for Blackberry users which will allow PVR fans to have an easy</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:37:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13741</link><title>Airtel launches Novosol Sports VAS</title><description>India''s largest mobile operator, Airtel has selected and launched Novosol's next generation mobile Sports Media Services - MoCricket, MoFutbol and Mo</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:53:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13709</link><title>Tata DOCOMO unveils ‘Video Ringtone’ service for GSM customers</title><description>Tata DOCOMO,&amp;nbsp;the unified telecom brand of GSM customersLimited on Friday launched&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;innovative VAS offering,&amp;nbsp;Video Ringtone&amp;nbsp;s</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:19:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13645</link><title>DigiVive launches live TV and video content on all primary mobile OS/ Platforms</title><description>Digivive on Tuesday launched nexGTv, a client application built for all primary mobile OS/ platforms, which provides users access to live TV channels </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:51:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13624</link><title>MoMagic develops application to remind users of vaccination</title><description>MoMagic Technologies, a Noida based mobile solution providing company has developed an application Vaccine Reminder that keeps a track of all necessar</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:58:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13619</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches gaming subscription service for android mobile phones</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited on Friday&amp;nbsp;launched gaming subscription service called “Let’s Play&amp;nbsp;on And</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:07:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13600</link><title>Forgot your phone at home/office? Lost your Phone? No worries, MoMagic has a solution </title><description>Today one can not think about life without a mobile phone which of late has become the most sought after device. But today the pace of life is so hurr</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:32:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13601</link><title>Forgot your phone at home/office? Lost your Phone? No worries, MoMagic has a solution </title><description>Today one can not think about life without a mobile phone which of late has become the most sought after device. But today the pace of life is so hurr</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:34:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13602</link><title>Forgot your phone at home/office? Lost your Phone? No worries, MoMagic has a solution </title><description>Today one can not think about life without a mobile phone which of late has become the most sought after device. But today the pace of life is so hurr</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:36:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13604</link><title>TELiBrahma ties up with Indian Railways to launch BluFi at Bangalore city railway station</title><description>Indian Railways in collaborations with RailTel and Telibrahma has launched BluFi services in the Banglore’s City Railway station.
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BluFi is a </description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:32:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13608</link><title>Forgot your phone at home/office? Lost your Phone? No worries, MoMagic has a solution</title><description>Today one can not think about life without a mobile phone which of late has become the most sought after device. But today the pace of life is so hurr</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:44:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13599</link><title>MoMoviez brings real time Oscars 2012 on mobile in India and Malaysia</title><description>Mobile users of India and Malaysia enjoyed a mobile treat - real time coverage of the Oscars 2012 on their mobile phone via Novosol's MoMoviez.
&amp;nbsp</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:15:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13558</link><title>Matrix launches country specific SIM and data cards for Indonesia &amp; Turkey</title><description>Matrix Cellular, the leading service provider of international telecommunication services, has launched &amp;nbsp;country specific SIM and data cards for </description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:24:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13559</link><title>Oberthur Technologies to integrate Interop Technologies CDMA platform into its global OTA management solution</title><description>Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies,on </description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:41:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13561</link><title>Orange to Offer Visa Mobile Prepaid Accounts to Orange Money Customers in Africa, Middle East</title><description>France Telecom-Orange announced on Wednesday that Orange Money customers will soon have access to Visa prepaid account features inside their Orange Mo</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:19:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13546</link><title>Synchronica enters new geo socialization segment with uChat</title><description>Synchronica plc, the global&amp;nbsp;innovator&amp;nbsp;in mobile messaging solutions, has entered the new Geo Socialization segment with&amp;nbsp;uChat.&amp;nbsp; De</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:31:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13547</link><title /><description>Synchronica plc, the global&amp;nbsp;innovator&amp;nbsp;in mobile messaging solutions, has entered the new Geo Socialization segment with&amp;nbsp;uChat.&amp;nbsp; De</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:33:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13548</link><title>Synchronica enters new geo socialization segment with uChat</title><description>Synchronica plc, the global&amp;nbsp;innovator&amp;nbsp;in mobile messaging solutions, has entered the new Geo Socialization segment with&amp;nbsp;uChat.&amp;nbsp; De</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:35:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13550</link><title>Synchronica enters new geo socialization segment with uChat</title><description>Synchronica plc, the global&amp;nbsp;innovator&amp;nbsp;in mobile messaging solutions, has entered the new Geo Socialization segment with&amp;nbsp;uChat.&amp;nbsp; De</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:10:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13553</link><title>Telit launches services for M2M solutions providers with Telefonica</title><description>Telit Wireless Solutions, a global leader in the field of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, on tuesday announced a global strategic partnership</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:47:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13534</link><title>Comviva launches its social networking solution Hola</title><description>Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS, on Monday &amp;nbsp;launched of Hola!, a one stop shop application to access social n</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:12:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13535</link><title>Synchronica launches cross-platform unified messaging with Unity</title><description>Synchronica plc, the global&amp;nbsp;innovator&amp;nbsp;in mobile messaging solutions, on Monday launched&amp;nbsp;Unity, a next-generation mobile messaging platf</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:23:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13536</link><title>Ericsson, MTN launches M-wallet services in Africa and the Middle East</title><description>Ericsson and MTN have entered into a partnership to launch m-wallet services in Africa and the&amp;nbsp;Middle East.&amp;nbsp;MTN will become the first operat</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:38:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13537</link><title>GSMA announces new guidelines to address mobile app privacy</title><description>The global telecom body GSMA with the support of leading mobile operators in Europe and following consultation across the wider mobile ecosystem, has </description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:26:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13521</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches location-based service its GSM customers in AP</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited on Friday &amp;nbsp;launched&amp;nbsp;‘Offers Near Me’, a unique Location-Based Advertisin</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:47:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13516</link><title>Airtel launches mobile wallet service airtel money across India</title><description>Bharti Airtel on Thursday launched mobile wallet service - airtel money- across India&amp;nbsp;through its wholly-owned subsidiary Airtel M Commerce Servi</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:25:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13503</link><title>Ericsson launches telecom CRM</title><description>Ericsson has launched a new product called Ericsson Telecom CRM, which integrates customer relationship management (CRM) and billing.
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The lau</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:42:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13505</link><title>Idea Cellular, RealNetworks ink pact for ringback tone service in India</title><description>RealNetworks India Pvt Limited, the US-based digital entertainment services company, has entered into an agreement with Idea Cellular for a long-term </description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:17:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13506</link><title>Comviva to support MasterCard’s mobile money partnership program</title><description>Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS, on Thursday signed a agreement with MasterCard to launch a first-of-its-kind open</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:37:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13490</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches comedy circus for its CDMA Subscribers</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), has launched a new service&amp;nbsp;called ‘Comedy Circus’&amp;nbsp;through its voi</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:32:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13483</link><title>Ericsson launches new m-commerce solutions</title><description>Ericsson is launching its new extended suite of m-commerce solutions and services, designed to accelerate access and interconnection between the emerg</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:39:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13474</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches song search service</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, has launched an innovative song search service,&amp;nbsp;Grab a Song,&amp;nbsp;for its GS</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:21:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13471</link><title>Airtel, FIRST Bank of Nigeria launch mobile money services in Nigeria </title><description>Airtel Nigeria and FIRST Bank of Nigeria Plc have entered into an agreement to provide seamless mobile money services to millions of Nigerians.
&amp;nbsp</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:40:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13462</link><title>Zynga globally launches Zynga Slingo</title><description>Zynga, the world’s leading provider of social game services, and Slingo, Inc., a leading cross-media gaming company, globally launched&amp;nbsp;Zynga Slin</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:39:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13464</link><title>Kolaveri Di now on BlackBerry app</title><description>After its huge success in the country ‘Kolaveri Di‘the&amp;nbsp;song makes its way to BlackBerry App World! Prepare yourself to compete with other people </description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:53:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13447</link><title>Matrix Cellular launches new data services for laptop users</title><description>Matrix Cellular,&amp;nbsp;the leading service provider of international telecommunication services, has launched new data services for laptop uses. These </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:55:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13450</link><title>Nokia Siemens launches CEM on demand portal to put love back into relationship</title><description>Nokia Siemens Networks on Tuesday launched a Customer Experience Management (CEM) on Demand portal for world’s six billion mobile users.
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The </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:16:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13442</link><title>Airtel to provide detailed bills to prepaid customers</title><description>Bharti Airtel on Monday launched an online self-care service to provide its pre-paid mobile customers details of their account including bills. This c</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:27:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13444</link><title>Momagic offers dynamic handset portal</title><description>Now–a-days your handset is not just meant for conversation or for SMSes but it also works a mini encyclopedia to remain updated with everything happen</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:16:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13421</link><title>Juniper introduces universal access solution</title><description>Juniper Networks,&amp;nbsp; the industry leader in network innovation,has introduced its universal access solution that is designed to support more mobile</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:53:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13405</link><title>Vringo’s Facetones app surpasses 1 million downloads this week</title><description>Vringo Inc.&amp;nbsp;a provider of software platforms for mobile social and video applications, on Tuesday said that its recently launched Facetones &amp;nbsp</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13409</link><title>Alcatel-Lucent launches expanded customer experience solutions</title><description>Alcatel-Lucent on Tuesday launched an extended portfolio of software and services designed to improve the experience that consumers have with their sm</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:02:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13364</link><title>Tata DOCOMO offers mobile radio service for its  GSM, CDMA customers</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), has offered its GSM and CDMA customers with the unique mobile radio&amp;nbsp;se</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:53:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13365</link><title>Tata DOCOMO offers mobile radio service for its  GSM, CDMA customers</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), has offered its GSM and CDMA customers with the unique mobile radio&amp;nbsp;se</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:04:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13351</link><title>Obopay, Ward Telecom launch mobile banking and payment service in Uganda</title><description>Obopay, a leading mobile banking and payment solution provider globally on Monday collaborated with Warid Telecom, an Abu Dhabi Group company to launc</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:38:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13321</link><title>Tata DOCOMO announces bundle offer for customers in Karnataka</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), today launched an exciting handset bundled offer for its new CDMA customers</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:14:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13315</link><title>Nokia Siemens launches unified billing and charging solutions for Vodafone</title><description>Nokia Siemens Networks on Monday launched unified billing and charging solutions for India subscribers. This will help Vodafone India boost its data s</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:41:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13306</link><title>Matrix offers new data packs for Indians going to Dubai, Malaysia</title><description>Matrix Cellular, the leading service provider of international telecommunication services has launched new data packs for Indians going.
 
The compa</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:05:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13301</link><title>Appitalism App Concierge extended to support Android</title><description>Appitalism has extended its exclusive App Concierge feature for paid Apple apps to&amp;nbsp; support free Android Market apps. 
From Friday, more than 25</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:55:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13228</link><title>Tata DOCOMO Introduces unlimited CDMA packs in Karnataka</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), has n introduced a unique offer for its pre pay CDMA customers with the New</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:05:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13224</link><title>Zynga launches Scramble with Friends</title><description>Zynga, the world’s leading social game developer, today announced the next mobile social game app in its 'With Friends' franchise: Scramble With Frien</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:37:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13191</link><title>Tata DOCOMO 3G online gaming contest gets huge response</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of  Tata Teleservices Limited, has said that its “3G Online Gaming Contest.”got an excellent response from the </description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:38:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13163</link><title>Huawei, Wikitude GmbH team up for smartphone application</title><description>Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. ha sentered into a strategic partnership with&amp;nbsp;Wikitude GmbH, the creators of the world’s first mobile augmented real</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:17:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13150</link><title>Canvas M launches job portal service with TATA DOCOMO</title><description>Canvas M Technologies, Tech Mahindra’s VAS subsidiary and part of the US$ 14.4 Billion Mahindra Group, on Wednesday launched its unique job portal ser</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:31:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13151</link><title>Angry Birds on your BlackBerry PlayBook</title><description>The popular game/series from Rovio, Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Season, is now available on your BlackBerry PlayBook.
 
Angry Birds</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:22:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13108</link><title>‘Airtel Gifting Services' launched for customers in India</title><description>Bharti Airtel on Thursday lauched its  ‘Airtel Gifting Services'' for its prepaid mobile customers in India.
With this, friends on the Airtel network</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:33:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13102</link><title>Reliance Communications launches ‘Mera Pack Rs.148’</title><description>This value for money pack offers 1500 minutes of local calls and promises to meet the unmet demands of high local call users.&amp;nbsp;‘Mera Pack Rs 148’ </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:11:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13084</link><title>VAS will be a major growth driver for telecom sector: Report</title><description>According to a report by KMPG, Value-added services will be the major growth driver for India’s telecom sector. Some of the areas that will have an im</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:57:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13050</link><title>10 billion applications downloaded from the Android Market</title><description>Over 10 billion applications have been downloaded from the Android Market, which offers variety of programmes for smartphones,  and tablets that use t</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:38:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=13027</link><title>Airtel offers free Twitter service to its India subscribers</title><description>Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom service providers has announced that it would offer free access to&amp;nbsp; micro-blogging site Twitter to all&amp;nbsp; its</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:09:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12979</link><title>Comviva introduces data packages for mobile data platform</title><description>Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS, today introduced data packages for its Mobile Data Platform (MDP), to provide com</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:04:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12946</link><title>Jaxtr launches new platform for sending free SMS</title><description>Jaxtr, set up by Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia and Yogesh Patel, on Tuesday announced the launch of JaxtrSMS, an open texting application which all</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:56:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12942</link><title>txtWeb launches new mobile application for small businesses</title><description>txtWeb on Tueswday announced a short messaging service (SMS)  application – ‘InSight’ designed by InVenture. InVenture is a micro-investment platform </description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:10:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12921</link><title>BlackBerry to provide  free Aptitude test application for Indian students</title><description>Canada-based smartphone maker Research In Motion will provide free aptitude test application on its BlackBerry phones for students in India in partner</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:32:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12902</link><title>Vuclip launches first independent mobile movie portal in India</title><description>Vuclip, the world’s largest independent mobile video service, has officially announced the launch of India’s first independent mobile movie portal cal</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:05:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12880</link><title>MTS partners with UTV Indiagames to offer ‘Games on Demand</title><description>UTV Indiagames has joined hands with Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) wwhich nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand to </description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:54:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12854</link><title>Comviva launches self-care application on WebAxn platform</title><description>Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS, on Thursday announced the launch of its innovative ‘single click’ self-care appli</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:58:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12825</link><title>MediaTek brings Facebook to smart-feature phones</title><description>MediaTek Inc. and Facebook on Tuesday entered into a global to enable users in emerging markets to access Facebook, through affordable mobile devices.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:42:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12827</link><title>Idea’s special international roaming offer for hajj pilgrims</title><description>Idea Cellular on Tuesday announced a special International Roaming offer for its postpaid subscribers going for ‘Hajj’ to the holy land of Mecca, Saud</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:20:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12801</link><title>Special Hajj app for BlackBerry users</title><description>Pilgrims headed to the holy city of Mecca now have a new Blackberry application with a range of useful tools to help them better understand and perfor</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:16:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12802</link><title>RIM to launch BBM Music</title><description>BBM Music allows BlackBerry users to select 50 songs from a catalog of millions of tracks for their personal playlists. BBM users can share songs from</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:18:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12803</link><title>Comviva’s cloud based messaging to go live globally</title><description>Comviva, a leading provider of mobile solutions beyond VAS, said on Friday that its cloud based messaging and data solution will soon go live globally</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:52:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12770</link><title>Vodafone launches mobile application store in India</title><description>Vodafone India, one of India''s leading telecommunications services providers, on Monday launched new Vodafone Mobile Application Store.
 
Powered b</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:22:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12774</link><title>Mobango partner with Herocraft Studio to launch apps featuring service</title><description>Mobango, one of the largest independent application stores in the world has launched Mobango Showcase a new service that enables developers to feature</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:52:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12759</link><title>Onward Mobility launches offline retail outlet for mobile applications in Mumbai</title><description>Onward Mobility (OM), India’s first and only mobile application and distribution company has opened India’s first offline mobile application store“Mob</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:16:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12674</link><title>New Facebook app connects customers to operators</title><description>Nokia Siemens Networks has launched a Facebook app that operators can use to allow people to personally manage their fixed and mobile telecom services</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:46:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12610</link><title>GLDS to demonstrate mobile workforce management platform at TelcoTV 2011</title><description>Great Lakes Data Systems, Inc. (GLDS), the leading provider of billing, subscriber management and provisioning systems for small-to-medium global broa</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:01:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12510</link><title>Vringo unveils  Facetones App on Mobango</title><description>Vringo, Inc. a provider of software platforms for mobile social and video applications, and Mobango, one of the largest independent app stores in the </description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:15:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12428</link><title>Idea launches ‘Music Recharge’ for all handsets in AP</title><description>Idea Cellular, launched on Monday an innovative ‘Music Recharge’ service for its mobile users in Andhra Pradesh. Launched for the first time in AP, th</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:34:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12432</link><title>Novosol launches mobile cricket magazine</title><description>Novosol, the next generation mobile revenue generation company has introduced&amp;nbsp;MoCricket, the one stop cricketing entertainment. It provides an op</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:51:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12387</link><title>Huawei, ibibo to launch gaming applications</title><description>Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. today announced a strategic partnership with India’s leading social and casual gaming platform ibibo to give its young mo</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:35:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12348</link><title>Telcos fear new guidelines on VAS will hurt business</title><description>Value-Added-Services providers are up in arms against regulator TRAI''s proposed directives on the procedure for providing VAS to users as the former </description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:20:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12287</link><title>Location-based mobile social networking to generate global revenues of $3.3 bn by 2013-Report</title><description>The recent emergence of location-based mobile social networking services offered by providers such as GyPSii, Pelago and Loopt is revolutionizing soci</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:21:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12261</link><title>Idea offers festival recharge voucher</title><description>Ushering in the new festive season, Idea Cellular, India’s 3rd&amp;nbsp;largest mobile operator has announced the launch of special recharge voucher for i</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:44:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12262</link><title>NDS VideoGuard Connect enables BskyB to take TV service to iPhones and iPads</title><description>NDS on Thursday announced that NDS VideoGuard Connect is helping enable BSkyB, the UK and Ireland’s leading multi-channel, multi-platform television s</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:43:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12243</link><title>New iPhone application offers rewards for exercising</title><description>Need some motivation to hit the gym? Perhaps some free merchandise will do the trick.At least this is the premise that Nexercise is built upon, a free</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:24:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12228</link><title>Samsung to launch ChatON Service in 120 countries with 62 languages</title><description>Samsung will soon launch Samsung ChatON messaging service. According to a Samsung official the ‘Ch@tOn’ service is  a free global communication servic</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:28:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12231</link><title>Mobango announces global customer survey results</title><description>Mobango, one of the world’s largest independent mobile applications stores with over 1.5 million Applications, Games and content, carried out a user e</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:40:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12236</link><title>Tata Teleservices launches social networking platform for targeted promotions</title><description>Tata Teleservices Limited and IIT Bombay Center for Excellence in Telecom (TICET) on Monday announced the launch of the&amp;nbsp;Mobile Social Network Pla</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:17:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12219</link><title>Windows Phones with Mango an opportunity for Nokia</title><description>Nokia Oyj, which missed out twice on the love-in between smartphone users and their applications, may have a chance with Microsoft Corp's Windows Phon</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:45:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12194</link><title>BlackBerrys likely to get Android apps in bid to lift sales</title><description>Research In Motion (RIM), seeking to boost the appeal of its BlackBerrys and revive slowing sales, plans to enable models expected next year to run ap</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:30:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12195</link><title>IndusInd Bank launches mobile banking application</title><description>Private lender IndusInd Bank has launched a mobile banking application, IndusMobile, providing its customers greater ease of use and convenience.
“In</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:41:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12198</link><title>Vodafone to extend android billing in app fight-back</title><description>Vodafone Group, the world''s largest mobile phone operator, will extend an application billing deal with Google's Android system across all its market</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:52:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12199</link><title>Indian outsourcing and the iPhone apps boom</title><description>Between piles of trash and stray dogs near a Mumbai slum is the entrance to MoFirst Solutions Pvt, where two dozen workers sit shoulder-to-shoulder wi</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:01:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12204</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches Video News Alerts</title><description>Tata DOCOMO on Thursday launched&amp;nbsp;Video News Alert, a first-of-its-kind service that will give breaking news alerts in the form of video clips. Th</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:50:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12187</link><title>MTNL inks pact with Shemaroo to launch 3G video VAS</title><description>India’s first 3G Mobile service operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL),  announced on Wednesday ground braking 3G Video Value Added Services fo</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:39:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12191</link><title>MACH launches automated solutions for roaming business</title><description>MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile communication solutions announced on Wednesday the launch of the industry’s first automated solution th</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:45:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12176</link><title>Affle upgrades Pinch messaging platform</title><description>Affle, the leading international mobile media company, announced on Tuesday a massive upgrade for its&amp;nbsp;Pinchmobile messaging platform.&amp;nbsp;Pinch </description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:31:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12177</link><title>InMobi, NDTV to bring rich media ads to smartphones</title><description>InMobi, the world''s largest independent mobile ad network and NDTV, India's prominent media house, announced on Tuesday an exclusive partnership for </description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:08:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12164</link><title>RIM near BlackBerry music service launch</title><description>BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is close to rolling out its own music streaming service that will work across its mobile devices, according to fou</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:19:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12151</link><title>Mydala app launched on Blackberry smartphone</title><description>mydala.com,&amp;nbsp;India’s first and largest group buying/social commerce portal offering city-specific deep-discount deals, on Thursday introduced myda</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:11:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12134</link><title>Samsung plans R&amp;D thrust for localised smartphone apps</title><description>Korean consumer electronics major Samsung said on Tuesday that its research and development centre in India is focusing on bringing localised solution</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:45:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12138</link><title>Aircel introduces “Balance Transfer” facility in Odisha</title><description>Aircel, the leading telecom operator has come up with “Balance Transfer Facility” which is first of its kind, for its subscribers in Odisha.
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</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:05:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12116</link><title>RCom offers free talktime and SMS</title><description>Reliance Communications, India''s fully integrated telecommunications service provider, Friday&amp;nbsp;announced attractive offers on recharges for the s</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:01:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12107</link><title>MTNL,  Akmin Technologies launches Mobile Website Builder</title><description>Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) New Delhi, the leading telecom service provider has tied-up with Akmin Technologies Pvt. Ltd., to launch ‘Mob</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:20:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12090</link><title>Tata Teleservices launches  ‘SuperHeavy’ with music greats</title><description>Celebrating the spirit of Independence Day, Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), India’s fastest-growing pan-India dual-technology telecom service provide</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:16:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12092</link><title>Speeches of legends, patriotic songs on BSNL LIVE</title><description>BSNL customers can now hear the speeches of India greats like Mahatama Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru and take delight in patriotic songs by legendary s</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:25:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12064</link><title>Aircel launches ''Talk &amp; Surf FRC 123'</title><description>Aircel has launched a product - 'Talk &amp; Surf FRC 123' for its prepaid customers in Punjab. The product, apart from offering Rs 60 talktime, provides 1</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:13:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12068</link><title>Synchronica launches client app for use on Android system</title><description>Mobile messaging experts Synchronica has launched a new client app for the Android operating system.The Android system has now surpassed Apple''s iPho</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:06:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12021</link><title>Vodafone to raise tariff in Punjab by 20 percent</title><description>Following Airtel, which hiked its Advantage pack by 20 percent last week,  Vodafone Essar on Tuesday decided to raise its call rates by 20 per cent an</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:27:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11990</link><title>Comwave ePhone for Blackberry Playbook</title><description>Comwave, a leading VoIP home phone and long distance provider, has completed a BlackBerry PlayBook App for their new ePhone product.&amp;nbsp; Comwave ePh</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:13:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11979</link><title>Aircel offers cheap world calling cards</title><description>
In order to bring the world closer, Aircel has recently launched the World Calling Cards with attractive tariffs for its subscribers who intend to b</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:55:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11965</link><title>Alcatel-Lucent offer visual collaboration solutions for all end points and locations</title><description>Alcatel-Lucent on Tuesday today announced availability of a suite of visual collaboration solutions that bring high-quality, cost-effective video to u</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:49:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11966</link><title>S Tel presents special bonanza offer with 90 days validity</title><description>
S Tel,&amp;nbsp;Apunar Nijor Phone, recently introduced special&amp;nbsp;Start up Kit - SUK 99, a bonanza offer bundled&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;free minutes every da</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:52:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11955</link><title>CommScope upgrades GeoLENs  MLC</title><description>
CommScope, a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communication networks, has upgraded its GeoLENs Mobile Location Center (MLC) with powerf</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:37:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11918</link><title>Bharti Airtel’s Advantage pack gets costlier</title><description>Telecom major&amp;nbsp;Bharti Airtel&amp;nbsp;on Friday announced an increase in the prepaid tariff rates of its 'Advantage' pack.&amp;nbsp;The company announced </description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:43:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11905</link><title>Tata Teleservices introduces new blackBerry data plans</title><description>
Tata Teleservices Limited, country’s fastest-growing dual-technology telecom service provider has introduced a choice of three exciting and affordab</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:49:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11896</link><title>HTC, Tata DOCOMO launch one-touch access to  Facebook</title><description>
HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, and Tata DOCOMO, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices Limited, on Wednesday announced </description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:12:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11874</link><title>Dialogic Identifies India as a Major Growth Market</title><description>
Dialogic Inc.&amp;nbsp;a leading provider of communications technologies that power advanced networks, announced at the VAS Asia 2011 Conference and Exh</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:11:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11843</link><title>BSNL to launch prepaid card for transactions on web, mobile</title><description>State-run telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam in partnership with ItzCash Card on Thursday announced to launch a prepaid card -- Trust Card -- by thi</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:56:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11835</link><title>S Tel launches “Chote Miyan Bade Miyan” series</title><description>S Tel, Apnakara Nijara Phone, on wednesday announced a series of attractive tariff plan under a common umbrella of CHOTE MIYAN BADE MIYAN for its subs</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:24:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11786</link><title>Vodafone launches mobile newspaper service in Hyderabad</title><description>Leading cellular service provider Vodafone Essar today launched its mobile newspaper -- Newswrap -- for its customers in the city.
Users subscribing </description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:03:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11787</link><title>Now, get railway e-tickets on mobile</title><description>Now railway passengers can get their e-tickets on their cell phones instead of normal print-outs.
Named ''m-ticket', the mobile phone-based ticket bo</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:05:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11776</link><title>VOICETAP, Tata DOCOMO launch ‘Tutor on Mobile’</title><description>Voicetap Technologies, in association with Tata DOCOMO has launched a very significant Value Added Service called Tutor on Mobile (TOM) – India''s fir</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:29:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11761</link><title>Tata Teleservices launches family plan</title><description>Tata Teleservices on Thursday launched an exclusive ‘Family Plan’ for its new and existing Tata Indicom and Tata Walky post-paid customers. This Famil</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:17:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11726</link><title>Micromax, Nazara ink pact for mobile games</title><description>Mobile entertainment and content provider Nazara Technologies has partnered Micromax to embed games from publishers like Electronic Arts on the mobile</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:33:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11690</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches ‘Endless Music</title><description>Tata DOCOMO&amp;nbsp; on Thursday launched&amp;nbsp; Endless Music, a complete bank of music with various categories and sub categories. Under this service, c</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:06:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11654</link><title>Nokia Introduces  Mobile Money Client on all devices</title><description>Nokia has launched Mobile Money client in all Nokia devices in India.  The Mobile Money service provides the unbanked and under-banked masses, access </description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:36:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11660</link><title>Starhome adds new modules to its OMNYX service</title><description>Starhome, the leading provider of roaming services for mobile network operators, has announced that it has added a new suite of modules to its OMNYX™ </description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:47:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11629</link><title>Now, file tax returns from mobile phone</title><description>Online income tax return filing company TaxSpanner today announced launch of mobile version of its solution that will enable users to file income tax </description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:16:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11547</link><title>Yahoo! unveils App Search for smartphones</title><description>The company has come out on Thursday, with search engine called App Search, as well as application search tools for Android and iPhone devices called </description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:00:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11521</link><title>ProAll deploys atom mobile payments platform</title><description>ProAll, telecom value-added services (VAS) company has entered into a partnership with atom technologies, India’s top m-commerce (mobile commerce) sol</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:36:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11440</link><title>Techzone to invest Rs 30-cr in product expansion</title><description>Techzone, a mobile value-added service provider based in Chennai, is planning to invest around Rs 30 crore in product expansion, including its foray i</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:09:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11441</link><title>MACH  unveils direct billing service in Germany</title><description>MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile communication solutions, has announced on Monday that its Direct Billing Gateway has been launched acro</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:42:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11443</link><title>Canvas M launches‘Rozgar Saral''</title><description>Canvas M Technologies, Tech Mahindra’s VAS subsidiary and part of the US$ 11.1 Billion Mahindra Group, has announced the launch of its unique service&amp;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:02:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11390</link><title>Comviva to power Orange Jordan''s colour ring back tone services</title><description>Value added services company Comviva on Wednesday said it has announced partnered with Orange Jordan to offer Color Ring Back Tone (CRBT) services.
"</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:31:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11310</link><title>Idea expands coverage, VAS in Jammu and Kashmir</title><description>Idea subscribers in Jammu and Kashmir region can now avail great calling and value added service benefits across the state through the new prepaid opt</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 12:47:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11268</link><title>Vodafone launches Re. 1 recharge pack</title><description>Vodafone Essar has launched Chilara Recharge to help users stay connected at an extremely economical rate..
The recharge is valid till midnight the n</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 18:36:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11281</link><title>MACH Launches RoamHouse</title><description>MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile communication solutions launched on Tuesday RoamHouse, a wholly integrated and fully outsourced roaming</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:36:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11249</link><title>Tata Docomo offer</title><description>Tata Docomo on Friday introduced ‘More Than Full Talk Time Offer’ for its pre-paid customers across Punjab. Under the scheme, with a recharge of Rs 19</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 13:18:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11224</link><title>S Tel offers international calls at 1 paisa per second</title><description>S Tel has launched international calls at the rate of 1 paisa per second for its subscribers in Bihar and Jharkhand as well as international tourists </description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 10:58:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11226</link><title>MTNL, DigiVive to provide mobile TV</title><description>State-run MTNL today entered into a partnership with mobile-value-added services provider DigiVive to offer mobile television and voice-interactive-re</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 11:08:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11239</link><title>Airtel makes Facebook available for any mobile phone</title><description>&amp;nbsp;A new service started by&amp;nbsp;Bharti Airtel&amp;nbsp;will let any mobile phone user to access&amp;nbsp;Facebookfor just a rupee a day..This new service </description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 17:18:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11240</link><title>BSNL announces special plans for paramilitary personnel</title><description>State-run telecom company is bullish on its enterprise segment and has set a target of Rs 3,202 crore from it during the current financial year.&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 17:20:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11183</link><title>Airtel’s new visa information service</title><description>Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of Airtel VisaQ, a first-of-its-kind WAP based service powered by IVA World Visa Guide for its mobile customers</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 10:34:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11184</link><title>Airtel’s new visa information service</title><description>Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of Airtel VisaQ, a first-of-its-kind WAP based service powered by IVA World Visa Guide for its mobile customers</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 10:36:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11185</link><title>Aircel’s new offer for Punjab customers</title><description>Mobile operator, Aircel today announced the &amp;nbsp;introduction of yetanother interesting offer for their customers of Punjab – New RateCutter 18. The </description><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 10:38:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11172</link><title>Nokia, Vodafone join hands</title><description>Nokia and Vodafone have joined hands to launch Nokia Life Tools services targeted at providing Indian consumers with access to relevant content on agr</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 09:54:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11178</link><title>Airtel launches MCommerce in Sri Lanka</title><description>
Bharti Airtel Lanka together with Bank of Ceylon and Ceylon’s mobile payment facility, BOC Paymate, India’s leading mobile payments company Thursday</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 16:00:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11158</link><title>MTS cuts call rates for US, Canada and UK</title><description>Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), which operates under the brand MTS in the country, today slashed calling rates to the US, Canada and UK to Rs 3</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 11:55:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11168</link><title>Uninor launches health application with handygo</title><description>Telecom company Uninor today announced the launch of a heatlh application named ''Wellness World' in association with value-added services provider ha</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 18:30:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11147</link><title>Now Airtel Money in Chennai</title><description>
The mobile commerce (mCommerce) offering, Airtel Money, allows customers to make cashless payments using their mobile phones – anytime, anywhere.Cus</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 10:57:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11151</link><title>InMobi unveils global mobile payments solutions</title><description>
InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile ad network, announced on Wednesday the launch of InMobi SmartPay&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;a performance based globa</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 16:24:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11122</link><title>Sehwag, Irfan to promote Idea’s MY Card</title><description>
IDEA Cellular, the 3rd largest mobile operator in India, has launched a new ‘My Card’ voucher in Delhi, enabling its subscribers to avail multiple V</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:14:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11046</link><title>Get updated information of your city on Zing</title><description>
Now you can get all the information about your city on&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Zing,&amp;nbsp;an exciting and new city specific push based SMS mobile service, made p</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:57:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11047</link><title>Telugu movie stars to talk to TATA DOCOMO subscribers </title><description>
Tata DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices has announced a special association with acclaimed director Puri Jagannath’s latest Telugu movie&amp;nbs</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:00:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11035</link><title>Reduced tariff for BSNL users</title><description>BSNL has decided to slash its ISD tariff through Special Tariff Voucher (STV). &amp;nbsp;The reduced rateds will come into effect soon. As a result of tha</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:12:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=11004</link><title>Tata Docomo announces My Family plan</title><description>Tata Docomo, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices (TTSL), with&amp;nbsp; 87.65 million subscribers as on February 28, 2011 under GSM and CDMA services ,&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:34:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10998</link><title>Idea introduces special International Roaming offer</title><description>Idea cellular launched an ‘International Roaming Offer’ specifically for it’s postpaid customers by way of which subscribers can avail a 25% discount </description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:09:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10989</link><title>RCom ties up with SBI to provide financial services</title><description>Private telecom operator, Reliance Communications,&amp;nbsp; launched its new VAS service-Mobile Banking Services, in association with State Bank of India</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10991</link><title>Handygo inks pact with Tata Indicom for empowering rural users</title><description>Private telecom operator Tata Indicom and mobile value added services provider Handygo Technologies launched a service that provides day-to-day inform</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:44:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10983</link><title>Bharti airtel partners with Zoomin.com for photo service</title><description>Telecom major Bharti airtel announced it’s partnership&amp;nbsp; with photo service firm Zoomin.com to allow its broadband customers to store unlimited nu</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:42:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10986</link><title>Uninor Karnataka launches 2 paisa per minute offer plan </title><description>Uninor announced the special plan for its customers in Karnataka circle wherein the customers can call at 2paisa/minute within the local Uninor networ</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:46:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10963</link><title>Loop Mobile launches mobile TV</title><description>Mumbai-based telecom operator Loop Mobile announced it will offer mobile TV services to its over three million subscribers.
Loop Mobile, which has re</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:00:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10950</link><title>RCom introduces VAS offers</title><description>&amp;nbsp;
Reliance Communications introduced two services – Music Mania and Full2Music, for its subscribers. Launched specifically for youth, Subscriber</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:33:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10955</link><title>Tata Docomo announces free incoming roaming plan with ‘Roam Free’</title><description>Tata Docommo , the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices, announces free raoming tariff plan ‘Roam Free’ for its postpaid customers which provides customers </description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:28:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10935</link><title>Tata Docomo launches new campaign, ‘Keep It Simple’</title><description>The GSM brand of Tata Teleservices, Tata Docomo, launched a new campaign “Keep It Simple” for which the GSM operator has signed Bollywood actor Ranbir</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:33:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10925</link><title>Tata Docomo launches SongShare app </title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices, launched an innovative application ‘Songshare’&amp;nbsp;on popular social networking site Facebook, under</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:23:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10895</link><title>handygo join hands with ASI for empowering farmers of UP under the project Sunhara India</title><description>handygo Technologies Pvt. Ltd.,&amp;nbsp;India’s leading provider of VAS solutions&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Agribusiness Systems International (ASI),&amp;nbsp;an America</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:58:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10859</link><title>Reliance Mobile launches ‘Star Talk’</title><description>Reliance Communications Ltd. has introduced Star Talk, a mobile voice platform service to reach out to one’s favorite celebrities. Star Talk service i</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:05:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10864</link><title>Reliance to empower rural segment Pan India</title><description>Reliance Communications and Handygo Technologies Pvt. Ltd., announced the launch of&amp;nbsp;‘Behtar Zindagi ’, the latest bouquet of VAS offerings for cu</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:59:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10835</link><title>RCom launches new Facebook Mobile App for Feature Phones</title><description>Reliance and Facebook announced the launch of a new Facebook mobile app exclusively available for Reliance subscribers in India for a 3 month period. </description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:37:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10825</link><title>Uninor launches a ‘5p/min’ offer for its Karnatka customers</title><description>Norway based service provider, Uninor, announced the launch of a new tariff voucher in Karnatka which will enable the customers to call at a local Uni</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:11:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10826</link><title>Union Bank of India in collaboration with Nokia launches mobile payment services</title><description>Leading the way in mobile financial inclusion,&amp;nbsp;Union Bank of India (UBI), one of the nationalized bank of India, announced the launch of ‘Union B</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:12:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10815</link><title>MTS India slashes calling rates to Japan</title><description>Telecom service provider Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL) slashed its calling rates to Japan by 78 per cent to Rs 1.99 a minute to help connect p</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:28:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10806</link><title>Idea Cellular ties with Handygo to empower the rural segment of Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, UP West &amp; AP  </title><description>Idea,&amp;nbsp;the pan-India telecom operator and&amp;nbsp;handygo,&amp;nbsp;India’s leading provider of VAS solutions, announced the launch of ‘Behtar Zindagi ’,</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:45:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10791</link><title>TATA Indicom launches ‘ULTA SMS Pack’ </title><description>The CDMA brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL) introduced ‘ULTA SMS Pack’ for its pre-paid customers &amp;nbsp;across India. ‘ULTA SMS PACK’ allow cust</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:05:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10785</link><title>Unionr launches ‘Soochna Shakti’, a service to empower rural women </title><description>Uninor announced the launch of a value added service “Soochna Shakti’ to empower rural women. 
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This innovative VAS by Uninor ‘Soochna S</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:56:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10756</link><title>Airtel  launches speech recognition service with Nuance Communications</title><description>Bharti Airtel &amp;nbsp;announced the launch of a speech recognition-based service in partnership with Nuance Communications at a price of Rs 2 per minute</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:05:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10746</link><title>Tanla powers 3G video portal for Reliance</title><description>Tanla Solutions, the leading provider of next-generation Telecom solutions and Mobile value added services (MVAS) &amp;nbsp;announced the implementation o</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:42:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10747</link><title>Uninor introduces “Talk Time Transfer Faciltiy” in Karnatka</title><description>Uninor has announced the launch of “Talk Time Transfer Faciltiy” for its Karnataka customers. This offering makes it possible for Uninor pre-paid subs</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:58:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10734</link><title>Nokia Launches Ovi Store with Reliance in India</title><description>Nokia and Reliance Communications, formally announced the launch of the India chapter of Ovi Store, Nokia's popular mobile application store. Reliance</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:26:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10725</link><title>Idea starts 3rd season of  Mobile Roadie Hunt</title><description>Idea Cellular started 3rd season of Mobile Roadie Hunt@Idea wherein subscribers can participate in the contest by logging in to www.mobileroadiehunt.c</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:38:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10727</link><title>Percept Knorigin’s Hello TV Service marks 5 lakhs mobile subscribers</title><description>Hello TV, a mobile TV service launched by Percept Knorigin has marked its subscriber base to 5 lakhs for both 3G and non 3G users. Hello&amp;nbsp;TV servi</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:43:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10718</link><title>Samsung mobile introduces RockeTalk application </title><description>Samsung mobile introduced the social media network , RockeTalk, on its proprietary&amp;nbsp; ‘bada’ platform across its WAVE series of mobile handsets. Th</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:19:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10719</link><title>Uninor launches Cricket Unlimited</title><description>Uninor launched “Cricket Unlimited”, a voice based application which will enable subscribers to listen to and browse cricket content via the mobile ne</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:21:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10713</link><title>TATA DOCOMO introduces cricket recharges vouchers</title><description>TATA DOCOMO introduced two special vouchers especially designed for the Cricket world Cup 2011 namely “57 Not Out” and “103 Not Out” vouchers. The rec</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:20:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10689</link><title>Blackberry introduces  applications for Valentine’s Day</title><description>Handset Equipment maker, Blackberry has launched love- based themes and fun- filled applications for the Valentine’s Day.
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Blackberry launched</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:05:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10693</link><title>TATA DOCOMO launches various VAS services for Valentine’s Day</title><description>The GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, TATA DOCOMO, announced various VAS services like love ki dispensary, greet and win offer, astrolgy etc for</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:16:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10682</link><title>Vodafone acquires exclusive rights for live streaming of ESPN Star Sports’ coverage of the ICC CWC 2011</title><description>Vodafone Essar announced the acquisition of exclusive rights for live streaming of ESPN Star Sports’ coverage of the ICC CWC 2011 beginning on Feb 19,</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:54:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10666</link><title>Ozonetel launches ‘Voice- Buzz’ for Facebook</title><description>Ozonetel announced the launch of voice based application ‘Voice – Buzz’ for Facebook which will enable the users to personalize the status messages in</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:02:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10667</link><title>VoiceTree Technologies announces ''mCupid'</title><description>VoiceTree Technologies announced the launch of its new telephony product ‘mCupid’, which will allow users to add a voice message as a replacement of r</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:24:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10670</link><title>IMImobile announces partnership with Krishcricket.com</title><description>&amp;nbsp;IMImobile announced its partnership with K Srikkanth’s Krishcricket.com to provide cricketing services through operators across the globe. Krish</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:55:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10658</link><title>Tata Docomo launches “Name Tunes”</title><description>The GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited , TATA DOCOMO launched a service called “Name Tunes” in partnership with mCarbon which will allow subscribe</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:56:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10660</link><title>RCom introduces “Job search on voice”</title><description>Reliance Communications introduced a voice enabled job search service for its customers which enables recruiters to post jobs and candidates to apply </description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:04:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10653</link><title>Yamgo launches B4U music channel on Mobile Phones</title><description>Mobile TV network Yamgo announced the launch of music themed TV channel- B4U. &amp;nbsp;The new channel will deliver the Asian music to almost all mobile </description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:37:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10640</link><title /><description /><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:30:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10641</link><title>airtel launches “airtel money” in Gurgaon </title><description>Bharti airtel announced the launch of mobile wallet service “airtel money”which aimed at providing an easy and a secure way of making payments through</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:34:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10637</link><title>Idea announces ISD vouchers in Kolkata and West Bengal</title><description>Idea Cellular announced the “Power Vouchers” which offers calls at a discounted rates to Bangladeshi Nationals traveling to Kolkata. The offer is avai</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:55:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10624</link><title>Bakrie telecom signs agreement with Bitstream</title><description>Bitstream Inc. announced the tie up with Bakrie telecom with an aim to provide PC-like web browsing experience on mobile phone handsets.
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“Thi</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:42:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10625</link><title>Yamgo Network launches Fashion T V on mobile T V</title><description>Global mobile TV network Yamgo launched Fashion TV across mobile phones worldwide. With this, users will be able to enjoy the contemporary fashion, be</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:45:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10622</link><title>Tata Docomo launches “SPARSH”, Sexual and Reproductive information service</title><description>Tata Docomo announced the launch of new VAS service named as “SPARSH” and aimed at addressing sexual and reproductive health related isuues. The servi</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:07:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10602</link><title>Flytxt launches new mobile advertising platform, QREDA</title><description>Flytxt, a leading provider of mobile marketing and advertising solutions, announced the launch of QREDA, an end-to-end mobile advertising platform. Th</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:01:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10605</link><title>Nokia ends bundling of free music downloads</title><description>Nokia is ending its bundling of free music downloads with cellphones in 27 countries, where it has gained little traction since its 2008 launch.
Noki</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:09:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10606</link><title>RCom launches User Generated Caller Tune service</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) announced the launch of what it claims is India’s first user generated caller tune service. The service enables user to</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:11:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10584</link><title>Aircel ties up with Facebook to offer voice updates</title><description>Aircel launched a new voice update service for its subscribers using Facebook.
"Facebook Voice Updates on Aircel will allow people to connect to thei</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:39:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10585</link><title>SBI and airtel join hands for mobile banking services</title><description>India’s largest commercial bank, State Bank of India (SBI) and Bharti airtel announced the forming of a joint venture to offer mobile banking services</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:41:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10588</link><title>BuzzCity’s Djuzz global data identifies key devices for mobile gamers</title><description>Global mobile media company BuzzCity released its latest monthly Djuzz Mobile Gaming Metrics report (from December 2010 data) which analyses the traff</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:47:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10598</link><title>TATA DOCOMO introduces Blood Helpline Service on SMS </title><description>TATA DOCOMO announced the launch of Blood Helpline Service on SMS for its subscribers in the prepaid as well as postpaid segment.
Bloodline Club is a</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:46:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10599</link><title>ICICI Bank and Vodafone Essar tie-up for financial services</title><description>ICICI Bank and Vodafone Essar announced a joint venture to offer financial services such as savings accounts, prepaid instruments and credit products </description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:48:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10555</link><title>Tata DOCOMO introduces ‘Magic SMS’</title><description>Tata DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, has launched an added service called ‘Magic SMS’, for postpaid and prepaid mobile subscribers</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:32:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10538</link><title>Comviva certified in Western Union’s Mobile Vendor Program</title><description>Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS announced that it has been certified to participate in Western Union’s&amp;nbsp; Mobil</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:16:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10520</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches new VAS in South</title><description>TATA DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, in association with IMImobile, has announced three exciting Value-Added services namely Chali</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:36:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10506</link><title>Cleartrip launches Cleartrip Mobile</title><description>Cleartrip announced the launch of Cleartrip Mobile travel product for the mobile subscribers allowing users to book trains, flights, check PNR status </description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:34:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10490</link><title>3G to push VAS says study</title><description>The spread of 3G mobile telephony will bolster the growth of multi-billion dollar value added services (VAS) market through innovative content and lea</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:31:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10497</link><title>Hungama Mobile introduces “Koffee with Karan” archived Mobisodes</title><description>Hungama Mobile announced the introduction of mobisodes of ‘Koffee with Karan’ Season 3 for mobile subscribers of RCom (GSM &amp;amp; CDMA), Vodafone and T</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:01:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10501</link><title>MMA announces initiative on mobile privacy guidelines</title><description>The MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) announced the launch of an initiative focused on the development of a comprehensive set of mobile privacy guide</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:08:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10480</link><title>airtel users exchange 90 billion SMSes in 2010</title><description>Bharti airtel, India’s leading global telecommunications company, released the findings of airtel Mobitude 2010, its annual survey to map onto mobile </description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:49:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10482</link><title>Bharti Airtel launches GPS services in Bangladesh</title><description>India's Bharti Airtel Limited, which has acquired 70 percent stake in Bangladesh's Warid Telecom, has launched a GPS-based vessel locating service to </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:49:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10463</link><title>July Systems wins coveted Mobile Excellence Awards</title><description>July Systems announced win in the ‘Best Mobile International’ category at the Mobile Excellence Awards (MEA), 2010. July Systems is the first Indian c</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:05:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10436</link><title>Apalya Powers RCom’s 3G Mobile TV services</title><description>Reliance Communications has tied up with Apalya Technologies, for Mobile TV service for their 3G service launched yesterday. 
Apalya had recently add</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:50:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10443</link><title>Bajaj unveils cell phone tax calculator</title><description>Private insurer Bajaj Allianz today launched instant tax calculator for mobile phones that will enable users to calculate their tax liability.
"Mobil</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:10:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10429</link><title>Nokia and Sify collaborate to offer Nokia Tej services for enterprises</title><description>Nokia India announced a joint initiative with Sify to deploy Nokia Tej, a hosted mobile order management service that helps Small and Medium businesse</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:25:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10433</link><title>Claro Brazil Becomes Fourth América Móvil Subsidiary to Launch Synchronica’s Churn-Busting Mobile IM Solution</title><description>América Móvil's Claro Brazil has launched Claro Messenger, a mobile IM service powered by Synchronica’s hosted IMPS platform. This is the fourth launc</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:31:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10434</link><title>iVdopia and airG tie-up for mobile advertising opportunities</title><description>iVdopia the largest video and rich media mobile advertising network and airG&amp;nbsp; the world’s leading mobile social entertainment provider, today ann</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:33:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10426</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches ‘Michael’ music album </title><description>Tata DOCOMO and Sony Music announced the launch of Michael Jackson’s latest music album ‘Michael’. The album carries a total of 10 tracks including th</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:46:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10409</link><title>Banglalink wins “Best New Service” Award from IAMTN for its mWallet Services, powered by Comviva </title><description>Banglalink, a wholly owned subsidiary of Orascom Telecom and a leading operator in Bangladesh, has won the International Association of the Money Tran</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:08:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10415</link><title>Tata Indicom launches Remittance Service through CellPay</title><description>Tata Indicom, the CDMA brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, has announced its tie up with eSSecom to offer CellPay (Direct Debit to Account) Solutions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:15:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10379</link><title>RCom to launch new mobile data portal</title><description>Reliance Communications is set to launch a new mobile data portal, R World powered by Motricity. This portal developed for the upcoming 3G services wi</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:11:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10384</link><title>Techzone renews Viacomm 18 exclusive deal</title><description>Techzone, a Chennai based mobile Value Added Services Company has renewed its exclusive content rights for top domestic and international channels fro</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10387</link><title>‘Video solutions will be a major differentiator for operators’: OnMobile</title><description>Responses from Marwan Jabri, Vice President, Video Products Unit, OnMobile in an interaction with TelecomTiger. 
Q.1) How do you aim to integrate the</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:07:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10346</link><title>OnMobile launches VAS for Vodafone Egypt</title><description>OnMobile Global Limited, entered the mobile market in Egypt by launching value added services (VAS) for Vodafone Egypt’s customers’. The rollout is pa</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:34:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10347</link><title>Tata DOCOMO offers English language course on Mobile</title><description>The GSM brand of Tata Teleservices, Tata DOCOMO announced the launch of VAS application called ‘English Seekho’ over IVR (interactive voice portal) ai</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:35:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10328</link><title>Disney and Net Distribution announce e-commerce agreement</title><description>The Walt Disney Company, India has signed a multi-year agreement with Net Distribution to sell Disney branded products on www.disney.in/shopping.
The</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:47:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10332</link><title>Nokia offers ‘MICHAEL” music on Ovi</title><description>Nokia will offer music from Michael Jackson’s forthcoming album ‘MICHAEL’ on Ovi Music Store. The digital edition of the song entitled ‘Hold My Hand’ </description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:51:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10335</link><title>Tata Teleservices launches Tata Photon TV</title><description>Tata Teleservices Limited announced the launch of feature on its premium offering, Tata Photon TV using Photon Plus allowing users to subscribe to the</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:56:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10319</link><title>RCom ties up Twitter</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) has tied up with Twitter to make the popular information network available on SMS. 
The company is offering free tweet</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:39:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10312</link><title>Nokia and Intuit launch GoConnect services for small businesses</title><description>Nokia and Intuit joined hands to develop and deliver an innovative mobile and web-based marketing service named GoConnect for small businesses. As a m</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:08:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10301</link><title>India leads in Asian mobile ad impressions: InMobi</title><description>New market research from InMobi, one of the fastest growing global mobile advertising networks, in partnership with comScore, reveals surprisingly hig</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:21:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10302</link><title>iVdopia debuts InWAP and PreWAP Video Ad Formats in India</title><description>iVdopia the world’s first HTML5 video and rich media ad formats for the mobile web: InWAP and PreWAP ads.
The development allows brand advertisers to</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:21:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10291</link><title>Aircel ties up with UK’s Blyk for VAS</title><description>Aircel on Friday joined hands with U.K.-based Blyk to offer interactive, youth-focused mobile service. Through 'Blyk on Aircel', mobile subscribers wi</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:31:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10296</link><title>Coca Cola and Microsoft gain MMA membership</title><description>The MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) announced that The Coca Cola Company has joined the MMA’s Premium Membership tier and Microsoft Advertising, th</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:46:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10286</link><title>Apalya to offer Discovery channels on mobile TV platform</title><description>Video services provider for the mobile medium, Apalya announced a new strategic partnership with Discovery Network to broadcast the latter’s bouquet o</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:17:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10287</link><title>Synchronica signs 60th Mobile Operator </title><description>Synchronica plc, the international provider of next-generation mobile messaging services, has grown its customer base to 60 mobile operators after its</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:19:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10271</link><title>RCom launches voice-based cricket game</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) launched ‘Cwicket’, a multi-lingual and fully featured voice based mobile cricket game. In order to play the game, Reli</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:06:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10253</link><title>Nokia offers free songs on Ovi from upcoming Kannada movie</title><description>Nokia announced free songs on its Ovi Music Store of forth coming Kannada movie ‘Sanju weds Geetha’. Consumers can download and enjoy the digital edit</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:11:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10241</link><title>HARMAN in tie-up with MapmyIndia launches integrated navigation and infotainment solutions in India </title><description>HARMAN, the premium global audio and infotainment group (NYSE:HAR), said it is delivering the first integrated navigation and infotainment systems wit</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:21:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10234</link><title>OneIndia launches content in 5 Indian languages</title><description>Indian language portal, OneIndia has launched its content on mobile in 5 languages that supports over 1000 GPRS handsets. The application is called as</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:37:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10226</link><title>mig33 receives $8.9.mn in Series C funding</title><description>Mobile Community player, mig33, announced it has received $8.9 million in Series C funding.
The funding is designed to boost mig33’s expansive growth</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:25:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10209</link><title>Mobile Community mig33 Launches Game Developer Program</title><description>mig33 introduced its new mig33 Game Developer Program, giving social game developers the promise of fast, easy and profitable access to its 40 million</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:18:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10204</link><title /><description> </description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:29:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10175</link><title>Mobile Marketing Association Announces 2011 Asia Pacific Board of Directors</title><description>The MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) announced its 2011 Asia Pacific Board of Directors. The key focus areas for the new board will be to accelerate</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:18:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10177</link><title>Yahoo! Transforms Communications With Faster, Easier, and More Social Yahoo! Mail Beta</title><description>Yahoo! launched Yahoo! Mail Beta, a faster, easier, safer, and more social communications experience that helps the 273-million people who use Yahoo! </description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:21:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10168</link><title>RCom launches SMS-based mobile conferencing services</title><description>Reliance Communications announced SMS based voice conference calls as an extension to its product Group Talk, a handset independent Mobile Conferencin</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:39:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10161</link><title>160by2.com launches SMS-based iPhone application</title><description>Hyderabad-based 160by2.com launched an application which enables free SMS from all iPhones. The application is developed in partnership with AhaApps.c</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:46:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10155</link><title>Spice Digital ties-up with RCom and Radio Mirchi for IVR-based VAS</title><description>&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:04:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10131</link><title>Tata Indicom launches Comedy Junction</title><description>Tata Indicom, the CDMA brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) launched new VAS ‘Comedy Junction’ through its voice portal, for all the existing and</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:50:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10120</link><title>Brands commit $ 4 mn towards mobile advertising in Philippines</title><description>Hours after Out There Media, the global leader in mobile advertising, and Globe Telecom announced their partnership in the Philippines, major brands i</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:54:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10112</link><title>Mobile eCommerce can be saviour for Indian mobile operators, says Deloitte</title><description>The Indian mobile operators who are faced with uphill task of keeping a check on dwindling ARPUs may find mobile eCommerce as the saviour says a new r</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:06:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10108</link><title>RCom to offer live streaming of ICC Cricket World Cup</title><description>Reliance Communications announced on Wednesday that it will offer live streaming of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 tournament.
The company will offer the</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:37:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10100</link><title>Orange County’s Credit Union Goes Live with Tyfone Mobile Banking Solution for Advanced Mobile Financial Services</title><description>Tyfone, a provider of mobile banking, mobile contactless payment and highly secure mobility solutions, announced that Orange County’s Credit Union (OC</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:40:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10075</link><title>Opera unveils cloud-based advertising platform</title><description>Opera Software announced that the Open Mobile Ad Exchange service, offering cloud-based advertising on feature phones and smartphones, is open for bus</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:17:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10067</link><title>MTS launches Janmat 2010, VAS in Bihar and Jharkhand</title><description>SSTL’s MTS brand announced the launch of an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and SMS based service called Janmat 2010 in Bihar and Jharkhand with the </description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:29:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10051</link><title>Tata Teleservices launches new VAS for offering CWG 2010 updates</title><description>Tata Teleservices Ltd. launched a Commonwealth 2010 Value Added Service portfolio for all its customers across the Tata DOCOMO, Tata Indicom and Virgi</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:41:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10056</link><title>BSNL lines up new VAS</title><description>BSNL has lined up new VAS offerings coinciding with the Common Wealth Games (CWG) as well as the upcoming festivals.
The new Content will be hosted o</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:05:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10036</link><title>Aircel and Apollo Hospitals tie-up for Mobile Healthcare initiative</title><description>Aircel announced the launch of ''Aircel Apollo Mobile Healthcare' initiative in alliance with APollo Hospitals. 
&amp;nbsp;
The two jointly launched Tel</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:15:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10042</link><title>ZTE awarded "2010 IPTV Equipment Vendor of the Year" accolade by Frost &amp; Sullivan</title><description>ZTE Corporation, has been recognized as the “Best Practice Award-2010 IPTV Equipment Vendor of the year", marking the second time it has received the </description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10027</link><title>Kerala Tourism to use Admob’s mobile advertising platform to reach out to international visitors</title><description>Admob has announced that Kerala Tourism launched a new mobile advertising campaign for IPhone and iPad users using Admob’s platform. 
The campaign is</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:21:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10021</link><title>One97 partners with Networkplay for mobile advertising offerings</title><description>VAS player, One97 Communications announced a new tie-up with digital ad-space network player, Networkplay providing exclusive rights to the latter to </description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:17:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=10002</link><title>Ericsson pitches in its AdMarket solution for mobile advertising industry</title><description>Ericsson has come up with a new solution branded as ‘AdMarket’ catering to the mobile advertising sector. Ericsson claims that the solution will build</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9991</link><title>BSE launches mobile-based trading</title><description>The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) launched mobile trading facility on Tuesday offering it over Fastrade mobile application and a WAP version on its mobi</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:18:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9969</link><title>BSE to go mobile soon</title><description>The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is all set to follow the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in introducing trading over the mobile medium for its subscribe</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:10:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9959</link><title>Tata Indicom launches ‘Doctor on Call’ services</title><description>Tata Indicom announced the launch of ‘Doctor on Call’ services in tie-up with Rx Healthcare Magic Pvt. Ltd.&amp;nbsp; allowing subscribers to have access </description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:24:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9962</link><title>Vodafone Essar launches ‘Night Radio’ services</title><description>Vodafone Essar announced the launch of ‘Night Radio’ services for its subscribers in Karnataka enabling subscribers to listen radio all through the ni</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:29:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9945</link><title>migg33 claims huge success in the Indian market</title><description>Mobile-first community player, migg33 claimed huge success in the Indian market with double digit growth recorded in the country for the quarter ended</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:02:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9947</link><title>Safari Books Online launches in India</title><description>Online digital library of books catering to segments such as students, academics, IT and business professionals, Safari Books Online announced the lau</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:06:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9951</link><title>Airtel launches new ‘temple packs’</title><description>Bharti Airtel introduced &amp;nbsp;‘temple packs’ allowing subscribers to receive information on their favourite temples every day through text messages. </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:35:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9934</link><title>BSNL launches mobile payment services in tie-up with Obopay</title><description>PSU BSNL announced the launch of a mobile payment service, ‘Billpay’ in tie-up with Obopay enabling the operator’s subscribers to pay bills using mobi</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:50:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9922</link><title>BSNL offers mobile content related to Ganesh Festival</title><description>BSNL has lined up some new content for its mobile subscribers on eve of the ongoing Ganesh festival. 
The content will be offered through BSNL Live p</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:39:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9927</link><title>MatrixStream unveils IPTV platform for 4G networks</title><description>MatrixStream Technologies launched a new patent-pending IPTV platform for 4G networks including LTE as well as WiMAX. 
The platform also supports adv</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:49:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9914</link><title>MMA announces Mobile marketer Certification course for the Asia-pacific region </title><description>The MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) announced the launch of its Certified Mobile Marketer Programme, MMA Track in Singapore, for the Asia Pacific r</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:29:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9902</link><title>TAN ties-up with video advertising firm, Tube Mogul </title><description>Times Audience Network (TAN) announced a new tie-up with video advertising and analytics player, Tube Mogul to launch a new video advertising platform</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:52:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9903</link><title>TeleDNA wins NASSCOM award for emerging technology companies</title><description>Bangalore-based TeleDNA Communications announced that it has been conferred as The Top 10 Emerging Technology Companies award by NASSCOM.
The firm wo</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9857</link><title>Ericsson’s study shows popularity of internet-based TV on the upswing</title><description>The traditional mode of delivering TV services over the broadcast medium is rapidly facing competition from new avenues of transmission reveals a new </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:46:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9861</link><title>Women too significantly hooked on to internet over mobile</title><description>The percentage of women on the mobile Web has risen 575%, according to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report. South Africa leads the world's push for</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:38:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9862</link><title>PayMate equips Bank of Ceylon with MCommerce Solution</title><description>Mobile payment solutions company, PayMate launched MCommerce services in tie-up with Sri Lanka’s Bank of Ceylon (BOC) offering the six million custome</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:40:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9866</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches reverse Ring back Tone service ‘MySong’</title><description>Tata DOCOMO announced the launch of reverse Ring Back Tone ‘MySong’ service to be offered to both prepaid as well as postpaid subscribers.
The servic</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:47:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9842</link><title>MapmyIndia launches house address maps</title><description>MapmyIndia on Tuesday announced the launch of what it says is India’s first house address maps service with the unveiling of its Maps Version 5.0. Ini</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:35:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9822</link><title>HCL Infosystems launches ‘converged handheld gaming consoles’</title><description>HCL Infosystems unveiled new range of ‘converged handheld gaming consoles’ namely HCL ME X15 and HCL ME Z15 targeted towards children&amp;nbsp; in the age</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:12:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9830</link><title>RCom ties up with Nokia to push wireless broadband services</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) in alliance with Nokia announced the integration of Nokia’s Ovi Tools VAS offerings bundled with RCom’s Reliance Netcon</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:25:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9832</link><title>SatNav launches free Store Locator service</title><description>Navigational service provider, SatNav Technologies launched a free Store Locator service as well as enhanced maps of 810 cities of India enabling reta</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:32:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9835</link><title>Wynn Telecom and 160by2 tie-up to offer free SMS</title><description>Wynncom has tied up with VAS player 160by2.com to enable users to send free SMSes to mobile numbers in India as well as UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sin</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:36:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9811</link><title>Tata Indicom launches ‘tweet on voice’ service in tie-up with Kirusa</title><description>Tata Teleservices on Monday announced the launch of ‘Call-n-Tweet’ VAS for its CDMA subscribers. The service will allow Tata Indicom’s subscribers to </description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:50:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9799</link><title>Reliance Mobile launches Braille Bill services for visually challenged</title><description>Reliance Mobile announced the launch of Braille Bill services aimed to provide more convenience to the visually challenged segment. It is also part of</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:09:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9789</link><title>Affle offers free upgrade for its Pinch iMessenger App</title><description>Mobile media player, Affles announced a free upgrade for its Pinch iMessenger app that integrates three activities namely messaging, location-based mo</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:04:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9774</link><title>Smart Electricity meters to grow at CAGR of 31.1%</title><description>Smart Electricity Meters are expected to grow at a CAGR of 31.1% from the time period 2009 to 2015 to achieve a figure of 302.5 million with penetrati</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9760</link><title>Apalya bags Voice &amp; Data’s Best telecom Innovator award </title><description>Hyderabad-based Apalya Technologies bagged the Best Telecom Innovator Award at the annual Voice &amp;amp; Data Industry award function.
According to Apal</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:57:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9767</link><title>Affle announces first winner of Pinch iPad Global Contest</title><description>Affle announced Jared Kozil of Illinois, USA as the first winner of its Pinch iPad Global Contest.
Congratulating Jared, Anuj Khanna, CEO of Affle, s</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:54:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9773</link><title>SMSCountry’s 160by2.com offers free domestic and international SMS services on India’s Independence Day</title><description>Hyderabad-based and SMSCountry-owned free SMS service player, 160by2.com announced today a new offer or free SMSes to mobile numbers in India as well </description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:57:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9749</link><title>GetJar, Bitstream tie-up to offer BOLT users access to over 70,000 Apps</title><description>Software firm, Bitstream which owns mobile browser, BOLT and App Stores service provider, GetJar announced a new partnership offering BOLT users immed</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:46:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9756</link><title>Virgin Mobile launches free ‘Music Unlimited’ service</title><description>Virgin Mobile announced the launch of ‘Music Unlimited’ service offering mobile subscribers to download full songs, ringtones, tring tunes (CRBT) for </description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:55:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9743</link><title>RCom signs exclusive deal with Universal Music for music-related VAS</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) has tied up Universal Music with the company saying that the development is a prelude to the launch of its 3G services </description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:51:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9722</link><title>Mauj Mobile scores big on mobile music offerings by bagging exclusive distribution rights with music consortium</title><description>Mumbai-based Mauj Mobile which specializes in offering mobile content and mobile marketing services, bagged three-year exclusive distribution rights f</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:05:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9714</link><title>Nokia celebrates 15 years of mobility in India with Project Ujjwal; initiative to drive 100% household mobility in 5 villages in Rae Bareli </title><description>Handset manufacturer, Nokia announced a new initiative, named project Ujjwal, to drive 100% household mobility in 5 villages in Rae Bareli, Uttar Prad</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:22:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9701</link><title>Affle's Pinch iMessenger announces 1st Week iPad Global Contest Winners</title><description>Pinch iMesenger, Affle announced the winners for the Pinch iPad Global Contest for week 1, with 3 out of the top 25 Pinchers for the first week being </description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:08:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9697</link><title>Utility and Entertainment applications score big on Samsung Apps BADA platform </title><description>Handset major Samsung released its observations from the usage of its Samsung Apps offerings delivered over its BADA platform. 
Topping the chart was</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:25:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9668</link><title>Nokia and Tata DOCOMO tie-up to jointly offer Nokia Ovi Tools</title><description>Tata Teleservices’ GSM services brand, Tata DOCOMO and handset major, Nokia announced joining of hands to offer Nokia Ovi tools particularly targeted </description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:37:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9650</link><title>Mobile Media company, Affles launches messaging &amp; location sharing product, ‘Pinch’ in India</title><description>Indian mobile media company, Affle has launched a smartphone messaging product branded, ‘Pinch’ aimed to assist users in discovering friends through t</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9628</link><title>Netxcell unveils solution enabling broadcasting of messages to multiple users</title><description>Hyderabad-based VAS enabler, Netxcell Ltd. announced the launch of Cell Broadcasting Center (CBC) that enables simultaneous delivery of broadcast mess</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:49:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9607</link><title>Dialogic partners with Spice Digital and Bay Talkitec to offer MTNL’s 3G subscribers video services</title><description>VAS enabler, Dialogic Corp. announced a partnership with Spice Digital and Bay Talkitec to offer advanced video services to the 3G subscribers of MTNL</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:34:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9609</link><title>Indiatimes launches voice-based social networking service ‘Hibuddy’ for mobile subscribers</title><description>Indiatimes announced the launch of ‘Hibuddy’ voice-based social networking and blogging service for mobile subscribers.
Users need to call 58888199 a</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:36:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9615</link><title>Twitter application for BlackBerry to be available in full version</title><description>The Twitter for BlackBerry smartphone application is set to be available in full launch from the current beta version available from April. 
Research</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:42:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9597</link><title>Muzicall and IMIMobile form strategic partnership to tap RBT services market in Europe</title><description>VAS player, IMIMobile and Europe’s Muzicall joined hands to tap the market for ring back tones (RBT) in Europe. 
“In many ways Muzicall and IMImobile</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:41:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9603</link><title>Mobile application downloads generated by non-operator application stores to grow at CAGR of about 41%</title><description>The relevance of mobile App stores in the overall VAS ecosystem across the globe is set to grow rapidly in the years to come, predicts Ovum. 
While t</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:58:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9569</link><title>Bharti Airtel offers 2-month free access to Facebook for all its 130 mn mobile subscribers</title><description>Bharti Airtel will be offering free access to social networking site Facebook for its 130 million subscribers. The offer is valid for 2 months and ena</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:46:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9572</link><title>MMA calls for entries for its Annual Global Awards Program</title><description>The MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) has announced calls for nominations for its Annual Global Awards Program which will be held in its sixth editio</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:49:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9574</link><title>SMSGYAN, ReviewGang tie-up to provide medium for reviews over mobile</title><description>Innoz Technologies’, SMSGYAN and movie review portal, ReviewGang.com joined hands to enable mobile subscribers review, criticize and rate movies over </description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9576</link><title>‘Expecting to increase our monthly messaging ad-inventory from 20 mn to 50 mn:’ SinglePoint</title><description>Mr Gowri Shankar, CEO, SinglePoint, Hyderabad speaks to TelecomTiger about the messaging company’s upcoming business plans for the Indian market. 
 Q</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:57:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9567</link><title>Yahoo launches Mail and Messenger Apps for Android platform</title><description>Internet major, Yahoo launched Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger apps for Android users. The firm also launched a Yahoo Search Widget for Android platfor</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:23:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9551</link><title>Gartner predicts worldwide wireless e-mail user base to reach 1 bn</title><description>Research firm Gartner predicts that worldwide wireless email users will reach 1 billion by 2014 with the year 2010 set to witness an estimated 80 mill</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:00:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9530</link><title>SinglePoint clicks deal with four VAS service providers for mobile advertising opportunity</title><description>Hyderabad-based mobile messaging advertising network provider, SinglePoint announced that it has clicked deals with four VAS service providers namely </description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:36:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9513</link><title>Demand for LBS platforms and middleware in Europe set to bounce back</title><description>The market for LBS platform and middleware in Europe is set to bounce back in the coming years with the demand being driven by E112 and lawful interce</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:55:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9517</link><title>IMImobile launches ‘Cell Shakti’ targeted towards rural subscribers</title><description>IMImobile launched ‘Cell Shakti’ VAS offering designed specifically for the rural population of India.
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The new service is primarily delivered</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:27:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9501</link><title>Bharti Airtel’s ‘Talk-to-me’ service offers subscribers to talk ‘Live’ to Kannada &amp; Bollywood stars</title><description>Bharti Airtel announced the launch of ‘Talk-to-me on Airtel’ service allowing subscribers to talk to well-known Kannada and Bollywood film stars on LI</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:03:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9493</link><title>Airtel’s App Store records 13 mn downloads within 4 months</title><description>Bharti Airtel which launched its App Store in the month of February this year, has recorded 13 million downloads within four months at the rate of 1.2</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:09:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9496</link><title>Loop Mobile launches ‘Reply All SMS’ in tie-up with SMS GupShup</title><description>Loop Mobile launched a new SMS-based services named as ‘Reply All SMS’ in tie-up with SMS GupShup. The new service will allow subscribers to simultane</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:12:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9497</link><title>NAVTEQ claims success in executing media campaign for Zee Studios over mobile advertising medium</title><description>Navigational service provider, NAVTEQ said that it has tested success in executing a marketing campaign for India-based English Movie Channel, Zee Stu</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9479</link><title>Global Mobile Payment User base to reach 108.6 mn this year</title><description>The worldwide user base for mobile payments is expected to scale past the 108.6 million mark by the end of this year at a yearly growth of 54.5%, says</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:03:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9481</link><title>Aditi Technologies launches FIFA 2010 Tracker App for Android, BlackBerry and Nokia platforms</title><description>Aditi Technologies announced the launch of FIFA World Cup 2010 Tracker Application for Android, BlackBerry and Nokia users. 
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The application </description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:18:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9484</link><title>Synchronica signs agreement with 40th Mobile Operator</title><description>UK-based mobile push email and messaging service provider, Synchronica announced signing of 40th operator for its services thereby taking the addressa</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:28:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9490</link><title>Reliance Broadcast’s BIG Digital launches music-on-demand services</title><description>Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd.’s BIG Digital launched ‘BIG Non Stop Masti’ offering exclusive music content over on-demand mode. 
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The conten</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:25:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9477</link><title>Tata Teleservices offers live streaming of Asia Cup in alliance with Apalya</title><description>Tata Teleservices launched live video streaming of Asia Cup matches for its Tata Indicom as well as Tata DOCOMO subscribers. The service is being offe</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:15:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9462</link><title>Roamware launches ‘Cardless ATM’</title><description>Roamware launched ‘Cardless ATM’ solution enabling customers of banks to withdraw cash from an ATM without the use of cash card. The service also come</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:27:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9443</link><title>Opera launches new faster version of browser</title><description>Opera Software launched a new beta version of Opera 10.60 which the company says is 50% times faster than the earlier version. The new version also in</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:24:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9447</link><title>Saibaba Telefilms introduces South India’s biggest reality show on Udaya TV</title><description>Saibaba Telefilms P. Ltd. which is a television production company launched ‘Sangeeta Mahayuddha’ which is a reality show and believed to be the bigge</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:13:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9431</link><title>vRock Mobile bags exclusive ‘Mobile Rights’ for Asia Cup</title><description>vRock Mobile bagged exclusive rights for mobile content related to the ongoing Asia Cup Cricket Tournament held in Sri Lanka. 
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vRock Mobile h</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:36:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9432</link><title>Tata DOCOMO offers ‘EAMCET Results’ over SMS/Voice Portal</title><description>Tata Teleservices Ltd’s GSM services brand, Tata DOCOMO launched a new service offering EAMCET results over SMS and Voice portal for subscribers in AP</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:51:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9414</link><title>Smart Meter penetration in Asia-Pac expected to rise to 25% by 2015</title><description>Perhaps highlighting the likely scenario in future where the various utility applications will be networked thus opening up a significant avenue for r</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:45:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9400</link><title>Bharti Airtel launches voice-based social networking blog</title><description>Bharti Airtel launched a new voice-based social networking blog, Airtel Blog which is believed to be world’s first voice-blogging service. Airtel says</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:05:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9408</link><title>Usage of mobile-based IM services expected to surge during FIFA World Cup</title><description>UK-based mobile-based push mail and messaging service enabler, Synchronica expects a significant surge in usage of mobile-based instant messaging (IM)</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:17:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9379</link><title>Mobile Ad network InMobi launches USA operations</title><description>InMobi which specializes in offering mobile ad network platform announced the opening of its operations in the USA.
The company claims to have regist</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:44:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9382</link><title>NAVTEQ launches new navigational product in tie-up with Lonely Planet</title><description>Navigational player, NAVTEQ announced a new product, NAVTEQ: Travel Guide in tie-up with Lonely Planet enabling users to provide recommendations about</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:47:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9385</link><title>Yahoo Inc integrates Facebook across more than 15 yahoo sites</title><description>Yahoo Inc. announced new product integration by integrating social networking site, Facebook across 15 yahoo properties.
"More and more, people rely </description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:51:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9362</link><title>SMS Country bags ‘Best Mobile Start up Company 2010’ award from Silicon India</title><description>SMS service provider, SMS Country bagged the award for ‘Best Mobile Start Up Company 2010’ from Silicon India.
The award jury constituted of eminent </description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:13:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9328</link><title>IMImobile ties up with Malayalam News channel, Indiavision for live streaming services on Idea </title><description>Hyderabad-based VAS player, IMImobile tied up with Malayalam TV News channel, Indiavision to offer live news broadcast streaming services to subscribe</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:38:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9329</link><title>Informate nominated for Meffys Mobile Entertainment Awards</title><description>Mumbai-based Informate Mobile Intelligence has been nominated for the 2010 Meffys Mobile Entertainment ward organized by the Mobile Entertainment Foru</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:39:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9330</link><title>Alliance including Vodafone and BlackBerry launch tele-medicine application</title><description>Diagnostic and Patient Monitoring Device provider, Maestros Mediline Systems Ltd. in business association with Vodafone Essar and Research in Motion (</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:53:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9312</link><title>Indiatimes’ Live adds new channels on its offerings</title><description>The Digital video streaming arm of the Times Group, Times Audience Network (TAN) has re-launched the new design of live.indatimes.com with new channel</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:34:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9278</link><title>LBS to be € 420 million industry by 2015</title><description>Location-Based Services (LBS) is estimated to reach € 420 million by 2015 from € 220 million in 2009, says a new research from Berg Insight. The indus</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:27:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9255</link><title>Handygo ties with Sony BMG for exclusive MVAS content for 12 movies</title><description>VAS player, Handygo has forged an exclusive arrangement with Sony BMG to bag digital rights for 12 premium movies including Bollywood as well as South</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 11:48:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9256</link><title>India’s share rises rapidly in Admob’s global ad requests</title><description>The Indian market clocked 1.7 billion mobile web ad requests on Admob’s platform in the month of April, 2010 making&amp;nbsp; it the only country to recor</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 07:32:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9257</link><title>Primesite rolls out OOH campaign for ‘Aircel’s Music Connect Service’</title><description>Mudra MAX’s out-of-home (OOH) unit, Primesite has rolled out a new campaign for mobile operator, Aircel’s ‘Music Connect Service’.
The creative on th</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 07:35:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9228</link><title>SatNav Technologies launches three freebies for CWG 2010</title><description>SatNav Technologies announced the launch of three freebies for visitors, delegates and officials of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010 to be held in Ne</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 12:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9199</link><title>Comviva bags CMAI award for Excellence in Export of Managed Services</title><description>Comviva announced that it won the INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Award, 2010 for excellence in Export of Managed Services. 
“Comviva is the pioneer of</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 10:21:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9208</link><title>TeleDNA bags CMAI Award for ‘Emerging VAS Infrastructure Company’</title><description>Bangalore-based VAS enabler, TeleDNA Communications won the INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Award 2010 for, ‘Best Emerging VAS Infrastructure Company’. </description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 11:54:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9194</link><title>Videocon too offers free access to Facebook</title><description>Videocon followed Reliance Communications in launching, 0.facebook.com, which offers free access to Facebook for mobile subscribers.
“Videocon Mobile</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 11:15:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9174</link><title>RCom offers free access to Facebook</title><description>Keeping in trends with the company’s new focus to push uptake of mobile data services, Reliance Communications (RCom) today launched a new VAS, 0.face</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 11:38:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9175</link><title>SBI extends mobile banking service to include non-GPRS phones as well</title><description>The State Bank of India (SBI) has extended its mobile banking service, State Bank freedom to include non-Java and non-GPRS mobile phones as well.
Pre</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 11:38:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9179</link><title>BSNL launches ‘live portal’ for mobile subscribers in South</title><description>BSNL launched 'Live Portal' for its mobile service customers in the South Zone. 
The 'Live Portal' would enable customers to watch TV programmes, mov</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 11:57:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9159</link><title>Bharti Airtel, Telefónica along with others launches biggest ever mobile phone coinciding with FIFA World Cup</title><description>1GOAL:Education for All, the football world and FIFA-backed legacy project for the 2010 World Cup in alliance with the Telefónica group launched the w</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 11:12:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9165</link><title>Mobile Games comprise over 70% to 80% of all mobile consumer applications</title><description>A new research from Gartner says that the worldwide mobile gaming revenue is forecast to scale past the $ 5.6 billion mark in 2010 at a 19% rise from </description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 11:42:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9132</link><title>Nokia’s share in Indian mobile web space seen declining</title><description>Nokia which is facing a tough time post emergence of smartphone as a category in the mobile handset space is gradually losing out on market share in I</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 10:09:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9139</link><title>Research claims user interest for IPL over mobile medium increased 100%</title><description>Mumbai-based telecom research agency, Informate MI claimed that its latest Mobile Metrics Report highlight that mobile usage related to access for inf</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 10:21:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9143</link><title>SatNav Technologies launches lost mobile and child locator services for Rs.199 rental</title><description>Hyderabad-based SatNav Technologies launched SatTracx lost mobile and child locator service for Rs.199 on annual subscription. 
The mobile applicatio</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 10:26:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9150</link><title>Zoom TV to launch interactive Zoom Box show</title><description>Zoom India launched a interactive music show, ZoOm BoX allowing users to choose favourite song by sending SMS to 58888 as well as comment on songs or </description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 15:56:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9103</link><title>UTStarcom joins hands with Ruckus Wireless to offer IPTV solutions over Wi-Fi medium</title><description>UTStarcom announced a new business alliance with Ruckus Wireless to offer wireless IPTV solutions for the Indian market. The alliance will lead to ena</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 09:38:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9088</link><title>Comviva bags two awards at World Vendors Award 2010</title><description>VAS enabler, Comviva announced that it won the “Best Outsourcing Initiative” for its pioneering Managed VAS Services offering and “Best Software Solut</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 10:30:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9092</link><title>RCom to launch IPTV services in New Delhi and Mumbai</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) is set to launch IPTV services in metro cities of Delhi and Mumbai within three months, reports the PTI.
"We plan to s</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 10:35:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9093</link><title>Mobile application provider,RockeTalk launches new contest to identify “Most Popular Onscreen Mom in 2020”</title><description>Mobile application service provider, RockeTalk launched a new contest, “Most Popular Onscreen Mom in 2020” which aims to identify who can be the Best </description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 10:36:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9081</link><title>Vodafone Essar offers Karnataka II PUC results on mobiles</title><description>Vodafone Essar announced that it will offer Karnataka II PUC results through SMS and IVR.
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Interested subscribers can SMS KAR12 (PUC Roll Numb</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 09:53:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9061</link><title>NetCore acquires local languages portal player Greynium</title><description>Mumbai-based VAS service provider, NetCore has acquired Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd. which owns local languages properties (portals) in</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 06:28:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9064</link><title>Vodafone offers VAS related to Rabindranath Tagore to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary</title><description>Vodafone Essar announced new VAS related to Rabindranath Tagore whose 150th birth anniversary is being celebrated this month.
 
Subscribers can avai</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 07:11:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9072</link><title> Starhome bags award for developing messaging solution while driving</title><description>Communications solution provider, Starhome which is mainly known for its roaming solutions, claimed bagging the Celtic Bronze award for its the EnComP</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 09:34:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9043</link><title>RCom launches Mobile Jockey portal</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) announced the launch of what it claims to be India’s first Mobile Jockey portal as part of its VAS offerings. The servi</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 10:48:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9044</link><title>Opera to acquire Australia-based email service provider FastMail</title><description>Opera Software will acquire Australia-based web-based email service provider, FastMail.fm as it Opera aims to expand messaging portfolio.
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"Th</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:04:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9048</link><title>Airtel launches My Tunes music-based VAS in Delhi</title><description>Bharti Airtel today launched ‘My Tunes’ named music content services for its mobile subscribers in Delhi. The service has over 23 categories of music </description><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 15:02:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9029</link><title>Mobile Operators way behind in attracting third party application developers</title><description>While the concept of App Stores is fast gaining ground across the globe the competitive advantage is expected to rest with those who are able to attra</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 07:57:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9016</link><title>Opera releases new browser for Mac systems</title><description>Opera Software unveiled a new browser for Apple’s Mac which the company claims is over 10 times more aster than existing versions. 
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The new v</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:24:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9018</link><title>Yahoo India hosts multi-city offline event for Flickr users</title><description>Yahoo India recently hosted offline event in Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai cities to provide an offline platform for online photo and video based social</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:44:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9026</link><title>RCom to introduce the concept of ‘Mobile Jockey’</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) is all set to introduce a new VAS offering to its mobile subscribers namely the ‘Mobile Jockey’ service targeted toward</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:27:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9028</link><title>Spice Digital to sponsor NGO Sangam Kala Group’s singing talent hunt program</title><description>VAS player Spice Digital will sponsor NGO Sangam Kala Group’s (SKG) annual National Talent Hunt to be named Spice Surtaran which aims to identify musi</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:28:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8999</link><title>Reliance Communications enters into alliance with GetJar</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) today announced entering a formal tie-up with USA-based GetJar which is the world’s second largest mobile application s</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:21:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9004</link><title>Worldwide mobile banking subscriber base may reach 894 mn by 2015</title><description>Mobile Banking services across the globe may reach a subscriber base of 894 million by 2015 from 55 million at the end of 2009 at a CAGR of 59.2%, say</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:17:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=9005</link><title>Axis Bank selects ngpay platform to offer mcommerce and mobile banking services</title><description>Mobile Banking and mcommerce enabler, ngpay will provide a mcommerce and mobile banking platform to Axis Bank.
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Axis Bank will now be able to </description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:39:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8980</link><title>Indian Mobile Subscribers can shoo away telemarketing calls with XBLOCKR application</title><description>With even policy guidelines and rules &amp; regulations failing to curb the menace of tele-marketing calls on mobile phones, Bangalore-based Aquilonis’s n</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:20:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8984</link><title>Bharti Airtel follows OnMobile in launching geographical barrier-free mobile radio services</title><description>Bharti Airtel and Radio Mirchi announced a new tie-up to offer mobile radio service, ‘Mirchi Mobile’ allowing Airtel’s mobile subscribers to listen to</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:48:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8987</link><title>Uninor launches mobile data services across 9 circles of operations</title><description>New entrant Uninor, launched mobile data services in nine circles including UP, Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala a</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:06:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8979</link><title>RCom aims to create India’s largest App Store post tie-up with GetJar</title><description>The Application Store space in India is all set to become fiercer as traditional challenger to incumbent GSM operators, Reliance Communications is in </description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:20:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8953</link><title>Bharti Airtel launches new VAS offering live prayers on mobile phones</title><description>Bharti Airtel launched a new VAS, ‘Live Arti’ which as the name suggests will offer daily live prayers from popular holy places of worship on to mobil</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:47:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8958</link><title>Internet Advertising may overtake Newspaper Advertising by middle of decade</title><description>A new study from advertising trend analyzing firm, Magna estimates that Internet Advertising may overtake Newspaper Advertising by the middle of the d</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:27:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8964</link><title>IMImobile and IL&amp;FS launch ‘English Seekho’ services for mobile subscribers</title><description>Hyderabad-based VAS player, IMImobile and IL&amp;amp;FS Education &amp;amp; Technology Services limited joined hands to offer ‘English Seekho’ services on mob</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:54:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8969</link><title>Alcatel-Lucent &amp; Aksh power MTNL’s 3G mobile TV services launch</title><description>Alcatel-Lucent and Aksh Optifibre claimed success in commercial launch of MTNL’s 3G mobile TV services in Delhi and Mumbai.
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“Mobile TV as a v</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:51:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8941</link><title>NAVTEQ releases list of finalists for LBS-based application development competition</title><description>Leading navigational player, NAVTEQ announced the finalists for the India region under its 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. The seven-year old progra</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:04:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8944</link><title>RCom comes up with new voice-based VAS for Children</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) introduced a new voice portal based VAS targeted towards Children.
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The voice portal will offer popular stories</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:41:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8925</link><title>IMImobile powers Nepal-based Ncell’s mobile data and VAS services launch</title><description>Hyderabad-based IMImobile said on Monday that it has successfully enabled Nepal’s mobile service provider, Ncell to offer mobile data services as well</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:24:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8930</link><title>Spice Digital bags award for its BigFlix Mobile Application</title><description>VAS player, Spice Digital bagged the award for Best Mobile Application in the mobile/viral category at Indian Digital Media Awards (IDMA) 2010, recent</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:21:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8910</link><title>In France Alcatel-Lucent launches new SMS-based social networking services</title><description>Alcatel-Lucent launched a new ‘Mobilefriends’ service in France which enables mobile subscribers to create social networking communities over the SMS </description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:06:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8912</link><title>SatNav launches new software for SatGuide products</title><description>SatNav Technologies launched a new software for its SatGuide branded Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) which offer GPS based navigational services.
</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:05:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8915</link><title>Spice Digital deploys CRBT solution for Zain Tanzania</title><description>Spice Digital claimed successful deployment of Caller Ring Back Tones (CRBT) solution for Zain Telecom’s Tanzania unit with the solution supporting a </description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:59:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8888</link><title>160by2.com extends character limit of free SMS services</title><description>Hyderabad-based 160by2.com increased SMS character space of its free messaging services from 80 characters to 145 characters. 
 
Commenting on incre</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:58:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8866</link><title>Timesofindia.com is NRI’s most favoured news destination, says JUXT NRI 2010 study</title><description>TimesofIndia.com has emerged as the most preferred site for NRIs looking for Indian news and infotainment. Economictimes.com follows a close second as</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:08:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8842</link><title>Real Estate consultant, Knight Frank launches application for iPhone</title><description>Leading property consultant, Knight Frank launched a new application which is essentially a property search tool for Apple’s iPhone as well as iPod en</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:27:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8845</link><title>Tata DOCOMO launches Reverse Ring-Back Tone services</title><description>Tata Teleservices’ GSM services brand, Tata DOCOMO launched a new Reverse-Ring Back Tone VAS for its prepaid as well as postpaid subscribers allowing </description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:32:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8833</link><title>Reliance World launches Robotics camp for school children in Bangalore</title><description>Reliance World in tie-up with robo.in, a division of ThinkLABS launched a Robotics camp in Bangalore to be followed by launches in 25 more cities of I</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:32:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8828</link><title>Admob doubles its mobile web traffic from India to one billion within 9 months of launch</title><description>Mobile Web Advertising firm, Admob today claimed crossing the 1.2 billion mark in March, 2010 for mobile web traffic on its mobile advertising platfor</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:21:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8829</link><title>“Just start of something really big in Indian advertising space”: Admob</title><description>Having witnessed its mobile web traffic to cross the one billion mark in the Indian market in March, 2010 at a growth rate of 100% taking its launch d</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:06:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8811</link><title>ValueFirst acquires stake in another firm, this time in web &amp; SMS player, Tagg</title><description>VAS player, ValueFirst which is recently in news for its aggressive inorganic growth moves, announced another acquisition of majority stake in web and</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:32:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8812</link><title>Airtel enhances Bollywood content-based MVAS with launch of ‘Airtel Talkies’</title><description>Market leader, Bharti Airtel launched ‘Airtel Talkies’ which is a MVAS providing exclusive content from upcoming movies. In short it is a trailer of u</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:13:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8814</link><title>Apalya claims 37% rise in subscriber base within 12 days of IPL-3 launch</title><description>Mobile video service provider, Apalya Technologies which has acquired exclusive rights to offer mobile video content for IPL matches, claims to be reg</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:15:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8815</link><title>ADAG’s Big Entertainment to acquire stake in UK-based gaming firm Codemasters </title><description>Reliance Big Entertainment which is part of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) announced on Monday that it will 50 % stake in UK-based gaming firm, Co</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:16:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8806</link><title>CanvasM lines 6,000 applications for App Store</title><description>VAS player CanvasM which is a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and Motorola is planning to launch 6,000 mobile applications, reports the Business S</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:50:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8794</link><title>Idea launches ‘PreTones’ VAS in tie-up with Oorja for AP subscribers</title><description>Idea Cellular launched a new ‘PreTones’ services for its mobile subscribers in Andhra Pradesh with the service enabling the subscribers to listen to c</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:35:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8789</link><title>Indian firm aims to make Yellow Pages interactive through the SMS channel</title><description>Kerala-based Direct Info Solutions has come up with a new unique concept of ‘SMS ID’ with an aim to make it the gateway to all other identities rangin</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:53:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8771</link><title>Google launches online shopping tool in India</title><description>Google launched a new tool, Google Shopping enabling internet users in India to get information about products and their prices online.
The new tool </description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:31:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8775</link><title>MTNL launches UK-based ROK’s iPlayer Mobile Video services</title><description>UK-based ROK Entertainment Group and Indian PSU, MTNL announced on Tuesday the launch of ROK’s mobile video service, iPlayer in the Indian market.
Th</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:36:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8748</link><title>Opera Software announces business tie-ups during IPTV World Forum</title><description>Opera Software announced its recently clicked multiple business alliances with players from the IPTV industry.
The company has entered into an agreem</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:16:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8735</link><title>July Systems says over 700,000 mobile video downloads already registered for IPL-III</title><description>July Systems claims to have recorded over 700,000 mobile videos of the ongoing IPL tournament within 12 days of launch of the service over the mobile </description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:49:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8739</link><title>Zlango offers icon-based messaging services to mobile subscribers</title><description>Israel-based, Zlango which specializes in offering icon-based mobile text messaging services is reaching out to subscribers directly through its own p</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:55:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8723</link><title>Obopay’s senior leaders find mention in list of the most influential women in Silicon Valley</title><description>Mobile payment solution provider, Obopay announced that two of its senior executives, Founder and CEO Carol Realini as well as Executive Vice Presiden</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:01:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8727</link><title>Mobile advertising network, Admob lines up new tools and features for publishers &amp; application developers</title><description>Mobile advertising player, Admob is coming up with new tools and features which will enhance the ability of publishers and application developers to o</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:49:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8728</link><title>Research highlights that consumers largely unsatisfied with delivery of mobile messaging services</title><description>Communication software and service provider, Telcordia has published a new research which points out that over 82% of consumers have reported that a S</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:09:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8717</link><title>National Multi-Commodity Exchange comes up with a WAP portal</title><description>The National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) on Monday launched a wireless application protocol (WAP) portal enabling users to trade services such as </description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:47:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8700</link><title>Surat, Social Networking fuel 2.5 mn application downloads within a month of launch for Airtel</title><description>Bharti Airtel claims to have registered 2.5 million downloads for its Application Stores launched last month. 
Interestingly the top 5 cities contrib</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:01:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8694</link><title>Yahoo India lines up cricket content</title><description>Yahoo India has lined up series of cricket related content in keeping with the ongoing cricket fever in the country. The internet major will also serv</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:06:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8696</link><title>700 hours of IPL videos already downloaded by Indian mobile subscribers</title><description>The IPL Season-III may be just a week old since the tournament started. But Bangalore-based July Systems which is serving as the technology partner fo</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:29:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8674</link><title>Vodafone Essar enhances mobile comic offerings</title><description>Vodafone Essar launched ‘Chhota Comics’ VAS offering comic strips as well as full length comics of popular Indian and international titles like Suppan</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:49:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8679</link><title>Etisalat and Comviva to jointly offer new VAS</title><description>Etisalat and Comviva joined hands to offer advanced value-added services (VAS) to Etisalat’s over 100 million subscribers across the globe. 
Commenti</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:47:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8672</link><title>Airtel subscribers to gain exclusive access to Dow Jones content</title><description>Dow Jones today announced the launch of its Wall Street Journal India Mobile application in tie-up with leading operator, Bharti Airtel offering the o</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:53:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8645</link><title>Vodafone all set to close navigation services subsidiary, Wayfinder</title><description>UK-based Vodafone is set to close down its navigational services subsidiary, Wayfinder Systems which it acquired in December 2008. The move is mainly </description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:39:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8646</link><title>Mobile security services player, Micro Tech enters Belgium</title><description>Mobile security solutions provider, Micro Technologies has signed a business alliance agreement with Belgium-based Advisers Global aiming to consolida</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:40:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8638</link><title>Indiatimes in tie-up with V Rock Mobile to offer IPL-related mobile content on 58888 platform</title><description>Indiatimes’ 58888 mobile VAS platform will offer IPL content in tie-up with V Rock Mobile which holds exclusive worldwide rights for IPL for five year</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8639</link><title>MTS to host live webcast of Russian PM Putin’s interaction with Indian audience</title><description>JSFC Sistema and MTS India will show a live webcast of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin’s interaction with audience from Bangalore, Mumbai and</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:31:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8640</link><title>SatNav unveils new brand mascot for its range of GPS products</title><description>Navigational services provider, SatNav Technologies has embarked upon a new branding initiative, ‘SatGuide’ which will serve as its mascot for all GPS</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:06:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8630</link><title>Apalya to partner GCV for mobile video streaming services of IPL</title><description>Apalya Technologies said that it is partnering Global Cricket Ventures (GCV) to offer live mobile video streaming services of IPL matches. Apalya has </description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:34:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8636</link><title>MapmyIndia launches new touch screen GPS navigator for Rs 7,990</title><description>Navigational services and products provider, MapmyIndia has come up with a new GPS navigator, the Road Pilot which comes preloaded with 620 India citi</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8615</link><title>Synchronica claims $ 1.05 mn deal with Indonesian operator</title><description>Instant messaging and data synchronization provider, Synchronica claims that it bagged a $ 1.05 million deal with an Indonesian operator to supply Mob</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:23:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8618</link><title>Advertisers including Airtel, Samsung to sponsor Google’s IPL streaming services on YouTube </title><description>The IPL season 3 is turning up to a big testing ground for many new marketing avenues on new media. One such avenue includes live streaming services o</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8622</link><title>‘Indian operators can record high activation for mobile data services through our offerings’: July Systems</title><description>Mobile Internet may be perceived as a limited revenue generating avenue in India as of now. But July Systems which recently bagged exclusive rights to</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:58:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8599</link><title>Vodafone says already launched App Stores in India</title><description>With its competitors announcing big plans for App Stores initiative, Vodafone Essar claims that it has already launched its App Stores in India on Feb</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:19:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8601</link><title>July Systems powers IPL’s mobile internet property</title><description>Mobile Internet solution provider for content players, July Systems will offer IPL content on the mobile internet platform with live ball-by-ball vide</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:43:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8606</link><title>RCom launches ‘Socially’ VAS for mobile subscribers active on social networking sites</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) today launched a new VAS application, ‘Socially’ to be offered over its RWorld platform and targeted towards those mobi</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:48:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8596</link><title>The growing potential of Ring-Back Tones as tools for mobile marketing</title><description>The potential of mobile advertising has mainly revolved around mobile web and to some extent on the SMS channels. But VAS such as ring-back-tones (RBT</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:29:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8577</link><title>Rising smartphone reach attracting advertisers and operators onto mobile web: AdMob</title><description>The convergence of handset manufacturers and mobile web browsers is working wonders for the mobile web space particularly in the Southeast Asian regio</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:10:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8579</link><title>Bharti Airtel launches ‘Airtel Talkies’ </title><description>Bharti Airtel has launched ‘Airtel Talkies’ which is a VAS of narrating movies along with dialogues, songs and background score to its subscribers.
U</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:32:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8581</link><title>Google to offer information services to commuters of Delhi Metro </title><description>Google India and Delhi Metro announced a new initiative whereby complete information on Delhi metro schedules and routes will be offered to commuters </description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:51:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8565</link><title>Satnav’s new GPS application assists in locating people, assets</title><description>SatNav Technologies, has come up with a new product, the SatTracx Locator, a mobile application will aims to assist users in locating people including</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:32:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8574</link><title>Sigma Ventures-DCI tie-up bag exclusive global smartphone application rights for IPL</title><description>Singapore’s Sigma Ventures in technical partnership with Dot Com Infoway Ltd’s (DCI)
DCI Mobile Studios bagged exclusive global smartphone applicatio</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:16:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8548</link><title>Paramount Airways ties up with Uniconnect to offer International roaming services</title><description>Premium Airline service provider, Paramount Airways signed a strategic alliance with roaming solution provider, Uniconnect whereby the Airways operato</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:07:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8549</link><title>Roaming solution player, Starhome joins European Public Safety Communications Project</title><description>Roaming services enabler for operators, Starhome will partner the CELTIC FT-PSC (Federated Test bed for Public Safety Communications) Consortium which</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:09:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8553</link><title>SMS evolving to next generation messaging</title><description>The importance of text messaging popularly known as SMS will grow further and will now evolve into next generation messaging services, says a new repo</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:45:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8526</link><title>BSNL lines up special MVAS content branded as ‘Holi Zone’ on festival eve</title><description>Indian mobile subscribers are known to use MVAS (mobile value added services) especially during festival occasions. Taking a cue from this trend, PSU </description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:33:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8542</link><title>Big FM, OnMobile’s BIG Mobile Radio aims to break geographical barriers for radio services</title><description>Leading private FM service provider and part of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), 92.7 BIG FM and one of leading players in the value added services</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:29:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8546</link><title>Free SMS service provider, 160by2.com to partner Idea for ‘Use Mobile Save Paper’ campaign</title><description>Idea Cellular and free SMS service provider, 160by2.com have entered into a partnership as part of Idea’s ‘Use Mobile Save Paper’ campaign.
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U</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:04:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8519</link><title>Mobile subscribers show strong preference to applications which are free</title><description>Globally the concept of MVAS offered over application stores popularly known as App Stores is rapidly gaining traction with even service providers jum</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:38:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8521</link><title>Dream11.com inks content tie-up with leading portals</title><description>Gaming firm, Dream11 Gaming Pvt. Ltd., announced that its Dream11.com portal has entered into content tie-up partnerships with leading portals includi</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:59:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8523</link><title>Mobile VoIP player REVE’s iTel Mobile Dialer gets TMC award</title><description>Singapore-based VoIP-based mobile application provider, REVE Systems bagged ‘Product of the Year Award’ from TMC Group’s Internet Telephony magazine f</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:12:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8524</link><title>SBI to issue tenders for procuring mobile payment system gateways</title><description>The State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to float a tender for procuring mobile payment system gateway solutions as it gears up to be prepared for th</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:17:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8508</link><title>Dow Jones, Naukri tie-up to launch new mobile application </title><description>Dow Jones &amp;amp; Co and India’s leading job portal, naukri.com have tied up for a new arrangement wherein Wall Street Journal’s India website will feat</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:41:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8510</link><title>Yahoo enters into tie-up with Twitter</title><description>Global internet services major, Yahoo announced a new partnership with Twitter whereby Twitter services will now be integrated into many of Yahoo serv</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:54:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8511</link><title>CMAI Infocom to host World National Telecom Awards on May 17</title><description>Industry body, CMAI in association with INFOCOM, a brand owned by Anand Bazar Patrika of BusinessWorld, Start News and The Telegraph will host World N</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:27:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8492</link><title>Tata DoCoMo offers free GPRS to subscribers for accessing top 5 social networking sites</title><description>Tata DoCoMo launched a new offer enabling its BuddyNet subscribers to access social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Linkedin and </description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:02:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8472</link><title>Zain bags GSMA’s inaugural mobile banking services awards</title><description>Zain bagged award at the MWC for its contribution in mobile banking services as part of GSMA’s inaugural "mobile money for the unbanked service" award</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:37:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8478</link><title>Vodafone Essar ties up with BookMyShow for m-booking services</title><description>Vodafone Essar tied with online entertainment ticketing and information services provider, BookMyShow to enables its mobile subscribers book movie tic</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:29:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8482</link><title>MapmyIndia comes up with updated with version for navigation and LBS</title><description>Leading navigational and location-based service provider (LBS), MapmyIndia has come up with a enhanced and updated version, MapmyIndia Maps v4.0 promi</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:41:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8483</link><title>Tata DoMoMo partners Gemalto for VAS </title><description>Tata DoCoMo and digital security player. Gemalto joined hands enabling the mobile service provider to offer range of value added services (VAS) in a s</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:41:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8464</link><title>Western Union selects Comviva in its Mobile Vendor Program</title><description>Comviva announced on Thursday that Western Union has selected it to participate in the latter’s Mobile Vendor Program which was introduced in 2009 and</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:33:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8465</link><title>Fundamo gets Western union certification</title><description>Specialist mobile financial services provider, Fundamo announced its certification by Western Union under the Mobile Vendor Program. 
The certificati</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:34:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8469</link><title>VAS player Netxcell sets up a new JV with Africa’s AquaSanTec</title><description>VAS player Netxcell set up a new 51:49 joint venture (JV) with Kenya-based AquaSanTec to target countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda an</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:44:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8449</link><title>IPTV player MyWay selects Utiba for e-top-up solutions</title><description>Mobile commerce platform enabler, Utiba announced that India’s MyWay has selected its electronic top-up solution for the latter’s IPTV services.
The </description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:44:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8453</link><title>FarmVille developer, Zynga sets up India office</title><description>US-based social gaming company, Zynga has opened its new office in Bangalore marking the company’s first office to be set up outside USA.
The India u</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:20:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8457</link><title>Nokia partners with Yes Bank for mobile payment services</title><description>Nokia and Yes Bank are partnering to offer mobile payment services enabling consumers to pay through the mobile phones. The service will be offered ov</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:43:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8442</link><title>ICICI &amp; SBI most popular BFSI portals in the mobile medium, says research</title><description>Mumbai-based mobile consumer usage research firm, Informate’s new study on “Top BFSI and Online Trading websites used by people in different age group</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:49:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8419</link><title>Ericsson launches its own App Store for carriers</title><description>It started with handset vendors and service providers too quickly followed to launch their own App Stores with an eye on VAS. And now network gear ven</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:28:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8422</link><title>Comviva comes up with ‘no download’ online gaming solution</title><description>VAS enabler, Comviva launched a ‘no download’ Online Gaming Solution (OGS) which is an online, server-driven solution allowing users a one-click acces</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:42:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8427</link><title>Bharti among 24 global operators come together for Mobile Apps drive</title><description>Service Providers from across the globe joined hands to facilitate creation of standardised mobile applications which can be accessed over handsets of</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:42:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8400</link><title>SinglePoint acquires mobile advertising player M2Junction</title><description>SinglePoint acquired Hyderabad-based mobile advertising player, M2Junction. M2Junction offers a mobile advertising platform based on the SMS channel. </description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:53:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8379</link><title>Airtel’s App Stores to offer 1250 Apps across 25 categories</title><description>The concept of App Stores is set to leapfrog in India as market leader Bharti Airtel launched its Airtel App Central across the country. Airtel plans </description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:00:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8366</link><title>Bharti Airtel to launch App store on Feb 10</title><description>The concept of App Stores (application stores), which first became popular in the USA when Apple introduced the same for its iPhone, appears to be ent</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:32:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8368</link><title>RCom too lines up App Stores; will offer it as part of RWorld 2.0</title><description>Reliance Communications too is set to enter the Application Stores space with the company set to use its RWorld network to market the App Stores.
 
</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:50:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8353</link><title>UFO Moviez to show IPL-3 matches in multiplexes, theatres</title><description>UFO Moviez will be showing LIVE all IPL-3 matches on multiplexes and theatres across the country in high definition format without any commercial inte</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:20:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8363</link><title>Tata DoCoMo launches ‘2gether’ on eve of Valentine’s Day</title><description>Tata DoCoMo launched a new ‘2gether’ platform created with the objective of connecting people with their loved ones this Valentine''s Day without expo</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:18:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8346</link><title>34 million security applications to be connected to cellular networks in Europe </title><description>More and more security applications are expected to be integrated into mobile services in Europe with figures estimated to rise from existing 2.3 mill</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:48:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8348</link><title>MMA applauds launch of Mobile Media Metrics in UK</title><description>The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has come out is support of the GSMA and comScore initiative to launch Mobile Media Metrics (MMM) in UK with a a</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:40:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8332</link><title>MMA transforms operating regions into business units</title><description>The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) announced a restructuring of the organization whereby its four operating regions -- Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:54:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8334</link><title>Tata Teleservices launches “Push 4 All Mail” for its subscribers </title><description>Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) launched a new value added service ‘Push 4 All Mail’, for all its Tata Indicom and Tata DOCOMO customers that will of</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:04:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8336</link><title>RCom too launches push mail VAS services</title><description>Reliance Communications announced the launch of a SMS-based email service for its subscribers in tie-up with Canada’s iseemedia.
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Mr. Krishna </description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:21:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8326</link><title>Corrected: One97 acquires 25% stake in smartphone security applications firm, tenCube</title><description>VAS player, One97 picked 25% stake for about Rs 100 crore Rs 10 crore in Singapore-based smartphone security applications developer, tenCube reports t</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:41:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8324</link><title>Aksh Optifibre, MTNL alliance rope in Channel partners to push IPTV sales</title><description>IPTV player, Aksh Optifibre and its partner, MTNL today announced plans to build a channel partner network to further push sales of the alliance’s IPT</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:27:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8301</link><title>IMImobile comes up with new service for managing mobile social networking </title><description>Hyderabad-based VAS solution and services player, IMImobile launched ‘DaVinci’ Social, a new service aimed at easing the access and management for use</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:24:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8294</link><title>Google introduces application allowing users to type in 14 Indian languages</title><description>Google on Thursday launched the Google Transliteration IME, a desktop application that it said allows users to type in 14 languages using a roman keyb</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:34:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8277</link><title>India all set to auction licences for mobile TV services; no bidding required for UASL holders</title><description>In what could prove a big boost to India’s MVAS sector particularly pertaining to video content, the government has decided to hold a bidding process </description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:53:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8279</link><title>Bharti Airtel launches ‘Family Tune’ caller tune services for fixedline subscribers</title><description>Bharti Airtel announced the launch of ‘Family Tunes’ services for its 2.9 million fixedline subscribers.
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The service allows its subscribers t</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:27:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8284</link><title>Firm comes up with new application related to Ishqiya</title><description>Mobile Applications and Mobile Analytics company, Vigyaapan Technologies (P). Ltd.
Has come up with a iPhone application for the newly released film </description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:23:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8287</link><title>Vodafone claims 450,000 subscribers in Europe for its Music services</title><description>Vodafone claims that it managed to reach a subscriber base of 450,000 in Europe for its Music services with 100,000 added in December alone.
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</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:36:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8256</link><title>ZTE unveils 3G modem to support mass market mobile TV in Brazil on account of 2010 World Cup</title><description>ZTE Corp launched 3G modems supporting mass market mobile TV in Brazil enabling viewers to view up to 13 DTV channels including sports, news and enter</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:21:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8273</link><title>BSNL introduces 5 new GPRS plans for 2G subscribers</title><description>PSU BSNL today introduced 5 new pan-India GPRS plans for its 2G subscribers including prepaid subscribers as well as postpaid subscribers. 
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F</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:02:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8236</link><title>RCom to offer Cartoon Network Comics to its GSM subscribers</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) clicked a agreement with Cartoon Network to offer cartoon Network Comics to its GSM mobile subscribers. Nazara Technolo</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:16:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8238</link><title>SatNav says Nokia’s move to offer free navigational services augments well for industry</title><description>Domestic navigational player, SatNav Technologies welcomed the move by Nokia to offer navigational services free to its smartphone subscribers. 
Acco</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:16:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8246</link><title>After a lull, Aksh all set to aggressively push IPTV sales; lines up mobile TV services as well</title><description>IPTV services in India are still in a infancy stage as compared to other digital mode of transmission i.e. DTH services as far as the subscriber base </description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:42:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8224</link><title>Bharti Airtel ties up with US-based Limelight for CDN services</title><description>Bharti Airtel tied up with Limelight Networks to launch content delivery network (CDN) services in India.
As part of the agreement, the tie-up will s</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:19:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8212</link><title>Indian VAS solution market moving to managed services model: Acision</title><description>Acision sees huge potential for VAS solutions in the Indian market as operators desperately look for new revenue generators, and voice revenues consis</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:56:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8206</link><title>Opera acquires mobile advertising firm, AdMarvel</title><description>Browser firm, Opera Software today acquired mobile advertising solution provider, AdMarvel which is based out of San Mateo, California with an aim to </description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:40:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8210</link><title>YouTube to live stream all IPL matches</title><description>Google India clicked a deal with Indian Premier League and its licensing partner Global Cricket Ventures wherein live streaming of DLF IPL 3 will be o</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:41:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8186</link><title>Mobile Application Stores to be a $ 6.2 bn market in 2010</title><description>Market research firm, Gartner sees big opportunity for the mobile application stores which is rapidly becoming a global phenomenon. The sector is esti</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:05:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8187</link><title>Moser Baer launches content loaded micro SD cards for mobile devices</title><description>Moser Baer with an aim to leverage from its ownership of music as well as video content, launched micro SD cards for mobile devices which come preload</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:27:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8144</link><title>Tata DoCoMo launches 5 new GPRS on Demand plans</title><description>Tata DoCoMo launched 5 new plans for its GPR services including Daily Pack which offers 10 MB download for Rs.5.
The Daily Pack is valid till midnigh</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:46:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8145</link><title>MapmyIndia introduces navigational system for superbikes; also launches ‘Navitainment’ gizmos</title><description>Leading navigational player MapmyIndia has come up with ‘TrailBlazer’ navigational system for superbikes targeted towards motorbiking enthusiasts and </description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:59:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8127</link><title>Clay Telecom offers international roaming services for BlackBerry users in India</title><description>Clay Telecom launched Global BlackBerry services in the Indian market offering unlimited email services while on international roaming. 
Gaurav Dhawa</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:23:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8116</link><title>“10 million subscribers for our rural MVAS within this fiscal end”: Handygo</title><description>The Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) sector in India appears to be suffering from a lack of differentiation syndrome with all the players offering a</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:28:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8119</link><title>Vodafone introduces mshopping services over IVR in Kerala</title><description>Vodafone Essar launched M-shop services in Kerala over the interactive voice response (IVR) platform.
The service allows subscribers in the circle to</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:06:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8125</link><title>Emantras forays into MVAS with launch of m-education service, Mobl21</title><description>Digital media-based education company, Emantras Interactive Technologies has come up with a new platform for mobile medium enabling mobile education-b</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:50:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8114</link><title>Future Group to foray into telecom services in tie-up with Tata DoCoMo, says report</title><description>Retail major, Future Group is all set to launch its mobile services within four to six weeks based on an MVNO model, reports the Business Line. It wil</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:08:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8100</link><title>Cell Phone as tool to detect counterfeit currency</title><description>The issue of counterfeit currency has been bothering the Indian government in recent years as it not only affects the business transactions but also a</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:57:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8104</link><title>Tata DoCoMo leverages NTT expertise to offer Mangla &amp; Marvel m-comic services in India</title><description>Tata DoCoMo today launched Manga and Marvel comics as part of its m-comic services for the Indian market. Its strategic foreign investment partner, NT</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:03:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8105</link><title>Qualcomm’s FLO TV and mophie jointly bring Mobile TV accessories for iPhone and iPod users</title><description>FLO TV in association with accessory company, mophie introduced Live Mobile TV products  to users of iPhone and iPod touch. 
These products will be a</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:32:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8089</link><title>Aircel, Infosys tie-up for VAS through application stores</title><description>Mobile service provider, Aircel and Software major, Infosys Technologies announced a tie-up to launch mobile applications stores which will allow cons</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:28:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8093</link><title>70% of mobile web users in the age group of 18-35 years in India </title><description>A joint study by industry association, IAMAI and market research firm, IMRB says that India has around 2 million mobile web users on an active basis i</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:55:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8072</link><title>Calling the faithful to prayer - on the mobile!</title><description>In the majority of developing nations there is significant cultural importance attached to religious worship. While marketing to the devout may not be</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:26:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8070</link><title>Tata Indicom launches new VAS based on ‘3 idiots’</title><description>Tata Indicom has launched a new VAS for its subscribers named ‘Meet and Greet Aamir Khan’ wherein subscribers with BREW handsets can download a new ga</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:44:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8064</link><title>Airtel subscribers seen downloading 200 million music content in 2009</title><description>Bharti Airtel today published results of its first mobile phone usage survey, Airtel Mobitude 2009 which analyses all the content downloaded by an Air</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:16:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8048</link><title>Digital marketing player, Ybrant launches location-based mobile advertising platform</title><description>Digital marketing solutions company, Ybrant Digital, forayed into mobile advertising space with the launch of its new location-based advertising (LBA)</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:05:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8049</link><title>BSNL lines up special VAS content on eve of Christmas &amp; New Year</title><description>With festive season round the corner, BSNL is aiming to rope in VAS revenues on the eve and with this focus the firm has tied up with PK Online Ventur</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:48:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8035</link><title>Rahul Gandhi, Katrina Kaif rule the chart for Google Search</title><description>Google’s annual publication, Google Zeitgeist showcasing trends of internet users for its search engine services reveals that Indian internet users se</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:07:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8007</link><title>Navigational player, SatNav introduces new free version of GPS solution for Symbian handsets</title><description>SatNav Technologies launched a FREE version of GPS Navigation Software and Maps for Symbian OS phones manufactured by Nokia. The software supports map</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:36:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8001</link><title>Google launches navigational services based on landmarks for the Indian market</title><description>Google India today launched navigational services based on landmarks under its Google Maps services offering directions to users of the service. The s</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:20:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=8005</link><title>Indiatimes launches ‘58888 Follow’ celebrity update services over SMS channel</title><description>Indiatimes which offers VAS content through its 58888 platform will now offer mobile subscribers updates about celebrities over the SMS channel under </description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:07:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7980</link><title>Nazara clicks content deal with Cartoon Network</title><description>Mumbai-based VAS player, Nazara Technologies and Cartoon Network entered into a content sharing deal wherein popular comics will now be provided mobil</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:28:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7986</link><title>7Seas launches new 3D racing game, Kraze </title><description>Gaming company, 7Seas Technologies launched a new 3D racing game, Kraze for PC users.
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The game offers the player an option to choose from 12 </description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:56:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7960</link><title>Singapore’s mobile content provider, mTouche forms JV in India to offer P2P content</title><description>Mobile content provider, mTouche Technology BHd has set base in India with a joint venture (JV), mBit Infotech Pvt. Ltd. with India’s VASSoft.net to o</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:11:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7943</link><title>Qualcomm’s FLO TV adds ABC Television Network and Disney Channel to its content</title><description>Qualcomm subsidiary, FLO TV expanded its content distribution agreement with the Walt Disney Company whereby content from ABC Television Network and D</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:16:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7938</link><title>RCom introduces games based on real-time interactive messaging for GSM subscribers</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) today launched games based on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) which allows GSM mobile subscribers to pla</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:41:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7939</link><title>Oracle’s new MMA solution promises operators enhanced targeted campaigns</title><description>Oracle with an aim to capture a pie of the global mobile marketing and advertising (MMA) market, has developed Oracle Communications Marketing and Adv</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:25:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7922</link><title>Nokia invests in four Indian application developing firms; announces other measures</title><description>With third party application developers increasingly gaining importance in the MVAS ecosystem, handset manufacturer, Nokia is proactively aiming to ge</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:11:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7899</link><title>Tata Indicom comes with ‘Mobile Luckpati Contest in Kolkata’ with an eye on VAS</title><description>Tata Indicom launched a new ‘ Mobile Luckpati Contest’ in Kolkata which offers subscribers a chance to win up to Rs 500,000. While on the face it appe</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:36:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7903</link><title>TTML launches Photon TV service as well</title><description>Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd. (TTML) today follwed parent company TTSL in launching Photon TV services to its Photon+ subscribers in its areas of</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:38:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7893</link><title>TTSL enables wireless data services subscribers to watch TV on laptops through Photon TV</title><description>Tata Teleservices today launched live television streaming services delivered over wireless data network to its Photon Plus subscribers. The new servi</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:29:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7864</link><title>Video upload on social networking sites for mobile subscribers made easier by TeleDNA </title><description>Bangalore-based VAS player, TeleDNA communications has developed, mZone, a new application for mobile subscriber enabling easier upload of pictures or</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:47:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7874</link><title>TAN launches live video streaming for content of Times Now, India TV and Zoom</title><description>Times Group’s digital video arm, TAN today launched live streaming services for Times Now, India TV and Zoom allowing users to view television feeds o</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:46:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7847</link><title>BSNL launches new reduced tariff packages for Web-Conferencing services</title><description>BSNL&amp;nbsp;slashed tariffs for its recently launched web conferencing services and introduced a range of plans for the subscribers to choose from.
One</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:21:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7833</link><title>India, Pakistan set to witness over 16% growth in MVAS</title><description>With ever depleting ARPUs, operators now bank on MVAS to register growth in revenues. South Asia and Middle East markets are now seen inkling more tow</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:15:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7823</link><title>India to witness 191.6 bn mobile messaging traffic by 2013</title><description>The addition of new subscribers may be pulling down voice revenues in India. But the new subscribers are driving the overall usage of SMS and are pred</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:53:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7824</link><title>SBI comes up with ‘mShop’ services for SBI Card customers </title><description>Shopping just became more convenient for SBI Card holders as the Bank is offering customers an option to transact through the mobile phones and avoid </description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:05:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7825</link><title>Orkut still rules but Facebook registering fastest growth in India</title><description>With social networking sites increasingly being converged on the mobile medium, it is of high interest to track the social networking segment in India</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:13:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7827</link><title>Opera Mini claims over 200 % monthly growth in Indian mobile web space</title><description>Opera Mini, the mobile browser from Opera designed specifically for the mobile users claims 247.6% growth in monthly page-views in the Indian market w</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:40:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7828</link><title>Mobixell unveils new solution to streamline all content into a single hub</title><description>Mobixell has come up with a new version of its Rich Media Service Centre (RMSC) solution, Rich Media 7 which aims to streamline video, MMS, offline co</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:20:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7811</link><title>Mobile marketing pegged to be worth € 8.7 bn by 2014</title><description>Mobile marketing is set to become an important component in the marketing plans of advertisers as the segment is estimated to witness growth in revenu</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:44:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7814</link><title>RML and Future Group’s Aadhar Retailing tie-up to reach out to farmers</title><description>Reuters Market Light which specializes in offering MVAS to the farming community has roped in another partner, Future group’s Aadhar Retailing to reac</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:12:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7818</link><title>fring’s new application enables free video calls for mobile subscribers over VoIP</title><description>Globally leading mobile application provider, fring has come up with a new application enabling video calls over VoIP for mobile subscribers.
Mobile </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:58:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7778</link><title>Mobixell partners with Mauj Mobile to offer mobile advertising solutions to brands</title><description>Mobile marketing solution provider Mobixell has roped in leading VAS player, Mauj Mobile to jointly offer mobile advertising services to advertisers. </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:58:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7779</link><title>Italy’s Neomobile sets foot in India for mobile entertainment services</title><description>Neomobile Group from Italy set its foot in India offering its range of Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) mobile content services spanning Bollywood, celebritie</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:55:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7782</link><title>Web-based advertising tool promoting Reliance Mobile in online medium</title><description>In a fiercely competitive market environment where mobile service providers are leaving no stone untouched in their pursuit to reach out to consumers,</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:59:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7790</link><title>Mobixell clicks mobile advertising solution deal with Asian operator</title><description>Mobile advertising solution provider, Mobixell which just last week closed a deal with India’s leading VAS player Mauj Mobile, today claimed another c</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:20:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7793</link><title>Vodafone and Radio Mirchi collaborate to offer caller tune download service</title><description>Vodafone Essar and ENIL’s Radio Mirchi announced the launch of a new service branded as Vodafone Mirchi Callertune service which allows users to downl</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:22:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7754</link><title>Messaging company, Sybase 365 claims addition of 11 more Asian operators in client list</title><description>Sybase subsidiary, Sybase 365 which specializes in offering solutions for SMS, MMS and GRX services claimed that 11 new mobile operators in the Asian </description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:40:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7741</link><title>NSDL launches new GPRS-based service for investors </title><description>The National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) launched a new service, SIMPLE allowing investors to submit share delivery instructions for pay-in purpo</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:17:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7733</link><title>EnableM and OnMobile jointly offer m-learning based ‘Learn English’ program</title><description>EnableM Technologies in association with OnMobile has designed a new mobile learning (m-learning) based ‘Learn English’ program with an aim to provide</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:02:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7708</link><title>Japan selects Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology for mobile multimedia broadcasting</title><description>Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs &amp; Communications (MIC) selected Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology as one of the two official technologies for nation</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:04:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7722</link><title>RCom launches video-content based new VAS, mVDO </title><description>Reliance Communications today launched a new VAS branded, mVDO promising to offer its subscribers a rich experience while watching, sharing, searching</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:10:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7723</link><title>Alcatel-Lucent partners Clear2Pay to offer mobile payment framework for operators</title><description>Alcatel-Lucent today launched a mobile payment framework for operators. The solution is offered by its JV, touchatag with Clear2Pay as an alliance par</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:41:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7692</link><title>RCom, Iseemedia in advanced talks for mobile mail services </title><description>Reliance Communications and Iseemedia Inc from Canada are in talks to provide email facilities to entry-level phones, reports the PTI.
Such a deal is</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:41:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7693</link><title>Jet Airways launches SMS service for customers to know lowest fares</title><description>Jet Airways’ passengers can now use the SMS medium to know the lowest fare on offer by the Airlines and accordingly book their tickets.
Passengers ca</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:43:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7697</link><title>Comviva bags AfricaCOM 2009 award for Virtual SIM solution</title><description>VAS solution provider, Comviva bagged the “Best New Service” and “Telecom Innovation of the Year” Awards at the AfricaCom Awards 2009 ceremony, for it</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:49:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7699</link><title>Handygo’s Info-Guide MVAS comes in really handy for Fishermen</title><description>Handygo is setting example to showcase that MVAS can also be used to attract rural flocks under the mobile services fold. 
Its Mobile Info-Guide serv</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:08:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7676</link><title>Geodesic launches ‘Spokn’ VoIP services</title><description>Mumbai-based Geodesic launched new VoIP service branded, Spokn which the company claims is a new generation service bridging the PSTN and VoIP network</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:42:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7682</link><title>Mobile data services the new opportunity for Indian operators to increase ARPU feels Comverse</title><description>From offering BSS solutions as well as range of MVAS solutions including mobile messaging solutions, Comverse is betting big on the Indian market. Mr.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:30:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7689</link><title>UK-based ROK acquires Text-To-Speech Company, Textic</title><description>ROK Entertainment Group acquired text-to-speech firm Textic with the services now to be re-launched as ROK Talk.
“The acquisition of Textic represent</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:14:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7650</link><title>Watch Times Now, ET Now on your mobiles</title><description>Times Group subsidiary, the Times audience Network (TAN) entered into a partnership with Vuclip to offer premium video content to mobile subscribers o</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:37:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7658</link><title>RIM, Adobe collaborate to offer unified platform to third party application developers</title><description>Research in Motion (RIM) and Adobe Systems today expanded their association to incorporate Adobe Flash Platform technology and Adobe Creative Suite co</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:08:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7659</link><title>Vodafone fined $ 110,000 for SMS-based marketing campaign in Australia</title><description>In a strong message to mobile marketing firms who resort to anti-spam laws in their earnest to push their marketing campaigns, The Australian Communic</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:47:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7668</link><title>TMSway launches new service to distribute mobile coupons from social networking sites</title><description>TMSfactory’s TMSway has launched a new mobile marketing platform enabling distribution of mobile coupons in real time from social networking sites suc</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:46:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7671</link><title>Google snaps up mobile web advertising firm Admob for $ 750 mn</title><description>Google Inc after having gobbled up the online space is now focusing on dominating the mobile space as well. Keeping in lines with this focus, the comp</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:24:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7627</link><title>MMA establishes local body in Turkiye</title><description>Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) expanded its presence in another market with the launch of a local council in Turkiye. The Turkiye council will be </description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:08:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7631</link><title>Silk Media, BSNL collaborate to offer audio &amp; PC conferencing services</title><description>Silk Media Technologies and BSNL entered into a business alliance to offer ‘Meeting Junction’ VAS which offers audio conferencing and PC conferencing </description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:10:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7642</link><title>photoWALL launches live media streaming services</title><description>Live mobile social network service provider, photoWALL’s live media services will now be available globally to users of iPhone, Palm Pre and other han</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:52:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7643</link><title>atom technologies and RCom to jointly pitch m-commerce service platform</title><description>atom technologies and Reliance Communications (RCom) will jointly offer m-commerce platform to banks and financial institutions with an aim to enable </description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:22:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7592</link><title>Western Union selects Sybase 365 for SMS notifications and mobile marketing services</title><description>Sybase VAS solution subsidiary, Sybase 365 continued its slew of new initiatives forged in the last couple of days with the company today claiming tha</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:29:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7595</link><title>Survey of India clicks another deal, this time with MapmyIndia</title><description>India’s leading GPS player, MapmyIndia entered into an alliance with Department of Science &amp;amp; Technology’s Survey of India bolstering MapmyIndia’s </description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:40:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7596</link><title>Informate Mobile Intelligence gauges mobile industry</title><description>As the telecom enterprises across the world struggle at making developmental decisions owing to the lack of a reliable behavioral data on a global sca</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:48:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7578</link><title>Sybase 365 unveils mobile banking application for iPhone</title><description>Sybase subsidiary, Sybase 365 which specializes in mobile messaging and mobile commerce applications has come up with a new release of mobile banking </description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:32:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7551</link><title>Google set to enhance end-user experience on Orkut</title><description>Google’s social networking website, Orkut will now offer a host of new features and applications all designed with an aim to enhance the end-user expe</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:19:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7557</link><title>Tata DoCoMo replicates Airtel to offer Comics on mobile</title><description>Tata DoCoMo today launched ‘CoMix on-the-go’ VAS in alliance with Zero Sum Wirless Solutions Pvt.Ltd. offering 2000 comic titles to its mobile subscri</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7532</link><title>“Waiting for competition to tap the $ 150 mn agri-info MVAS market along with us”: RML</title><description>Surprised reading the headlines! In a market where players confine to themselves the recipe to secret especially when the business is successful, Thom</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:14:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7517</link><title>NewsX comes up with special offerings for the mobile medium</title><description>English News Channel, NewsX announced today a new version specifically meant for mobile subscribers in the country enabling its viewers to access live</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:04:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7508</link><title>Opera Mini generating 227 mn MB of mobile data per month for operators; India among top 3 market</title><description>The growing consumer uptake for mobile data services in India is complimenting the growth of companies such as Opera, popular for its browser for the </description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:02:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7511</link><title>Vodafone, Shopper’s Stop join hands to launch Zoozoo merchandise</title><description>Shopper’s Stop bagged exclusive rights to manufacture and retail merchandise such as t-shirts, kidswear, mugs, bed &amp;amp; bath accessories based on now</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:56:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7461</link><title>RCom offers VAS on voice calls for its GSM subscribers</title><description>Reliance Mobile today introduced call manager service for its GSM subscribers allowing them to avail a range of services such as responding to incomin</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:55:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7430</link><title>Airtel launches India’s first-ever mobile comics portal</title><description>Bharti Airtel on Sunday announced the launch of what it claims to be India’s first-ever mobile comics portal accessible over the GPRS. 
"More than a </description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:17:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7443</link><title>Ericsson eyes VAS revenues with new payment exchange system for online publications</title><description>Telecom gear manufacturer Ericsson has come up with a new Internet Payment Exchange (IPX) targeted towards online publishers which will enable publish</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:42:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7444</link><title>Chinese social networking site, Kaixin001 ties-up with Ericsson for mobile content applications development</title><description>Chinese social networking site Kaixin001which claims to be adding 200,000 new users daily and Swedish firm, Ericsson joined hands to develop innovativ</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:02:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7426</link><title>Apalya receives fresh funding from Qualcomm &amp; IDG Ventures</title><description>Hyderabad-based Apalya Technologies which provides mobile video platform, announced $ 3 million in funding from Qualcomm Ventures and IDG Ventures Ind</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:31:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7418</link><title>Buongiorno enabling Tata DoCoMo’s Diet SMS</title><description>VAS solution provider, Buongiorno is upbeat on the potential for diet-SMS type of concept in the Indian market. The company is the technology partner </description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:04:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7421</link><title>Twitter ties up with Bharti with an eye on revenues from SMS usage</title><description>Twitter founders had once acknowledged that while the traffic and subscriber base for the services is huge they had no clear idea on how to convert th</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:15:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7401</link><title /><description /><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:49:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7402</link><title>Jiobindaas all set for launch of mobile data back-up, socializing and messaging services for the Indian market</title><description>Jiobindaas is all set to enter the Indian VAS space with range of services including mobile data back-up services, mobile socializing and trigger mess</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:53:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7403</link><title>Aircel launches unlimited dialer tune cards in Kerala</title><description>Aircel announced the launch of Unlimited Dialer Tune Cards for its subscribers in Kerala.
The operator is offering the service priced in form of sach</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:02:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7404</link><title>VAS player Bay Talkitec launches FM radio services on mobiles &amp; wirelines in USA</title><description>Chennai-based VAS player, Bay Talkitec is set to launch FM services on mobile connections and fixedlines on the North America. The services will be br</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:11:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7405</link><title>Qualcomm acquires stake in Chinese mobile social networking firm</title><description>Qualcomm has invested in Bedo Technologies, which offers among other services, location-based mobile social networking services.
Bedo has recently co</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:24:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7407</link><title>Mobile marketing payer, TMSfactory comes up with new version offering simple tools for SMS campaigns </title><description>Hong-Kong based Mobile marketing solution provider, TMSfactory.com has unveiled a new version of its Freemium service incorporating simple tools to bu</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:56:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7376</link><title>IPTV services in India account for only Rs 83 lakh revenues in Q1 2009</title><description>There has been lot of buzz around the IPTV potential in India especially in the context of tripe-play service potential for integrated service provide</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:33:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7371</link><title>Mobile navigation subscribers increase two-fold to reach 28 million</title><description>Mobile navigational services are gradually witnessing uptake across the world with H1 2009 accounting for 28 million subscribers using the service at </description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:20:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7362</link><title>Tata DoCoMo mulls setting a new R&amp;D centre to develop VAS for the Indian market</title><description>Tata DoCoMo is planning to leverage from the expertise of DoCoMo in designing and developing new innovative VAS and aims to set up a R&amp;amp;D centre in</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:03:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7345</link><title>Comverse enables visual voicemail on iPhone for Norway’s Netcom</title><description>Leading VAS solution provider, Comverse claims that it has developed a visual voicemail service compatible on iPhone for Norway-based Netcom, which is</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:43:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7315</link><title>Funambol releases Version 8 Open Source Mobile Cloud Sync</title><description>US-based Funambol has released a new version 8 of its open source software, which syncs data and content of billions of mobile phones with social netw</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:19:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7330</link><title>Synchronica claims another contract with South Asian mobile operator</title><description>UK-based Synchronica Plc claims that it has reached another agreement with mobile service provider, this time with a South Asian operator for its mobi</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:02:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7303</link><title>ValueFirst Messaging acquires Cellnext Solutions</title><description>VAS player, ValueFirst Messaging gained an inorganic competitive advantage with the acquisition of Cellnext Solutions. 
“Over the last six years, Val</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:35:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7310</link><title>Industry players call for mobile TV launch ahead of Commonwealth  2010</title><description>It happened in China during the Beijing Olympics where the country used effectively the event to introduce some new services and thereby increasing co</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:46:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7311</link><title>GSMA’s Mobile Innovation Grand Prix names fring as winner of Israel</title><description>The GSMA has named fring, the mobile social hub that lets users communicate and share web-based experiences from their mobile devices, as one of the t</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:45:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7301</link><title>Competition reduces tariff for IPTV services but PSU MTNL believes in hike</title><description>Communications Minister A Raja has always believed that competition will bring the price down for telecom related services in the country. While priva</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:34:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7284</link><title>“Already serving more than 657 mn ad displays monthly in India over mobile web”: Admob</title><description>Mobile Advertising in India is currently known to be dominated by players endorsing the  medium through the SMS channel. But apprehensions have always</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:45:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7287</link><title>MVNO subscriber base to double in next 4 years, reveals research</title><description>Mobile Virtual Network Operator growth is set to gain momentum across the world in the next five years, with the global MVNO subscriber base primed to</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:51:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7273</link><title>Top Global Brands awaken to integrating mobile component in marketing activities</title><description>Top brands across the world are already in sync with the belief that future advertising will have to be more interactive and one-to-one with the end-c</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:40:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7274</link><title>Intel now raises its pitch on broadcast sector offerings including for IPTV</title><description>Intel’s intentions to cash in on the demand for broadband access terminals is well known as the company is considered to be one of the major advocates</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:17:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7275</link><title>Airtel gets aggressive on IPTV services; bundles triple play services at competitive tariffs</title><description>IPTV in India is currently being dominated by service providers offering the service over broadband network of state-run PSUs, BSNL and MTNL. But in a</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:45:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7263</link><title>Onze offers free SMS-based LBS; launches services in Bangalore </title><description>Onze Technologies Pvt. Ltd has come up with a new location-based service, ‘Latlong’ which offers location search as well as driving direction services</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:15:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7264</link><title>UTStarcom opens new IPTV Technology Center and Center of Excellence in India</title><description>Leading player in the broadband and IPTV space, UTStarcom has opened a new IPTV Technology Center and Center of Excellence in Gurgaon, India. &amp;nbsp;UT</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:28:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7248</link><title>Reliance Mobile eyes Rs 60 crore new revenues from Devotional VAS</title><description>Reliance Mobile which is aggressively expanding its VAS bouquet off late is set to introduce a range of Devotional services on its R-World VAS platfor</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7234</link><title>Mobile Music download made simpler as Comviva integrates Nuance’s speech recognition solutions</title><description>The market for CRBT as well as music downloads is increasing rapidly and sensing a scope for bringing in more user-friendliness, VAS solution provider</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:26:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7238</link><title>Tarang Software forays into mobile banking with launch of ‘Mobile Wallet’</title><description>Tatarang Software Technologies known for its payment solutions to banks announced the launch of a new solution to facilitate mobile banking.
&amp;nbsp;“W</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:53:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7246</link><title>One97 and Nuance join hands to offer speech based applications with an eye on rural VAS</title><description>Voice usage per user maybe witnessing a downturn as far as conventional mobile services are concerned. But when it comes to VAS the industry is lookin</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:24:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7221</link><title>IRDA resorts to SMS to crack down on non-insured vehicles on road</title><description>In yet another instance of the mobile services medium offering a ideal mode to bring about m-governance, insurance regulator, IRDA is about a deploy a</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7232</link><title>mChek claims Entrepreneurial Excellence Award</title><description>Mobile payment solutions provider, mChek said that it bagged the iE-Lumis Entrepreneurial Excellence Award in recognition for it making a mark in the </description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:43:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7233</link><title>ESPN’s cricinfo reaches out to mobile subscribers with new mobile website</title><description>Web portals are on the verge of giving equal if not more importance to the WAP or popularly known as mobile web as well. ESPN’s cricinfo which till no</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:47:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7215</link><title>Mobile game treads strong growth, tops $6.9 billion revenue in 2008</title><description>The mobile gaming treads on a strong growth path with the total number of gamers increasing from 55 million in 2005 to about 183 million in 2008, and </description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:43:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7217</link><title>IPTV almost non-existent in India’s pay TV market</title><description>Things are not looking good for IPTV services in India. The reason is quite obvious since the broadband penetration in the country itself is yet to pi</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:49:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7218</link><title>Vodafone completes deal with world’s four major music labels latest being with Warner</title><description>Vodafone today signed a music deal with Warner Music Group thereby becoming the only mobile service provider in the world to offer its subscribers an </description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:30:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7193</link><title>Reliance Mobile follows Airtel &amp; Idea in launching blue-collar job services over mobile</title><description> 
Reliance Mobile which has increased its VAS pitch off late, is foraying into another new service on its R-World VAS platform. The company in tie-up</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:53:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7187</link><title>Driver in UK relies on GPS device, ends teetering on a cliff edge</title><description>The utility of navigational services or GPS over the mobile medium is gaining popularity worldwide. But in an instance requiring consumer attention to</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:10:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7189</link><title>Car Navigational services most popular among under 25 motorists in UK</title><description>The concept of using navigational system while driving has gained tremendous uptake in the developed world. Research done by Autonational Rescue revea</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:00:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7172</link><title>RML ropes in Biostadt for distribution of agri-info services to farmers in Gujarat</title><description>Reuters Market Light (RML) is raring to expand into major farming states of the country having tasted sweet success in Maharashtra, Punjab and Haryana</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:28:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7179</link><title>Suntec ties up with US-based SeaChange to offer near real-time IPTV convergent billing solutions</title><description>SunTec Business Solutions has tied up with US-based SeaChange International to offer IPTV service providers across the globe automated provisioning of</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:32:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7159</link><title>RCom, Financial Technologies’ Atom in talks for m-commerce services</title><description>Reliance Communications and Financial Technologies’ subsidiary, Atom Technologies are in talks towards forming an alliance for jointly offering m-comm</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:53:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7166</link><title>Aircel launches BlackBerry services in India; launch compliments operator’s push for data services </title><description>Aircel and Research in Motion (RIM) have today jointly announced the launch of BlackBerry services for Aircel’s enterprise and individual subscribers </description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:09:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7154</link><title>Motorola comes up with eco-friendly IPTV set-top boxes</title><description>Motorola has extended the concept of green technology on to the IPTV front as the company announced a new range of ‘eco-friendly’ IPTV set top boxes. </description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:56:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7141</link><title>Asia registers 54 % growth in IPTV subscriber base</title><description>The growth of broadband subscribers base and IPTV is going hand-in-hand. This is what a new research from Point Topic suggests which reveals that whil</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:50:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7144</link><title>DoCoMo bids for German mobile content distribution firm, NetMobile</title><description>Japan’s NTT DoCoMo made an announcement stating that it has bid to acquire German mobile content distribution firm, Net Mobile. The company has offere</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:07:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7127</link><title>Qualcomm to expand MediaFLO to in-car, MP3 Devices</title><description>Qualcomm said it plans to expand its MediaFLO mobile over-the-air television service to more consumer electronic devices, including in-car and portabl</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:21:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7120</link><title>Reliance Mobile launches LBS-based VAS, BIGMaps for GSM subscribers</title><description>Reliance Mobile, keeping in lines with the company’s increased focus on VAS off late, announced the launch of location based service, BIGMaps on a pan</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:16:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7122</link><title>Corrected: India-based MoVi-Corpus tie-up offer video-on-demand content for broadband 3G users</title><description>MoVi and US-based Corpus will provide video-on-demand content to operators which can then be offered to broadband 3G subscribers. Initially the tie-up</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:48:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7115</link><title>Thomson Reuters' subsidiary clicks Idea to empower farmer community in Maharashtra &amp; Goa</title><description>The power of mobile communication medium, apart from conventional voice services, is truly evolving in the right way as the divide between the urban a</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:43:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7077</link><title>US-based Clearwave Mobile launches GPS-based emergency alert application for iPhone users</title><description>iPhone in India sadly remains a dampener. But globally the model has revolutionized the mobile services space not only in terms of the rich features o</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:38:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7081</link><title>SatGuide offers worldwide PDA navigation with P360</title><description>Targeting the needs of the increasing number of Indian outbound travelers, SatNav Technologies has announced the availability of a navigation device, </description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:21:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7084</link><title>BSNL’s fixedline subscribers in Haryana to have access to CRBT services from IMImobile</title><description>Taking a cue from the popularity of Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT) on the mobile medium, state-run PSU, BSNL has now extended the services even to its f</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:08:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7085</link><title>Move over free national SMS, Hyderabad-based firm offers free international SMS over GPRS</title><description>Players offering free SMS within the country have mushroomed in the last couple of years. But Hyderabad-based SMSCountry’s 160by2.com is already leapi</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:09:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7087</link><title>After per second pricing another new from TATA DOCOMO, this time it is per character pricing for SMS</title><description>TATA DOCOMO is getting aggressive on the VAS front as well as the firm announces per character pricing for SMS. Branded as ‘diet-SMS’ the offer aims t</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:04:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7061</link><title>Way2SMS claims hitting 5 mn subscriber base mark</title><description>Web-based free SMS service provider, Way2SMS claimed to have reached a subscriber base of 5 million for its services. 
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“On an average, we reg</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:22:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7059</link><title>RIT ties up with Hotspot to market mobile VAS software products </title><description>Research and Innovation Technologies (RIT), a Dubai-based firm specializing in offering mobile telephony software solutions, announced forging a new a</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:25:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7051</link><title>Qualcomm’s mobile application aims to empower agri-entrepreneurs</title><description>Qualcomm as other vendors in the telecom space is gradually increasing its pitch in the services domain as well. The firm has forged tie-ups with Indi</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:46:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7053</link><title>Spice Digital claims eINDIA 2009 award for m-Governance Initiative of the year</title><description>VAS player, Spice Digital’s SMS 139 service for the Railways bagged the ‘m-Governance Initiative of the Year’ award from eINDIA 2009. The service is o</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:42:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7048</link><title>Cathay Pacific comes up with mobile application for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users</title><description>Leading global airlines service provider, Cathay Pacific Airways is betting big on the demand for updates over the mobile medium from passengers. The </description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:32:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7028</link><title>MakeMyTrip-OkTataByeBye bag NAVTEQ award for LBS application</title><description>MakeMyTrip and OkTataByeBye tie-up’s ‘Shout Out’ which a location-based mobile travel application bagged the People’s Choice Award at the NAVTEQ Globa</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:24:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7030</link><title>LPG Refill an SMS away as Petroleum Ministry goes textually yours</title><description>Soon, booking your LPG refill will be just a text away, as the Petroleum Ministry now gets textually yours.
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To suit the increasingly fast cha</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:07:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7018</link><title>Qualcomm collaborates with America Movil to launch Zeebo in Mexico</title><description>Qualcomm Corp. has tied up with telecom mogul Carlos Slim to roll out Zeebo, a low-cost video game console in Mexico.
As a part of the arrangement, S</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:10:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=7006</link><title>Nokia’s Music Store debuts in India; offers 3 mn tracks</title><description>Nokia officially launched its Music Store in Mumbai, India with more than 3 million tracks across various genres available for downloads. Till recentl</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:48:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6985</link><title>Dr. Batra launches health services on Mobile</title><description>Leading healthcare brand, Dr.Batra’s is going mobile as the company launched WAP enabled mHealth services.
The mHealth services offers free consultat</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:08:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6986</link><title>Nokia to foray into mobile banking services from 2010</title><description>As part of its strategy to rope in revenues from VAS apart from the sales of handsets which remains its core business, Finnish firm Nokia announces th</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:00:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6994</link><title>DirecPay partners PayMate to offer mobile payment options</title><description>DirecPay, the bank neutral payments aggregator service from TimesofMoney has partnered with wireless transactions company- PayMate, to offer complete </description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:53:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6995</link><title>Global IP Solutions to enable Yahoo! Messenger 10’s video calling feature </title><description>Global IP Solutions said Monday that Yahoo’s instant messenger client, Yahoo! Messenger has leveraged GIPS Video Engine to facilitate high-quality vid</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:12:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6996</link><title>Inspired Gaming Group nails down distribution deal with ROK 8</title><description>ROK 8 Ltd, the gaming subsidiary company of ROK Entertainment Group has clinched a distribution deal with games provider Inspired Gaming Group for a s</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:46:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6998</link><title>Mobile Marketing Association announces Philippines’ Local Council with IMMAP</title><description>The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has joined forces with the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP) to form the MMA</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:51:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6965</link><title> Yahoo India enhances email service offerings; mobile medium also gets due consideration </title><description>Yahoo India which claims to have a reach of more than 70 % within the email users segment in India has enhanced its email services with an aim to scal</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:54:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6970</link><title>Airtel launches ‘Mshaadi’ matrimony services for mobile subscribers in Tamil Nadu</title><description>Leading telecom service provider, Bharti Airtel announced the launch of ‘MShaadi’ matrimony services for its mobile subscribers in the state of Tamil </description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:08:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6981</link><title>Airtel brings mChek on Voice</title><description>Telecommunication major Bharti Airtel said today that it has brought its mobile-based payment application, mChek on the voice. 
“There is tremendous </description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:14:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6951</link><title>Cox Communications to use Qualcomm’s BREW platform for services over mobile medium</title><description>US-based Cox Communications announced that it has selected Qualcomm’s BREW platform to offer mobile VAS such as games, tools, lifestyle, location, mes</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:28:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6913</link><title>Nepal’s Mero Mobile enters into GPRS roaming agreement with Idea Cellular</title><description>Nepal’s mobile services operator, Mero Mobile announced entering into a GPRS roaming pact with India’s Idea Cellular.
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The deal enables subscr</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:34:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6914</link><title>RCom offers Antakshari services to subscribers</title><description>Reliance Mobile is set to launch Antakshari services for its CDMA as well as GSM subscribers to be delivered through its R-World platform. 
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T</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:00:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6888</link><title>Court blocks sale of Microsoft Word in U.S.</title><description>A Texan Court on Tuesday blocked Microsoft Corporation from trading selective versions of its extensively used Word software in the United States with</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:22:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6892</link><title>Nokia Ovi Mail users cross one million mark</title><description>Nokia on Tuesday said that its email service, Ovi Mail has registered more than 1 million subscribers since its inception in December last year.
 
O</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:22:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6899</link><title>Vodafone offers movie ticket booking over SMS in Kerala</title><description>Vodafone Essar announced the launch of a new SMS-based movie ticket booking service covering 55 movie halls in the state in the initial phase. 
&amp;nbsp</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:31:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6877</link><title>RCom continues VAS momentum with launch of Mobile Conferencing Services</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) is turning its focus on VAS. After introducing sachet-based pricing model, the company is now set to introduce Mobile C</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:01:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6879</link><title>Star News rings in success on YouTube</title><description>Media Content and Communications Services (MCCS) India Ltd., a JV between Star India and the Ananda Bazar Patrika group has announced a collaboration </description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:30:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6866</link><title>USA wireless operators click $ 10.6 bn from data services in Q2</title><description>Mobile Carriers in USA are riding high on the strong demand for mobile data services in the country as they recorded $ 10.6 billion in revenues from t</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:04:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6856</link><title>SatNav clicks new tie-up with SOI; to extend coverage to 404 cities and 1.6 mn POIs</title><description>GPS player, SatNav Technologies today announced a new strategic partnership with Survey of India (SOI) whereby SatNav will use maps from SOI to offer </description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:18:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6828</link><title>One97 and Star News forge tie-up for news alerts to viewers</title><description>VAS player, One97 Communications and Star Plus joined hands to offer subscribers access to news updates in multiple languages. 
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One97 will pr</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:52:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6813</link><title>Nimbuzz clicks deal with Virgin Mobile India for instant messaging services</title><description>Nimbuzz which specialises in offering mobile instant messaging services today clicked a major deal in the Indian market with a new alliance with Virgi</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:09:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6785</link><title>One Voice clicks deal with MTNL for Remote Email Access services; eyes BSNL next</title><description>US-based developer of 4th generation voice solutions for the communications industry, One Voice Technologies announced the launch of its One Voice Mob</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:31:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6767</link><title>UniverCell in tie-up with US-based PurpleTeal for health alerts</title><description>Hyderabad-based UniverCell which caters to the mobile handset retail segment announced a new tie-up with US company, PurpleTeal under which subscriber</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:10:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6761</link><title>Loop Mobile introduces ‘karaoke messaging’ in India</title><description>Mumbai-based Loop Mobile today announced the launch of a new VAS initiative which it has branded as ‘Karaoke messaging’ allowing subscribers to sing a</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:42:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6745</link><title>SMS Country extends reach to Gulf</title><description>Hyderabad-based SMS Country which offers mobile subscribers to send free SMS has now launched its services in the Gulf Countries of United Arab Emirat</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:31:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6747</link><title>RCom subscribers to have exclusive access to games based on Paris Hilton</title><description>Reliance Mobile entered into a VAS tie-up with US-based Gameloft which specializes on developing games based on celebrities and Hollywood Movies. Unde</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:48:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6749</link><title>2ergo acquires mobile marketing firm Activemedia</title><description>UK-based 2ergo, a global provider of mobile marketing, mCRM and media solutions announced acquiring Indian mobile marketing firm, Activemedia Technolo</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:06:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6740</link><title>BSNL launches Myway IPTV services in Kerala</title><description>BSNL’s Myway branded IPTV services in tie-up with Smart Digivision is now available in the state of Kerala with initial phase covering Kochi and Thiru</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:53:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6684</link><title>BSNL ties up with Hungama to offer online digital entertainment store</title><description>BSNL announced a tie-up with VAS content player, Hungama to launc a online digital entrainment store, BSNL.Hungama.com offering the PSU’s broadband su</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6685</link><title>BSNL launches new VAS services delivery platform</title><description>BSNL announced the launch of its new service delivery platform, ‘BSNL Live’ with an aim to offer services such as video on demand, movie steaming to n</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:13:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6698</link><title>Airtel bags exclusive rights to offer content of Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince</title><description>Airtel bagged exclusive rights from Warner Bros to offer content related to Harry Potter and the much hyped movie, Half Blood Prince wherein subscribe</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:59:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6662</link><title>Google India launches voice prompted search engine services for mobile subscribers</title><description>Google India launched a voice-based search engine services for India’s vast mobile services subscribers. Currently the service is limited to BlackBerr</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:40:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6646</link><title>Nokia in trial phase for music store launch in India</title><description>Handset maker, Nokia which is gradually enhancing its VAS offerings plans to rollout music content download stores across India. It plans to launch su</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:07:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6632</link><title>Idea ties up with Babajob to cater to recruitment information needs of informal segment</title><description>Idea Cellular announced a new tie-up with Babajob.com to offer recruitment information over the mobile medium to the informal and household segment as</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:41:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6638</link><title>OnMobile partners Telefonica to offer VAS in 13 Latin American Countries</title><description>VAS provider OnMobile Global Limited has partnered with Spain’s Telefonica International to offer an array of value added services to the company’s cu</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:15:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6618</link><title>“We are here to educate and evangelise mobile marketing as a medium” says MMA India</title><description>India is gradually waking up to the potential of mobile services as a medium to advertise, for there are few mediums which provide a cumulative addres</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:24:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6619</link><title>FM radio service providers register more than 100 % quarterly growth in revenues</title><description>Advertisers in India are increasingly banking on FM radio services reflects TRAI’s latest quarterly analysis for the period Jan-March’09. 
While FM r</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:36:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6604</link><title>One97 unleashes Mobile Commerce service, PayTM</title><description>VAS provider One97 Communications Ltd today launched its new mobile commerce offering- PayTM in India.
The new product, targeting the vast potential </description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:35:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6592</link><title>RCom keeps its new VAS momentum going with tie-up with UK’s 3rd Space</title><description>Reliance Communications today announced a new tie-up with UK’s 3rd Space Services Ltd wherein RCom subscribers can gain access to free video content o</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:36:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6581</link><title>IMIMobile acquires social aggregation platform from UK-based firm</title><description>Hyderabad-based VAS player, IMIMobile today announced the acquisition of UK-based Mobyko's&amp;nbsp;social aggregation service platform, Mobytec. Post acq</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:28:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6543</link><title>BSNL, MyWay extend IPTV services to Ahmedabad</title><description>Smart Digivison’s MyWay branded IPTV services set its foot in Ahmedabad city to be followed by launch of internet services over the TV medium.
With t</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:25:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6546</link><title>Nimbuzz banking on increasing demand for its mobile instant messaging services in India</title><description>Indian mobile consumers are gradually but rapidly evolving to a scenario where there is not only a need to stay connected through voice but also to be</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:34:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6548</link><title>Ericsson to launch App Store, target mobile operators</title><description>Following the successful exemplar set by Apple’s App store, telecom equipment maker Ericsson has launched its own hosted app store, targeting the mobi</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:25:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6531</link><title>UTStarcom claims recognition from MRG as top IPTV vendor in Asia</title><description>UTStarcom announced that Multimedia Research Group (MRG) has ranked the company as the op IPTV vendor in the Asian region with the company emergingat </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:01:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6518</link><title>Tracking Consumer Behavior related to mobile usage just got more precise</title><description>Service Providers, handset manufacturers, VAS players and marketers are vying to gain deeper insight into the consumer behavior of mobile subscribers </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:56:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6522</link><title>WIN, Tech Mahindra to offer new VAS platform</title><description>Tech Mahindra announced a new strategic tie-up with leading provider of interactive mobile information and entertainment services, WIN whereby Tech Ma</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:26:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6496</link><title>UTStarcom: IPTV far more relevant technology to India than any other market in the world</title><description>UTStarcom is riding high on broadband and IPTV uptake in the Indian market. Considered to be a formidable player in the segment, the company foresees </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:22:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6499</link><title>Toshiba’s new smartphone offered with O2, Germany to come incorporated with Nimbuzz</title><description>Nimbuzz today announced that Toshiba’s highly anticipated TG01 smartphone to be offered along with O2 Germany will come incorporated with Nimbuzz’s in</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:14:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6502</link><title>atom offers m-payment facility to IHO customers</title><description>atom technologies today announced a new partnership with Indian Health Organisation (IHO) enabling the latter’s customers to make their payments for I</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:52:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6485</link><title>Vodafone Essar to offer Budget Alert services</title><description>Vodafone Essar today announced the launch of its ‘Budget Alert’ service for the upcoming Union Budget to be announced on July 06, 2009. 
To avail the</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:25:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6486</link><title>Reliance Mobile and BBC World Service to jointly offer Live Radio services</title><description>Reliance Mobile and BBC World Service announced a strategic alliance to offer Live Audio services through R-World VAS platform 
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Reliance subs</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:52:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6474</link><title>RCom to offer 35 streaming channels to GSM subscribers</title><description>Reliance Communications, in its aim to enhance the VAS offerings to its subscribers, is all set to introduce 35 new live streaming channels to its GSM</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:59:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6475</link><title>Indiatimes launches personal astrology for Airtel mobile subscribers</title><description>VAS player and part of the Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd Group, Indiatimes announced the launch of a new personal astrology services in tie-up with Airte</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:10:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6463</link><title>RCom set to overhaul VAS pricing model; to introduce sachet pricing</title><description>ADAG company, Reliance Communications is gearing up to enhance uptake of its Value Added Services (VAS) by resorting to use the pricing strategy to ac</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:17:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6469</link><title>Roamware clicks tie-up with Grameen for Mobile Money initiative</title><description>Roamware Inc today announced a new strategic partnership with Grameen Solutions to jointly develop mobile money applications and services. 
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“</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:22:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6454</link><title>Mumbai-based Eterno introduces application to read newspapers on mobiles </title><description>Eterno Infotech Pvt. Ltd announced the launch of its NewsHunt mobile application enabling users to read popular branded newspapers in English or regio</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:12:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6455</link><title>MMA names elected Co-Chairs for India Council</title><description>Kunal Bajaj, MD BDA Connect and Rajiv Hiranandani, Co-Founder &amp;amp; Executive Director, Mobile2Win have been elected as Co-Chairs for the Mobile Marke</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:25:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6456</link><title>GSMA increases pitch on Mobile Money for unbanked initiatives; announces awards</title><description>Global GSM body, GSMA announced that three projects related to Mobile Money for unbanked have been approved with the projects serving as a test ground</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:00:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6459</link><title>Western Union launches Digital Vendor Program for mobile subscribers across the globe</title><description>Leading international money transfer service provider, Western Union today announced the launch of its Digital Vendor Program with an aim to extend th</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:27:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6436</link><title>Nokia partners Vodafone for mobile internet in India</title><description>Nokia has joined forces with Vodafone Essar to allow Indian customers to access high-speed internet on their mobile phones. 
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The two telecom </description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:47:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6445</link><title>Vodafone aims to cash in on the ZooZoo wave, offers DVD of popular advertisement series</title><description>In a unique initiative where a service provider is aiming to generate revenues from its own advertisements, Vodafone Essar today announced that DVDs o</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:17:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6415</link><title>ROK bags worldwide rights to offer CFSI content on mobile TV</title><description>UK-based entertainment group, ROK announced that it has secured rights to offer content from Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI) to mobile TV subs</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:13:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6399</link><title>IMImobile forges tie-up with UK’s Telecom Express to offer new revenue generating stream for media companies</title><description>India’s leading VAS player, IMImobile and UK-based Telecom Express announced a new alliance wherein they will offer IMEXmobile as part of a JV between</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:39:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6400</link><title>AcCell and mChek offer secure contactless payments solution</title><description>AcCells which specializes in developing contactless technology for mobile industry and leading mobile payment service provider, mChek showcased a pate</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:41:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6393</link><title>Reliance Mobile and Aaj Tak tie-up to offer video news alerts</title><description>Reliance Mobile announced a new alliance with Aaj Tak to offer MMS-based news subscription service to its subscribers. Upon subscription, subscribers </description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:18:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6394</link><title>ROK and WeFI to offer free mobile games over Wi-Fi</title><description>UK-based ROK Entertainment Group and Wi-Fi mapping firm, WeFi have come together to offer free mobile games via Wi-Fi. The tie-up aims to generate rev</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:20:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6354</link><title>Qualcomm’s FLO TV to expand to 15 new markets in US</title><description>Qualcomm-owned FLO TV, a broadcaster of mobile TV services in the US, said it is well placed to realize its aim of clocking 100 prime markets and over</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:43:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6357</link><title>Nokia commences national roll out of its Life Tools Service</title><description>Nokia on Friday announced the nationwide commercial roll out of its Nokia Life Tools service in India, after clinching a successful pilot project in M</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:54:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6336</link><title>SMS and MMS services usage at an all time high in 2009</title><description>The consumer preference for resorting to SMS and MMS mode of communication continues to grow with the new findings from VeriSign’s Messaging and Mobil</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:01:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6338</link><title>Synchronica announces availability of Push email solutions for SMEs</title><description>Provider of mobile email and synchronization solutions, Synchronica plc, on Thursday unveiled industry-standard push email and synchronization middlew</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:20:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6322</link><title>Indian mobile consumers overwhelmingly open to mobile advertising for free services</title><description>Mobile advertising market in India received a big boost as a survey by KPMG highlights that Indian mobile consumers are willing to have advertisements</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:47:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6329</link><title>Idea clicks tie-up with Zook for stock alert services in Punjab</title><description>Idea Cellular announced a new tie-up with Bangalore-based Ziva Software’s Zook to offer personalized ‘Stock Search and Subscription Service’ for its m</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:32:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6309</link><title>ROK Entertainment rolls out country’s first nationwide TINY TV in tie-up with BSNL</title><description>ROK Entertainment Group on Monday commenced the nationwide roll out of TINY TV, in association with the state-owned mobile operator BSNL.
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Tou</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:24:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6312</link><title>Mobile LBS subscribers in Europe to scale to 130 mn by 2014</title><description>Location-based services may still be at its infancy in India. But consumers in Europe at set to adopt the service significantly suggests a new researc</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:27:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6251</link><title>Nokia set to change navigational services offering landscape</title><description>Nokia is all set to scale up the end-user experience of navigational services and aims to provide a comprehensive and holistic offering. The company p</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:10:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6247</link><title>way2sms comes up with e-mail alerts on mobiles</title><description>way2sms announced the launch of a new service enabling mobile subscribers to receive email alerts on their mobile phones. According to the company, th</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 08:27:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6241</link><title>Tata Teleservices partners with ICICI Bank to offer mobile banking services </title><description>With mobile phones becoming the norm, mobile transactions have evolved as a convenient way of performing all commercial transactions. While capitalizi</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:03:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6227</link><title>Mobile music services to be worth $ 5.5 bn by 2013</title><description>Streamed mobile music services and full track downloads are expected to generate robust revenues over the next five years, even in the face of the glo</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 08:45:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6217</link><title>Nokia expands Ovi Store to reach out to more than 50 mn users </title><description>Finnish handset maker Nokia said Tuesday that it has made its online software and content store- Ovi Store available to around 50 million phone users.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:49:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6219</link><title>ICICI Bank to offer customers range of mChek services</title><description>ICICI Bank and mChek entered into an alliance today wherein the Bank will offer wide range of mChek mobile commerce platform base services to its cust</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 17:57:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6203</link><title>Tata Teleservices partners Yahoo! India to offer web interface</title><description>Tata Teleservices Ltd has forged an exclusive partnership with Yahoo! India for providing web interface to all Tata Indicom users.
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According </description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 16:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6177</link><title>Asia-Pacific to rise as leading Mobile marketing, advertising region by 2011</title><description>The Asia-Pacific region is set to emerge as the world leader in mobile marketing and advertising, as the increasing growth will boost the total spent </description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 06:54:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6145</link><title>Bharti AXA plans to leverage the mobile medium</title><description>Bharti AXA, a JV between Bharti Enterprises and AXA Group of France, plan to allow its policy holders to pay premium over the mobile medium.
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</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 08:01:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6140</link><title>Mobile Marketing Association names APAC board of Directors 2009</title><description>Trade association Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) today announced the names of the elected Board of Directors for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.&amp;n</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:31:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6118</link><title>Industry body formed to curb menace of illegal mobile music downloads</title><description>The Indian Music Industry (IMI) announced the launch of Music Mobile Exchange (MMX) with an aim to encourage legal downloads of music content for mobi</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 09:15:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6106</link><title>NAVTEQ comes up with portal to allow users to explore its solutions and services</title><description>NAVTEQ launched its new beta version portal, NAVTEQ.com which will showcase its various services and solutions related to location based services. 
&amp;</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:54:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6111</link><title>Vodafone UK eyes revenues from app store on lines of Apple's iPhone</title><description>Following the trial of other mobile phone operators, UK-based Vodafone will open a new mobile application store, which will let developers to create a</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:44:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6115</link><title>Airtel offers vital health services on mobiles</title><description>Airtel, Karnataka’s No. 1 mobile network, has launched two health care services on mobiles, enabling quick access to vital information for customers o</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 18:03:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6076</link><title>Nokia to freeze investment in media sharing site</title><description>Nokia said Tuesday that it will stop its investment in its first major Internet service venture- a media sharing site.
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The announcement is in</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 17:59:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6055</link><title>Mobile Community player migg33 offers interactivity services to mobile subscribers interested in IPL</title><description>migg33, a mobile community service provider announced tie-up with five leading teams of IPL2 wherein the mobile subscribers will be offered to chat wi</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 08:16:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6056</link><title>Nimbuzz opens up India office</title><description>Mobile social instant messaging as well as VoIP player, Nimbuzz announced the opening of its India office to be located at New Delhi. 
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“Nimbu</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 05:41:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6058</link><title>Airtel's revenues from music content higher than India's largest music record company</title><description>Bharti Airtel''s Deputy CEO, Sanjay Kapoor revealed that the company has registered revenues totaling more than those reached by Saregama, India's lar</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 20:03:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6062</link><title>Huawei forays into social networking domain with launch of website</title><description>In an unusual move especially considering that it is known for its telecom equipment solutions, Chinese firm Huawei has come up with a social networki</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 14:55:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6068</link><title>Reliance Mobile to show all ICC T20 World Cup Matches Live to mobile subscribers</title><description>Reliance Mobile announced that it will show Live matches of the forthcoming ICC World T20 Tournament to mobile subscribers. The announcement was made </description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 20:31:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6051</link><title>Bharti Airtel, Manchester United enter five year agreement</title><description>Leading telecom service provider, Bharti Airtel and Europe''s leading football club, Manchester United have entered into an association which will ena</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 12:48:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6050</link><title>WR introduces SMS feedback service</title><description>The Western Railway has introduced an SMS feedback service enabling commuters to register problems as well as suggestions.
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The SMSes can be s</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:25:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6034</link><title>Mobile Marketing Association launches India Chapter</title><description>The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) launched its India Council in an effort to provide a common platform to carriers, application developers, brand</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 08:28:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6025</link><title>Yahoo! Cricket announces winners of ‘Clued2Cricket’ contest</title><description>Cricket site, Yahoo! Cricket on Monday, unveiled the names of ten winners of the ‘Clued2Cricket’ online contest, organized to test the cricket knowled</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:19:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6026</link><title>Tata Indicom’s ‘Dil Ki Awaaz’ musical hunt names 8 new talents</title><description>In line with its new brand proposition- Suno Dil Ki Awaaz, Tata Teleservices had earlier launched ‘Dil Ki Awaaz’ talent hunt for budding singers to sh</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6029</link><title>Tata Indicom launches new election-based service</title><description>In sync with the country’s political mood, Tata Indicom has launched a new customized value-added service- ‘Elections 2009’.
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With this servic</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:17:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6030</link><title>RCom introduces Rs 32 SMS pack for Karnataka GSM subscribers </title><description>Reliance Communications has today introduced Rs 32 SMS pack for its GSM subscribers in Karnataka.
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Targeting the student crowd of the state, t</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:37:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=6012</link><title>Idea’s call cricket stars campaign records over 2 mn calls</title><description>Idea Cellular said that is ongoing campaign enabling cricket enthusiasts to call popular cricketers including players such as Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 07:45:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5984</link><title>Nokia aims to cash on the IPL fever</title><description>Nokia, the sponsors of Kolkata Knight Riders team in the ongoing IPL-2 has lined up new services on the back drop of the tournament.
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For inst</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:44:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5986</link><title>Virgin Mobile aims for 5 mn youth subscribers by 2011</title><description>VAS provider, Virgin Mobile which caters to Indian market through tie-up with Tata Teleservices, said that it aimed to have 5 million subscribers from</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:46:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5993</link><title>MNP Interconnect to implement MNP in South starting with Karnataka</title><description>MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions India Pvt Ltd., a subsidiary of Telcordia Technologies announced today that it will initiate the implementation </description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:55:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5977</link><title>ROK launches Wi-Fi powered portal for mobile subscribers</title><description>UK-based, ROK Entertainment Group announced the launch of a new Wi-Fi powered mobile portal allowing low-cost text messages and free mobile phone serv</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:56:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5962</link><title>BSNL, SmartDigivsion launch ‘Myway BSNL’ IPTV services in Chennai</title><description>BSNL’s Chennai circle subsidiary, Chennai Telephones and Smart Digivsion Pvt. Ltd. announced the launch of Myway BSNL IPTV services. 
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"Custom</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:43:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5964</link><title>RBI to issue guidelines for banks and others to issue prepaid vouchers and wallets</title><description>India’s financial services regulator, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to issue guidelines for banks and non-banking entities to issue prepaid i</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:16:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5966</link><title>Apple claims one bn downloads for its App Store</title><description>Apple claimed that its App Stores offering applications to iPhone users registered one billion downloads within nine months of launching the concept.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:40:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5969</link><title>Yahoo India R&amp;D announces Ashish Mangalampalli as winner of KSC Program</title><description>Yahoo India announced 2nd year PHD student of IIIT Hyderabad, Ashish Managalampalli as one of the winners of the 2009-2010 Yahoo Key Scientific Challe</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:36:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5946</link><title>TTSL, Nimbuzz tie-up to offer instant messaging services</title><description>Tata Teleservices and Nimbuzz announced a new alliance to offer instant messaging services across multiple communities including Skype, Windows Live M</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:11:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5918</link><title>Tata Indicom launches enhanced GPS services in tie-up with Qualcomm</title><description>Tata Indicom announced the launch of its QUICKFINDER A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) service in tie-up with Qualcomm which has provided its</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:13:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5919</link><title>Nokia sells enterprise mobile TV business division to Wipro</title><description>Nokia said that it sold off its Mobile Broadcast Solutions to India’s Wipro. The unit basically catered to providing mobile TV solutions to the enterp</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:14:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5922</link><title>Vodafone, OnMobile tie-up for VAS to tap emerging markets</title><description>Vodafone and OnMobile announced forging a tie-up for value-added services (VAS) to cater to emerging markets.
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The tie-up will enable Vodafone</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:18:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5908</link><title>IMImobile ties up with NNE to provide exam results via SMS</title><description>IMImobile today announced an exclusive partnership with National Network Education (NNE) to provide exam results on SMS. 
 
The tie-up will use IMIm</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:10:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5895</link><title>99acres launches property search services on mobiles</title><description>Info Edge group company, 99acres announced the availability of property search services on the mobile medium. 
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It has tied up with Mobisoc Te</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:41:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5896</link><title>ZTE bags IPTV contract from South America’s CANTV</title><description>Chinese telecom vendor, ZTE announced bagging a large-scale commercial IPTV contract from Venezuela-based CANTV. The deal is part of CANTV’s plans to </description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:57:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5898</link><title>mig33 introduces mobile fan clubs in line with IPL fever</title><description>mig33 announced tying up with five IPL teams namely Kings Xi Punjab, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers allo</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:50:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5880</link><title>Kanpur-based Muslim Group calls for Fatwa against cell phones</title><description>Kanpur-based Madrasa Jamia Ashraf-ul-Madaris issued a fatwa against the use of cell phones and in particular use of aayats as ring tones.
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The</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:54:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5884</link><title>Tata Indicom allows users to access Facebook via SMS channel</title><description>Tata Indicom today announced a new initiative enabling its subscribers to access popular social networking website, Facebook through SMS. 
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It</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:44:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5870</link><title>UTV introduces mobile music video channel</title><description>UTV’s digital arm subsidiary, UTV New Media announced the launch of ‘UTV@Play’, a mobile music video channel available to subscribers of BSNL, Idea, M</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:29:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5852</link><title>Microsoft meets Yahoo over potential partnerships</title><description>The chief executives of Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc. have reportedly met last week to explore possibilities of potential collaborations between the c</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:19:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5838</link><title>Nokia charts out upcoming new offerings in India</title><description>Nokia, which is gradually scaling itself from being a pure handset manufacturer to a service provider as well, announced some new upcoming offerings o</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:49:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5839</link><title>Nokia foresees strong business from rural India</title><description>Handset manufacturer, Nokia is gearing up to cater to the latent demand from the rural segment as it foresees a strong business potential from the seg</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:28:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5826</link><title>Zapak in partnership with India’s F1 team calls in game enthusiasts to play F1 Team online game</title><description>India’s first and the only Formula One Team, Force India and gaming portal Zapak.com said they have got an overwhelming reception for the F1 Zapak Spe</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:39:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5832</link><title>RockeTalk partners Indiatimes for mobile content on its mobile social networking application</title><description>Leveraging on the growing popularity of social networking, RockeTalk has introduced an easy-to-use Mobile 2.0 social application that can be accessed </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:44:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5809</link><title>Tulip mulls enterprise-VAS offerings</title><description>Tulip Telecom is planning to offer enterprise value added services (VAS) such as push mail, data leasing and internet-based services to the corporate </description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:28:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5799</link><title>Qualcomm’s FLO TV expands presence in 19 markets in the USA</title><description>Qualcomm’s mobile TV and Digital TV subsidiary, FLO TV announced the expansion of its services in 19 markets across the globe thereby reaching an addr</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:49:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5800</link><title>Cricinfo, Snaptu tie-up to offer enhanced end-user experience</title><description>ESPN Cricnfo announced a tie-up with Snaptu enabling international cricket scores and news on a range of mobile phones including high-end devices. The</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:48:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5776</link><title>BIGFlix, mChek tie-up to offer renewal services through mobile phones</title><description>ADAG’s BIG Entertainment and mobile payment services provider, mChek announced coming together to offer renewal services to BIGFlix’s movie rental sub</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:45:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5780</link><title>Yahoo Mobile goes live in 8 countries including India</title><description>Yahoo today announced the launch of its new Yahoo Mobile targeted towards the mobile subscribers as well as those hooked on to internet. The portal su</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:59:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5742</link><title>C-DAC comes with mobile navigation solution</title><description>The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) has come up with a new mobile navigational solution named, Saarathy. 
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The software en</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:43:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5734</link><title>Nimbuzz enters Italy in tie-up with social networking site giovani.it</title><description>Nimbuzz announced a revenue sharing partnership with Italian social networking site, Giovani.it which claims to have 2 million active subscribers.
&amp;n</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:55:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5739</link><title>BSNL, Hungama tie-up launch digital on-demand musical store</title><description>BSNL and Hungama Digital Media announced joint offering of what they claim is India’s first on-Demand Digital Entertainment Music Store and Gaming ser</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:03:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5729</link><title>Alcatel Lucent’s Digital Media Suite acquires compatibility to Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV platform</title><description>Alcatel Lucent said that its digital media suite of products is compatible with the newly unveiled Microsoft Mediaroom Presentation Framework multimed</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:29:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5714</link><title>Vodafone, NDTV combine to offer live poll updates</title><description>Vodafone Essar and leading broadcaster, NDTV announced a content tie-up to offer election updates to subscribers for the forth coming Lok Sabha electi</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:03:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5719</link><title>Skype comes up with enhanced mobile version 3.0</title><description>VoIP service provider, Skype unveiled its new version named Skype 3.0 beta for Windows Mobile. The new version integrates file transferring and SMS ke</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:22:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5720</link><title>TTSL claims 100 mn downloads for BREW-based VAS applications</title><description>Tata Teleservices (TTSL) announced today that its VAS offerings based on BREW solution by Qualcomm has clocked 100 million downloads. The services und</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:43:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5694</link><title>LPG bookings now an SMS away as IOC goes mobile</title><description>In a move to make its services more user-friendly, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has decided to go the tech way in Delhi, as it introduced a new facili</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:56:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5676</link><title>Tata Indicom forges tie-up with mChek</title><description>Tata Teleservices Ltd announced a tie-up with mChek whereby prepaid top-up and post paid bill payment services for Tata Indicom’s subscribers will be </description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:56:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5655</link><title>Verimatrix’s VCAS to ensure security for BSNL’s IPTV services</title><description>Content security solutions provider, Verimatrix announced that state-owned BSNL has chosen its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV services</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:49:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5658</link><title>Telnic’s .tel domains go live</title><description>Telnic’s announced that thousands of its .tel domains are live now thereby resulting in a world’s first global directory services providing individual</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:19:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5652</link><title>UK-based VAS provider, ROK announces India entry</title><description>UK-based ROK Entertainment Group, popularly known as ROK and specializing in providing mobile technology, applications and services announced setting </description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:19:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5639</link><title>Fundamo bags $ 9.7 mn MTN order for mobile wallet services across Africa and Middle-East</title><description>Mobile financial services provider, Fundamo, announced bagging a $ 9.7 million order from South Africa-based MTN enabling the latter to offer mobile w</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:21:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5642</link><title>IBM India develops new browsing protocol HSTP allowing users to talk to web</title><description>The internet is set to become more user-friendly as International Business Machine (IBM) unveiled a new internet browsing technology which enables use</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:28:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5612</link><title>Vodafone signs DMR free music deals with major music companies</title><description>UK-based mobile network operator Vodafone has tied up with major music companies to offer music sans digital rights management (DRM), making it possib</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:52:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5605</link><title>Microsoft solicits fresh search deals with Yahoo</title><description>After the failed deal between Yahoo and Microsoft earlier last year that forced then Yahoo chairman Jerry Yang to resign, the software giant is now ba</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:29:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5600</link><title>Bharti Airtel withdraws ‘95’ dialing as per DoT directive for fixed line services</title><description>Bharti Airtel, today announced the withdrawal of ‘95’ dialing for long distance calling on its fixed line service as per the directive of the Departme</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:48:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5576</link><title>IPTV World Awards fetes UTStarcom’s IPTV innovation</title><description>UTStarcom Inc. said&amp;nbsp;that its Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) innovation has fetched honors from Informa and the IPTV World Forum in the preliminary r</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:35:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5577</link><title>“.tel is the biggest innovation in the internet”, says Fabien Chalandon of Telnic</title><description>Aspiring to serve the users as yellow pages for internet users, .tel domains are expected to go live within a week’s time. TelecomTiger catches up wit</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:28:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5580</link><title>BSNL, SBI tie-up to provide e-payment services</title><description>BSNL Chennai and State Bank of India (SBI) announced the launch of a e-payment facility allowing subscribers of BSNL’s landline services in the countr</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:46:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5581</link><title>Mobile advertisement to gain momentum in emerging markets</title><description>The size of figures committed to mobile advertisement is pitched to surge in the emerging markets as penetration rates of mobile services continue to </description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:23:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5582</link><title>Yahoo may be in talks with Vodafone on search deal</title><description>Search engine Yahoo! Inc. is believed to be in talks with Vodafone Group about the distribution of its mobile search products in Europe. 
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The</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:30:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5531</link><title>ACT launches IPTV services in Bangalore</title><description>ACT Television announced the launch of its IPTV services in Bangalore making it the first service provider to offer such services in the state. 
&amp;nbs</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:14:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5532</link><title>Aksh-BSNL tie-up extend IPTV service offerings to Agra</title><description>Leading IPTV service provider, Aksh Optifibre and BSNL launched their popular ‘icontrol’ IPTV services in tourist hot-spot of Agra in Uttar Pradesh. </description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:24:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5533</link><title>IPTV growth rate to slowdown, says Frost &amp; Sullivan</title><description>IPTV services too seem to be succumbing to the global meltdown and subsequent drop in consumer demand. A new research by Frost &amp; Sullivan indicates th</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:03:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5534</link><title>BBC seeks view points from industry players, viewers for IPTV services</title><description>Leading global broadcaster, BBC announced a new initiative named as Project Canvas which calls for view points of industry players as well as its view</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:56:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5539</link><title>Airtel consolidates rural presence by launching first ‘iServe’ centre near Pune</title><description>India’s leading telecom service provider, Bharti Airtel opened dits first ‘iServe’ centre in Ausarikurd, about 70 km from Pune. The company has idneti</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:15:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5523</link><title>Idea, BharatMatrimony in pact</title><description>Idea Cellular and BharatMatrimony entered into an alliance to offer customised matrimony services for the mobile subscribers.
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Idea subscriber</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:38:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5525</link><title>Vodafone Essar ties up with Amar Chitra Katha</title><description>Vodafone Essar and Amar Chitra Katha announced a tie-up to offer subscribers folk stories such as the Karadi Tales, audio dramas such as Charkha and m</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:40:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5513</link><title>RCom chooses Flytxt’s Neon mobile marketing software platform</title><description>Leading telecom service provider, Reliance Communications announced the implementation of Neon mobile marketing software platform from Flytxt. 
&amp;nbsp</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:08:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5504</link><title>Reliance Money comes up with mobile trading portal</title><description>Reliance Money unveiled a new portal aimed at providing ease in trading to the mobile subscribers. The portal has been launched in alliance with Volan</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:10:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5488</link><title>Bharti Telesoft, Sofrecom tie-up to cater to Africa, SE Asia and Latin America markets</title><description>Leading VAS player, Bharti Telesoft announced forging a memorandum of understanding&amp;nbsp; (MoU) with France Telecom’s subsidiary, Sofrecom to deliver </description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:22:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5484</link><title>Motorola, Pressmart tie-up to offer news-on-mobile services</title><description>Motorola India and Hyderabad-based Pressmart Media Ltd announced the launch of a news-on-mobile services under which Motorola handsets namely Moto VE6</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:17:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5474</link><title>Elitecore claims OSS/BSS contract from Aksh for IPTV services</title><description>Ahmedabad-based Elitecore Technologies claimed to have bagged contract from IPTV services provider, Aksh Optifibre for the latter’s services in tie-up</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:56:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5440</link><title>Mobile advertising network, ZestADZ extends presence to global markets</title><description>Chennai-based mobile advertising network, ZestADZ announced that it will now expand its footprint outside the Asian market and reach out to the global</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:37:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5441</link><title>Bharti Telesoft set to be part of GSMA’s MMU initiative</title><description>Bharti Telesoft said today that it has been invited by GSMA to be part of the latter’s Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) working group on account of</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:12:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5442</link><title>Nokia fetes Nano Ganesh in Global Calling All Innovator’s contest</title><description>Ossian Agro developed Nano Ganesh application has been feted by Nokia, in the Emerging Markets category of Nokia Calling All Innovators competition fr</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:17:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5421</link><title>Passport applicants to get status on mobile</title><description>Indian citizens applying for passport can henceforth receive the status of their application on mobiles by sending an SMS to 57272 and typing “Ppt”. </description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:01:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5422</link><title>GSMA forges partnerships with Belgacom and Royal Bank of Scotland</title><description>The GSMA today announced that it has entered into partnership with Belgacom ICS (International Carrier Services) as well as its technology partner eSe</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:10:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5427</link><title>IMImobile takes control of Nokia Siemens’ M2Y service</title><description>IMImobile has ceded the control of Music2You (M2Y) service, a full-track music download and subscription service that was earlier offered by Nokia Sie</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:36:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5430</link><title>ICC grants official partner rights to Yahoo</title><description>Yahoo India and the International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced athree year partnership wherein Yahoo will launch an exclusive property, iccev</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:19:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5399</link><title>Vodafone follows Bharti Airtel in blocking Netcore services</title><description>Vodafone followed its GSM counterpart, Airtel in blocking the services of VAS provider, Netcore Solutions citing that the services do not conform to t</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:04:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5410</link><title>Mobile ads store ample potential, finds research</title><description>Mobile handsets are believed to have a huge potential as an advertising platform, but the possibilities are yet to be explored, as they remain held up</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:07:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5413</link><title>Viaccess teams up with RRD to roll out mobile TV security solution</title><description>French Telecommunication company Viaccess in collaboration with DVB-H service integrator RRD rolled out an end-to-end mobile TV security solution, dev</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:47:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5395</link><title>Synchronica claims new deal with Chilean operator</title><description>UK-based mobile push email service provider, Synchronica announced a new deal with Chilean operator, Entel PCS with the services being offered at a fl</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:41:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5374</link><title>Aricent claims successful deployment of mobile banking application for SA-based Pocit</title><description>AricentTM said that it has successfully jointly developed a new mobile banking application for Pocit which is a subsidiary of IT firm, Tradebridge whi</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:02:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5375</link><title>TTSL extends Mandi Bhav service to Jaipur</title><description>Tata Teleservices announced the launch of its Mandi Bhav services in Jaipur offering commodity price alert services to the subscribers in the region.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:08:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5353</link><title>ROK launches range of revenue generating products for MVNOs</title><description>UK-based mobile technologies, applications and service provider, ROK Entertainment Group announced the launch of suite of revenue generating products </description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:18:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5329</link><title>Microsoft, Hyderabad Police tie-up for traffic alert services</title><description>Software major Microsoft and the Hyderabad Police announced a tie-up to offer traffic alert services to the citizens of the city. 
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The three-</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:22:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5335</link><title>US operators keen to offer real-time mobile video services</title><description>Mobile operators in USA are anxiously waiting to offer real-time mobile video services with over 50 percent of them planning to launch or increase acc</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:27:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5312</link><title>Indians increasingly getting hooked to mobile internet reveals Nokia</title><description>Staying connected 24 x7 is gradually becoming a need for the Indian consumers who are now using the mobile medium to stay connected by as much as almo</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:23:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5302</link><title>Tough year for mobile VAS but revenue opportunities still float, says research</title><description>Messaging company Acision announced a compilation of predictions for the global mobile market, drafted around its business domains including messaging</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:05:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5283</link><title>India’s largest mall on your mobile: ngpay</title><description>With an aim to provide the most convenient mode of interface between the consumers and merchants i.e. through mobile phones, ngpay has witnessed rapid</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:17:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5274</link><title>mChek ties-up with Gemalto for digital security</title><description>Mobile banking and payment applications company, mChek announced a partnership with digital security applications solution provider, Gemalto for the S</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:21:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5234</link><title>Qualcomm stands to lose millions if USA delays deadline for digital TV switchover</title><description>USA’s new President Barack Obama may have stimulated the uptake of broadband services but when it comes to broadcasting the President is all set to de</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:07:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5235</link><title>HCL, Nokia plan JV to offer VAS and mobile content in India</title><description>HCL Infosystems in association with Nokia is planning to come up with a joint venture in India which will offer value added services (VAS) and enterta</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:36:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5204</link><title>Virgin Mobile launches ‘new Thumb Rule’ SMS scheme targeted towards youth</title><description>Virgin Mobile India launched its ‘New Thumb Rule’ SMS scheme promising to revolutionise the SMS medium and mainly targeted towards the youth.
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“Winning the Golden Peacock Innovation A</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:31:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5182</link><title>TTSL comes up with Mandi Bhav alert services in Punjab</title><description>Tata Teleservices in tie-up with Impetus Technologies launched Mandi Bhav VAS in Punjab which aims to provide spot prices from approximate 3,000 local</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:37:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5166</link><title>Bharti Airtel becomes triple play service provider with launch of IPTV services</title><description>Bharti Airtel’s broadcast subsidiary, Bharti Airtel Telemedia Services, today announced the availability of its internet protocol television (IPTV) se</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:38:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5156</link><title>Airtel, mCheck claim one mn user base for mCommerce services, launch new services</title><description>Bharti Airtel and mChek announced the tie-up clocked one million user registrations for its mCommerce services since lunch of the services in June 200</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:06:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5148</link><title>Bharti Airtel launches international toll free services for the enterprise segment</title><description>Bharti Airtel launched international toll free services for the enterprise segment to enable them to offer enhanced cost effective services which can </description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:09:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5151</link><title>Thomson Reuters claims 100,000 farmer subscriptions for mobile alert services</title><description>Thomson Reuters said that 100,000 farmers have subscribed to its mobile alert services for the farming community offering information on crop prices f</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:26:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5134</link><title>Sify and Synchronica tie-up to offer mobile email services</title><description>Indian internet service provider, Sify and UK-based mobile email service provider, Synchronica announced a tie-up to offer cheap mobile email services</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:21:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5136</link><title>Telesoft launches location-based services in India</title><description>UK-based Telesoft Technologies announced the availability of its flagship location based services product, HINTON in the Indian market. The company sa</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:46:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5124</link><title>Vodafone UK offers free mobile internet TV services for six months</title><description>Vodafone UK in tie-up with Babelgum, announced a six moth free access to the latter’s mobile internet services for UK subscribers. 
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As part o</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:23:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5099</link><title>RCom ties up with UK firm for free video services to mobile subscribers</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) announced tie-up with UK’s Swanbaytech to introduce mobile video services for RCom’s CDMA as well as GSM subscribers. </description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:06:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5077</link><title>RCom to focus on m-commerce, m-governance and rural applications for VAS</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) spelled out its three new areas of focus on VAS front namely m-commerce, m-governance and rural applications. 
&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:33:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5072</link><title>Yahoo India announces World Search Champion</title><description>Yahoo India crowned Rohit Rajpal as World Search Champion, a contest initiated by Yahoo India which involved participants answering 10 questions takin</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:28:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5073</link><title>BharatMatrimony comes up with matrimony channel</title><description>Consim Info Pvt Ltd,, formerly known as BharatMtrimony Group today unveiled a dedicated matrimonial channel available on the internet.
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Bharat</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:56:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5074</link><title>MySpace to be available in India on Virgin Mobile</title><description>Virgin Mobile India and MySpace announced a tie-up under which the social networking site will be incorporated into Virgin Mobile handsets in India. T</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5057</link><title>Tata Indicom launches user-friendly VoiceSMS services</title><description>Tata Indicom announced the introduction of a user-friendly voiceSMS service which outdoes the need for typing any prefix and instead allows the user t</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:42:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5049</link><title>BSNL, Smart Digivision combine launch IPTV services</title><description>BSNL and Smart Digivision Pvt Ltd announced the launch of IPTV services for the subscribers of BSNL. 
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Currently the tie-up is offering 140 ch</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:13:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5035</link><title>One97 forges tie-up with the New Indian Express group</title><description>Mobile VAS player, One97 Communications and Express network Pvt Ltd promoted by the New Indian Express Group, announced a tie-up to offer the readers </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:29:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5019</link><title>BSNL, Smart Digivision launch IPTV services in UP</title><description>BSNL and Smart Digivision announced the introduction of IPTV services in Uttar Pradesh (UP) with the launch of the services in Lucknow, Allahabad, Kan</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:10:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4996</link><title>Oxigen, Western Railways to introduce mobile ticket services for Mumbai local commuters</title><description>The new year will see more convenience being provided to the commuters traveling by local trains in Mumbai on the western route as prepaid and recharg</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:26:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4991</link><title>RCom comes up with ‘Samachar’ services</title><description>RCom launched vernacular language based news alert services branded as Samachar.
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The service provides text news in Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:22:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4985</link><title>Hyderabad-based company comes up with telephonic job information service</title><description>Gramadootha Technical Services Pvt Ltd announced the launch of its telephonic job vacancy information service called Dialajob.net. 
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“Unlike o</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:14:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4967</link><title>IDBI forms alliance with PayMate for mobile payment services</title><description>In an effort to provide more convenience to its 3.5 million customers IDBI Bank announced a tie-up with mobile payment solutions provider, PayMate.
&amp;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:06:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4968</link><title>Govt mulls policies for mobile TV</title><description>The government is planning to open terrestrial television broadcasting with an aim to allow mobile TV services in the country. Starting with the gover</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:07:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4951</link><title>Bharti Telesoft claims prepaid solution deployment for 25 operators across the globe</title><description>Bharti Telesoft, on the sidelines of its participation in the ongoing GSM 3G World Series in Dubai, announced that till date its PreTUPS solution has </description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:09:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4954</link><title>Visa Mobile offers services on Android based handsets</title><description>A consortium of 14 prominent merchants based in USA have come together to offer Visa Mobile services on Google’s Android. Services on offer include al</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:10:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4959</link><title>Wikipedia launches mobile version of portal</title><description>User-generated informative content portal, Wikipedia announced the launch of a dedicated mobile version to address the needs of the ever growing mobil</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:38:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4937</link><title>Nokia to launch services for farmers, students in India</title><description>Nokia is gradually scaling the value chain in reaching out to the end-consumers as it plans to introduce informative services for the farming and stud</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:25:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4943</link><title>Airtel and Bookmyshow.com collaborate to provide services to mobile subscribers</title><description>Leading mobile services provider, Bharti Airtel and online movie ticket portal, Bookmyshow.com announced a tie-up to offer mobile access to subscriber</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:12:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4947</link><title>Qualcomm’s mobile TV subsidiary MediaFLO bags test licence in Japan</title><description>Qualcomm’s mobile TV subsidiary in Japan, MediaFLO Japan Planning Inc announced that it has bagged a licence to set up a test station in the special “</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:59:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4922</link><title>One97 ties up with Marathi daily Deshonnati to offer mobile news content</title><description>Leading VAS services and solution provider, One97 announced a partnership with Marathi daily, Deshonnati to offer local news as well as entertainment </description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:41:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4906</link><title>7seas ties up with US-based Greystripe for free ad-supported mobile gaming offerings</title><description>7seas, which specializes in mobile game offerings tied up with US-based Greystripe to offer free ad supported mobile games across the world.
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</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:30:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4890</link><title>ICICI Direct comes out with WAP portal</title><description>ICICIDirect.com announced the launch of ‘on-the-move’ portal with an aim to facilitate high speed and convenient trading for those subscribers who wan</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:16:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4891</link><title>You Telecom launches mcheck service to enable bill payment facility through SMS</title><description>You Telecom announced the launch of mcheck service to enable its subscribers to conveniently pay up their bills through mobile phones.
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The us</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:42:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4873</link><title>Airtel-IFFCO service receives ‘Best Content Service’ award</title><description>Leading service provider Bharti Airtel and IFFCO tie-up bagged the ‘Best Content Service’ as well as the ‘Best Project Management’ at the World Commun</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:36:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4881</link><title>Airtel and Big 92.7 FM tie-up for month-long musical fest in AP</title><description>Bharti Airtel and Big 92.7 FM have tied up to offer a bouquet of musical content to be aired throughout the month of December in Hyderabad, Vizag and </description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:04:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4856</link><title>World Economic Forum recognizes ngpay as technology pioneer</title><description>ngpay said that it has been selected as one of the technology pioneers for 2009 by the World Economic Forum making it among the three companies in Asi</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:05:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4866</link><title>MySpace Mobile, RipCode tie-up to offer video streaming services to mobile subscribers</title><description>Social networking site and RipCode specializing in mobile video infrastructure solutions announced a tie-up to offer video streaming services to subsc</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:59:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4842</link><title>Virgin Media, Yahoo tie-up for mobile search services</title><description>Virgin Media and internet giant, Yahoo have tied up to offer ‘oneSearch’, which promises to provide information services to the subscribers.
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</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:09:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4832</link><title /><description>Virgin Mobile announced that it will launch a new scheme in UK on December 8 which will offer internet access services for 30 pence per day or just ab</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:59:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4833</link><title>New social networking site, Meezoog.com promises incorporation of enhanced trust measures </title><description>Meezoog.com announced its plans to launch beta version of its relationship networking site which promises to offer enhanced level of trust and thereby</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:02:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4834</link><title>Virgin Mobile offers mobile internet services for tariffs effectively three times cheaper than rivals in UK</title><description>Virgin Mobile announced that it will launch a new scheme in UK on December 8 which will offer internet access services for 30 pence per day or just ab</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:12:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4835</link><title>New social networking site, Meezoog.com promises incorporation of enhanced trust measures</title><description>Meezoog.com announced its plans to launch beta version of its relationship networking site which promises to offer enhanced level of trust and thereby</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:53:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4816</link><title>IPTV offerings in India leave a lot to be desired</title><description>There has been lot of talk about India being a lucrative market for most of the upcoming services in the telecom domain and especially those related t</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:49:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4824</link><title>Ericsson ties up with Viaccess for IMS-based IPTV solution</title><description>Viaccess announced that Ericsson has roped in it as a technology partner for IMS-based IPTV solution offerings wherein the former will provide securit</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:12:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4799</link><title>Netcore’s ‘MyToday’ services in eye of storm, Airtel says services violate NDNC norms</title><description>Mumbai-based Netcore Solutions’ offered free SMS alert services, ''MyToday' is allegedly in the midst of cloud of lack of clarity over whether the ser</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:05:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4807</link><title>Synchronica claims major deal clicked with a Europe-based global operator</title><description>Mobile email service provider, Synchronica which plans to take on the might of BlackBerry for mobile email communication, announced that it has clicke</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:59:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4808</link><title>Jatayu launches Zing to enhance mobile browsing experience</title><description>Bharti Enterprises, Bharti Telesoft which specialises in offering VAS solutions and services announced the launch of Zing, a new mobile browsing solut</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:52:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4789</link><title>BSNL to use Dilithium, HCL solutions for mobile video services</title><description>BSNL is set to deploy Dilithium service delivery platform which will enable it to offer mobile video streaming services over 2G and 3G networks.
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Wit</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:04:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4719</link><title>Huawei partners operators and GSMA to drive uptake of embedded mobile devices</title><description>The ongoing GSMA Asia summit witnessed forging of ties between Huawei, the GSMA and leading global operators towards addressing the needs of the embed</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:58:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4721</link><title>Mobile industry sets metaTXT as first global standard for mobile SEO</title><description>In an effort to drive the global mobile search services towards standardization, GSM Asia event today saw the unveiling of world’s first global standa</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:21:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4722</link><title>Nimbuzz adds 17 new partners to Global Operator Affiliate Program</title><description>Mobile VoIP and instant messaging service provider Nimbuzz announced that it has signed up 17 new partners, including four Indian players for its Glob</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:28:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4723</link><title>BJP using telecom media for campaigning, to use MTNL’s voice-based VAS</title><description>Not leaving any chance to put across its message for the upcoming Assembly elections in New Delhi, BJP is reportedly wooing subscribers wherein the ca</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:51:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4726</link><title>GSMA calls for incorporation of ETSI standard for mobile payment services compatibility of handsets</title><description>The ongoing GSMA event saw the industry players seeking incorporation of ETSI* endorsed ‘Single Wire Protocol’ standard to provide the interface betwe</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:46:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4727</link><title>RCom ties up with ZMQ to offer mobile games based on UN’s social themes and messages</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) announced a tie-up with New Delhi-based ZMQ Software Systems wherein the tie-up will provide mobile games based on soci</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:03:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4732</link><title>Global Mobile Game Market to be worth $10 bn by 2013, says research</title><description>The global mobile games market is projected to grow two-fold from its current $5.4 billion into a $10 billion behemoth by 2013, revealed Juniper Resea</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:48:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4705</link><title>Nazaara to provide mobile content based on Bollywood actress Sameera Reddy</title><description>Nazaara Technologies announced that it has clicked a deal with Bollywood actress Sameera Reddy to offer mobile content based on her to the mobile subs</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:46:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4701</link><title>One97, Zee News tie-up for mobile content</title><description>One97 and Essel Group’s, Zee News announced a tie-up providing news and information content to the mobile subscribers.
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Banked on the content </description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:16:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4687</link><title>Airtel launches ‘VacciDate’ alert services on occasion of Children’s Day in Karnataka</title><description>Airtel announced the launch of ‘VacciDate’ service which enables parents to keep track of the vaccine dates of their infants on the occasion of Childr</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:58:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4688</link><title>Bharti Telesoft says in advanced talks with 10 overseas cos for acquisitions, tie-ups</title><description>Bharti Enterprises’ VAS unit, Bharti Telesoft is reportedly in advanced level of talks with around 10 companies for possible acquisition as well as al</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:00:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4677</link><title>IMIMobile acquires UK-based digital content delivery firm, dx3</title><description>IMIMobile announced the acquisition of dx3 which specializes in providing digital content delivery solutions. IMIMobile says the acquisition is part o</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:09:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4682</link><title>Mobile Content Networks tie up with Turkey’s Avea to launch search services</title><description>Mobile Content Networks (MCN), a provider of mobile search management, merchandising, and PPC revenue solutions, has tied up with Turkish mobile opera</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:09:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4661</link><title>Airtel, Asklaila tie-up to offer search services for mobile, DTH subscribers</title><description>Airtel and Asklaila announced a tie-up yesterday to offer local search services across 400 categories in 6 cities of India namely Mumbai, Delhi, Chenn</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:45:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4655</link><title>Rediff.com launches services on the mobile media</title><description>Internet biggie, Rediff.com announced launch of its mobile content application, ‘MobileRediff’ which will allow mobile subscribers to access rediff.co</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:47:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4659</link><title>Airtel introduces voice SMS services in Karnataka </title><description>Airtel today announced the launch if its voice SMS services in Karnataka circle. The voice SMS is charged at 75 paise per SMS irrespective of the reci</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:56:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4641</link><title>Rediff.com invests in mobile medium enabler Eterno</title><description>Eterno today announced that it has received an investment from internet biggie, Rediff.com. Eterno is founded by ex-Nokia employees Umesh Kulkarni and</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:02:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4646</link><title>Tata Indicom launches instant messenger services</title><description>Tata Indicom, today announced the launch of its instant messenger services dubbed as ‘Tata Indicom Instant Messenger Service’ which allows its subscri</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:00:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4599</link><title>Idle screen to be the largest source of revenue generation for mobile advertising</title><description>Mobile advertising is slowly catching up globally as well in India as advertisers realize vast potential of the medium. And as interest for this upcom</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:23:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4607</link><title>RCom launches another search services on mobile</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) announced the launch of ''Quick Search' services for mobile subscribers enabling them to information on banks, automate</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:21:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4583</link><title>Bharti Telesoft to deploy VAS solutions for South Africa’s MTN</title><description>Bharti Telesoft, a provider of Value Added Services (VAS) and Business Support Systems (BSB) to telecom operators, has inked an agreement with South A</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:46:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4558</link><title>Microsoft introduces Live Search Map services in India</title><description>Microsoft India announced the launch of its Live Search Map services in India which will initially cover nine cities, business listings across 29 citi</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:22:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4547</link><title>Nokia unveils 3D game, ONE for N-Gage</title><description>Nokia Games Publishing has pulled the wraps off its newest offering, ‘ONE’, a 3D animated fighting game, believed to be the first mobile game to explo</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:38:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4511</link><title>BSNL Bangalore to offer gaming services to broadband subscribers</title><description>BSNL Bangalore Telecom District will offer gaming services to its broadband subscribers for which it has tied up with Games Limited.
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The tie-</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:11:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4507</link><title>Airtel offers job alert services in Kerala</title><description>Airtel announcd the launch of its `jobs on mobile'' service in Kerala in tie-up with portals such as naukri.com, monsterindia.com, clickjobs.com and s</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:44:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4508</link><title>IndiaTimes, MCX tie-up to offer real-time currency futures updates through SMS</title><description>VAS service provider, IndiaTimes and commodity exchange owned by Financial Technologies, MCX have tied up to provide real time currency futures update</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:45:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4489</link><title>RCom to launch telemedicine, healthcare consultancy services</title><description>The value-added services (VAS) in the country is set to touch upon a different scale altogether. After cashing in on the now conventional services lik</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:18:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4444</link><title>Reuters offers mobile information services to rural agricultural community of Punjab</title><description>Media major, Reuters'', subsidiary, Reuters Market Light (RML) announced the launch of its information services pertaining to agricultural and commodi</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:04:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4429</link><title>Network18 unveils mobile version of its cricket-based portal</title><description>Network18 unveiled a mobile version of its cricket portal CricketNext.com, enabling users to get live scorecards, news videos, game analysis and pictu</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:23:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4430</link><title>Nokia’s venture capital arm invests undisclosed sum in China’s Madhouse</title><description>Finnish handset maker Nokia said Tuesday, that its flagship company, Nokia Growth Partners has invested in China’s mobile advertiser Madhouse, represe</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:21:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4436</link><title>One97, Prabhat Khabar forge partnership to offer news, entertainment content on mobile medium</title><description>One97 and Prabhat Khabar announced a tie-up to offer daily alert services related to news and entertainment focused on Bihar and Jharkhand for mobile </description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:43:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4408</link><title>Mumbai Municipal Corp enables property tax payment through SMS</title><description>In a unique initiative to ease the property tax payment process for citizens of Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has introduced a</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:05:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4398</link><title>SatNav comes up with new route tracking solution</title><description>Story: Navigational solutions provider, SatNav Technologies announced the launch of vehicle tracking solution ‘SatNav Logger’ which enables the user t</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:49:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4400</link><title>Measure Mobile Stats and the Money Will Follow, Parodi tells Mumbai audience</title><description>With the explosion in mobile content that will have to be funded or supported by advertisements, the question that arises is: who will be the trusted </description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:02:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4375</link><title>Free mobile email service provider, YuuROK targets 3 mn subscribers within 12 months</title><description>YuuROK, a joint venture between ROK and YuuZoo Corp, claimed that the subscriber base for their mobile social community services which includes mobile</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:24:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4379</link><title>Spice Televentures pursues mobile internet aspirations with its new arm </title><description>While appending a new arm, Spice Televentures, the subsidiary company of Spice Group today stormed into the mobile internet and application developmen</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:36:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4380</link><title>ngpay makes finalist cut in ‘Red Herring 100 Asia Award’ </title><description>ngpay, a mobile-commerce tool provider, said today it has been nominated as one of the&amp;nbsp; finalists for the Red Herring 100 Asia award, an award in</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:08:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4341</link><title>Global IP Solutions makes VideoEngine Mobile available on Windows Mobile</title><description>Global IP Solutions, a provider of IP multimedia processing solutions said that its VideoEngine Mobile can now support Windows Mobile platform, enabli</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:44:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4348</link><title>Virgin Mobile slashes STD, local call rates</title><description>Virgin Mobile India, a brand franchisee association between Virgin Mobile Group and Tata Teleservices, today reduced its STD and local call rates on p</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:03:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4349</link><title>Vodafone unveils ‘Vodafone Tuesday’ scheme in Delhi, NCR</title><description>Vodafone announced the introduction of new offers enabling its customers to bag two movie tickets and munch meals at a price of one.
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Dubbed ‘</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:05:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4358</link><title>NDS unveils solutions to be showcased at SCat India Exhibition</title><description>NDS, a provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, released the list of solutions that the company will exhibit at the upcoming 17th SCaT Ind</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:22:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4362</link><title>UAE operator unveils new service for expat Indians, Asians  </title><description>United Arab Emirates’ telecom service provider Du in collaboration with the Permanent Committee of Labor Affairs, Dubai have launched a mobile phone s</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:19:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4321</link><title>ngpay supports RBI on mobile banking norms, says its solution fully compliant</title><description>Mobile payment solution provider ngpay has come out in support of RBI’s recently laid out norms for mobile banking services in the country. 
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</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:40:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4323</link><title>After Qualcomm, Nokia seeks India patent for multimedia application</title><description>Nokia announced that it has sought a patent for its multimedia application which allows a user group to share multimedia contents during a group commu</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:19:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4332</link><title>Aksh Optifibre, Sony Pictures tie-up for Hollywood content on IPTV services</title><description>Aksh Optifibre announced a content sharing tie-up with Sony Pictures Television International (STPI) which will enable it to offer video-on-demand con</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:39:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4310</link><title>MGM, France Telecom sign long term content deal</title><description>France Telecom and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Worldwide Television Distribution (MGM) announced signing a deal whereby the former’s Orange will offer MGM con</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:57:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4311</link><title>Qatar Telecom selects NSN’s DVB-H based mobile TV solution</title><description>Qatar Telecom (Qtel) said that it will deploy Nokia Siemens Networks’ (NSN) DVB-H standard mobile TV solutions.
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The two companies will test t</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:00:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4312</link><title>Tata Indicom offers free telecom services in flood affected areas of Bihar</title><description>In a unique social initiative, Tata Indicom announced offering free communication services in five districts of Bihar which were heavily affected by t</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:18:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4308</link><title>TeleCommunications Systems bags patent for prepaid SMS solution</title><description>TeleCommunications Systems (TCS) announced bagging a patent for its prepaid short messaging service which promises to enable the operators to offer me</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:52:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4283</link><title>BSNL to extend international roaming services to prepaid, GPRS as well as 3G subscribers</title><description>State-owned service provider, BSNL plans to offer international roaming services to its prepaid, GPRS as well as 3G subscribers. Presently the interna</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:31:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4287</link><title>Net4Nuts plans overseas foray for mobile email services</title><description>Ahmedabad-based mobile push email service provider, Net4Nuts plans to launch its services, MeOnGo in overseas markets namely like Middle East, Latin A</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:35:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4293</link><title>Hutchison Hong Kong partners with Neustar to deliver mobile IM service</title><description>Hutchison Telecommunications Limited (Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong) has joined forces with NeuStar to roll out a messaging service that offers a single</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:52:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4301</link><title>GPS-enabled handsets to fuel downloads of navigation routes by mobile users</title><description>The number of mobile users downloading navigation routes using mobile phones is projected to grow with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.9 pe</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:33:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4254</link><title>BSNL to launch IPTV services in HP by next month</title><description>BSNL is all set to launch its IPTV services in the state of Himachal Pradesh next month with Shimla being the launch city.
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While currently th</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:18:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4255</link><title>BSNL Orissa to provide wireless internet services</title><description>BSNL will provide wireless internet services to 14 blocks in Orissa namely R Udayagiri, Adava, Mohana, Garabandh, Kasinagar, Gumma, Nuagada, Rayagada </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:19:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4256</link><title>BSNL on expansion mode in Madurai</title><description>Continuing with its strategy of phase wise launch of IPTV services, BSNL will launch the services at Madurai offering 150 channels.
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Additiona</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:20:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4266</link><title>RCom targets laptop, PC segment for wireless internet services, comes up with Festival offers</title><description>Keeping abreast with the festive mood, Reliance Communications on Tuesday unveiled a new offer which promises to give Reliance Netconnect USB modem fo</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:44:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4268</link><title>Jump Games launches first mobile game based on Manchester United</title><description>Jump Games, the mobile gaming company from the Reliance Big Entertainment Group launched the first of the series of Manchester United mobile games cal</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:09:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4272</link><title>Iran inaugurates landmark world’s fourth largest telecom tower</title><description>Iran yesterday formally inaugurated the Milad Tower which is set to become a major landmark in the country as it stands as the world’s fourth largest </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:22:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4273</link><title>Dish TV and ICICI Bank tie-up to offer interactive banking services</title><description>Dish TV and ICICI Bank announced the launch of interactive banking services branded as ‘ICICIACTIVE’ which aims to enable subscribers to access inform</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:02:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4275</link><title>Vodafone slashes broadband tariffs in Australia</title><description>Vodafone Australia announced unexpected slashing of broadband tariffs in the country as it anticipates that the demand for services may slow down due </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:36:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4231</link><title>Google to launch Group SMS services soon</title><description>Google is set to launch Google SMS Channel, a Group SMS service which Google is testing currently in India and which supports English, Hindi, Telugu, </description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:26:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4232</link><title>HFCL launches Ping branded mobile phones for Rs 499</title><description>HFCL Infotel announced the launch of its CDMA-based Ping branded mobile phones which are priced at Rs 499. 
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"Our aim is to make telephony ava</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:27:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4244</link><title>Telefonica signs global partnership deal with Facebook</title><description>Telefonica has forged a global deal with social networking site- Facebook, extending their existing relationship that is confined to UK companies to a</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:59:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4209</link><title>BSNL lines up IPTV services offerings for its broadband subscribers in Nasik during Diwali</title><description>BSNL plans to introduce IPTV services for its broadband subscribers in Nasik. BSNL will offer 99 video channels and 14 audio channels. 
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"IPTV</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:46:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4213</link><title>BSNL launches mobile data back-up system in MP &amp; Chhattisgarh</title><description>BSNL has come up with mobile data back-up services in the states of MP and Chhattisgarh enabling its subscribers to retrieve data in case of theft or </description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:07:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4218</link><title>Sony Ericsson bags official handset rights for FIFA 2010</title><description>Sony Ericsson announced bagging the official rights for the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be held in South Africa.
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As part of the contract, Sony Eri</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:12:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4220</link><title>IBM to launch free beta trial of professional networking site, Bluehouse</title><description>IBM on Monday will pull the wraps off its- ‘Bluehouse’, a social networking and collaboration service devised to connect businesses with various partn</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:24:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4223</link><title>Film over Fibre a Global First at Reliance Adlabs</title><description>Don’t be surprised if your company’s next AGM is staged at the local cinema palace. Fibre to the premises is equipping leading cinema theatre chains l</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:16:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4207</link><title>Airtel now comes up with calling card service in Canada</title><description>Airtel announced the availability of its calling card services in Canada targeted towards the NRI and student community in the country together totali</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:24:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4208</link><title>SG Technologies launches mobile version of ‘yellow pages’</title><description>Hyderabad-based, SG Technologies launched `mobile yellow pages'' in a bid to provide mobile subscribers access to large databases such as telephone di</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:25:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4194</link><title>BSNL in talks with BlackBerry, Apple</title><description>BSNL is gearing up to match its private competitors in service offerings to its subscribers. It is now in advanced stage of talks with Research in Mot</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:55:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4200</link><title>BSNL comes up with Navratri offer for prepaid subscribers</title><description>BSNL announced a special offer for its prepaid subscribers on the occasion of ongoing Navratri festival. 
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As part of the offer, subscribers w</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:51:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4173</link><title>BSNL to come up with new broadband schemes in Kerala</title><description>BSNL is set to introduce new bundled schemes for its broadband services in Kerala in tie-up with leading vendors like HCL Infosystems, Acer India, LG </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:48:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4175</link><title>Nokia takes on Apple’s dominance on music services, to launch unlimited music services on Oct 16 in UK</title><description>Nokia is really getting aggressive on the VAS front. And in its bid it is challenging head-on the dominance of Apple on the music services domain. The</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:51:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4184</link><title>Airtel signs up as co-presenter for ICL tournament</title><description>Airtel signed up as a co-presenter for the upcoming Indian Cricket League (ICL) tournament beginning on October 10.
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“Their association with t</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:12:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4185</link><title>Apple clears Copyright Board test on royalty fees, iTunes to stay</title><description>A Washington D.C-based  Copyright Royalty Board rejected a demand from the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) to increase royalty fees on Ap</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:59:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4187</link><title>SatNav Technologies enhances its GPS services with addition of 1 mn POIs</title><description>Hyderabad-based SatNav Technologies, a provider of navigation and GPS technologies, said Friday that it has ramped up its maps by adding 1 million Poi</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:49:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4190</link><title>Nokia snaps Canada’s mobile email and messaging firm, Oz Communications</title><description>Nokia Inc. said it will take over Montreal-based Oz Communications, a provider of mobile email and instant messaging services for an undisclosed sum, </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:57:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4191</link><title>ROK launches mobile viral messaging service, GeeSpark </title><description>ROK Entertainment Group Inc., a provider of mobile entertainment today announced the global launch of GeeSpark, heralded by the company as the world’s</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:19:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4192</link><title>BSNL Pune services hit as 1,000 lines go dead</title><description>Cable theft has resulted in more than 1,000 lines of BSNL going dead in the areas of Khadki, Dapodi, Wakdewadi and Pashan Road in Pune circle. 
&amp;nbsp</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:01:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4142</link><title>Airtel, BharatMatrimony.com tie-up to offer services on Airtel Live</title><description>Airtel and BharatMatrimony.com announced tie-up to offer matrimonial services on Airtel Live enabling subscribers to use the matrimonial services thro</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:29:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4143</link><title>Bharti plans October soft launch of DTH services</title><description>Bharti Airtel plans to launch its DTH based broadcasting services by October with a soft launch.
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The company aims to receive the necessary ap</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:30:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4146</link><title>I&amp;B Ministry directs IPTV operators to beam 8 DD channels</title><description>The Information and Broadcasting (I&amp;amp;B) Ministry has reportedly directed the IPTV service providers in India to beam eight channels of National Bro</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:32:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4147</link><title>Novatium launches pay-as-you-use based computing applications services over broadband</title><description>Novatium Solutions announced the launch of Nova Navigator, a pick and choose computing applications service provided over broadband. 
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“The Na</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:33:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4156</link><title>BT kick starts ISP-based optional behavioral targeting tests despite privacy </title><description>British Telecom, also known as BT, kick started the much-delayed ISP-based behavioral targeting, using Phorm’s ad-serving technology, in an optional b</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:34:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4135</link><title>Aksh Optifibre rebrands VoIP service as ‘Pigeon VoIP’</title><description>Aksh Optifibre in collaboration with MTNL, pulled off the wraps of its overhauled VoIP service as it was unwrapped as ‘Pigeon VoIP service’ in Delhi a</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:11:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4099</link><title>Dish TV expects DTH subscriber base to touch 30 mn in four years</title><description>With new competitors entering the fray and the medium gradually becoming popular, leading DTH player Dish TV CEO Vinay Agrawal has said in an intervie</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:17:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4101</link><title>Time Broadband ties up with IGNOU, ISKCON</title><description>Time Broadband Service Pvt Ltd announced tie-up with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and International Society for Krishna Consciousnes</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:19:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4102</link><title>Nimbuzz confident of establishing a strong base in India, says CEO</title><description>
The Indian VAS space is gaining global attention with overseas players keen on entering India. One such VAS player, Nimbuzz based out of Netherlands</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:38:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4106</link><title>Telecom Italia selects Cisco, Adobe to deliver Web TV Services </title><description>Telecom Italia said today it has selected Cisco Content Delivery System with Internet Streaming (CDS-IS) platform and Adobe Flash streaming technology</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:32:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4110</link><title>Airtel nabs EnvIOWorks platform to propel its Hello Tunes service</title><description>EnvIO networks today announced that its envIOWorks platform for delivery of social marketing applications over mobile and social networks is now comme</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:58:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4113</link><title>50 mn people in EU &amp; US expected to benefit from wireless home healthcare monitoring</title><description>As many as 50 million people in the EU and the US are expected to benefit from wireless home healthcare monitoring solutions, says new report from Swe</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:28:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4116</link><title>GSMA, Mobifilm call for entries under short mobile film category</title><description>The global body for GSM based mobile communication, GSMA and Mofilm announced the first ever global mobile film festival to be held during the Mobile </description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:00:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4119</link><title>Tata Indicom comes up with 786 recharge voucher on occasion of Eid</title><description>On the occasion of Muslim festival in the form of Eid, Tata Indicom announced the availability of 786 recharge voucher offering full talk time and wit</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:07:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4077</link><title>Mobile social network ‘qeep’ reaches India</title><description>Parent company Blue Lion mobile on Thursday, kicked off the services of its subsidiary product ‘qeep’, a social network for mobile phones in India, gi</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4078</link><title>ROK continues to render its services worldwide</title><description>ROK Entertainment Group, a mobile entertainment company expressed its continuous efforts at rendering its mobile and data services and applications, a</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:02:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4087</link><title>China beats US to become world’s biggest broadband country</title><description>After exhibiting parallel growth rates in the broadband space for the last two years, China has finally swept over USA to become the biggest broadband</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:00:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4064</link><title>Glu Launches Mobile game exclusively for Android </title><description>Following the unwrapping of the first mobile phone based on Android software from T-Mobile and Google, mobile game publisher Glu has announced Bonsai </description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:27:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4046</link><title>BPL Mobile pulls out new local search service- ‘Mumbai Search @cafe’</title><description>Mumbai-based BPL Mobile today rolled out a new local search service- ‘Mumbai Search @cafe’, enabling consumers to get instant answers to all queries p</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:34:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4051</link><title>Airtel, SingTel to offer free incoming calls while on roaming to Airtel users in Singapore</title><description>Telecom major Bharti Airtel Ltd. has collaborated with Singapore’s Singtel, the official sponsor of the Singapore Formula 1, to allow all Airtel custo</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:52:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4020</link><title>One97 eying ‘big ticket’ worth $50-100 mn for M&amp;A in international markets</title><description>One97 Communications, one of the leading VAS providers of India comes out all geared up for the next era of Value Added Services in the country, as it</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:28:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4023</link><title>Bharti Telesoft bags Golden Peacock Innovation Award 2008</title><description>VAS solutions provider Bharti Telesoft has bagged the Golden Peacock Innovation Award 2008, an award that strives to recognize corporate excellence in</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:18:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4024</link><title>KeyToss enhances its mobile portal</title><description>KeyToss mobile portal today unveiled a set of new enhancements to its smartphone portal, charting its final step to becoming a full-featured mobile po</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:02:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3996</link><title>Airtel partners with Affle to provide SMS-based search services</title><description>Airtel and Affle announced the launch of SMS based search services inorder to reach to those who do not have GPRS connection or intern-enabled handset</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:33:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4012</link><title>Bharat BPO launches radio-based media campaign to promote ‘Dial 139’ services for Railways</title><description>Bharat BPO has launched an aggressive radio-based media campaign to promote its ‘Dial-139’ services for Railway enquiries. The campaign has been scrip</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:19:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4013</link><title>Vodafone’s MusicStation debuts in Australia</title><description>Vodafone Australia announced the launch of Omnifone MusicStation service in the country, following its release in New Zealand, UK, Hong Kong and South</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:33:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4016</link><title>Sony Ericsson and Lonely Planet tie-up to offer Mobile City guides and phrase books to travellers</title><description>Lonely Planet and Sony Ericsson formed an alliance to offer travellers Mobile City Guides with each guide providing users with 200 points of interest </description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:35:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=4017</link><title>IMImobile stamps victory at Mobile Search Award 2008</title><description>India-based VAS provider IMImobile’s UnlSpace today received the Gold award for the ‘Best Entertainment or Information Service’ at the Mobile Search A</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:39:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3995</link><title>Google to launch voice-based search services in India for mobile subscribers</title><description>Google India is reportedly working towards introducing voice-based search services I to tap the country’s vast mobile subscribers. The internet giant </description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:58:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3994</link><title>Use of SMS may lead to low IQ, says US study</title><description>Mobile services continue to be plagued by health concerns. After recent study reports over health hazards due to mobile radio radiations, a new US-bas</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:37:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3976</link><title>Ericsson extends its MMS contract with Alltel </title><description>Swedish company Ericsson said that it has extended its contract with Alltel Wireless, the largest wireless network in the U.S., taking their relations</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:22:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3977</link><title>BSNL comes up with 24x7 bill payment counters</title><description>BSNL in tie-up with SPML Technologies has come up with Any time Payment (ATP) machines in Karnataka enabling its subscribers to pay bills as per their</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:30:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3979</link><title>Qatar Telecom finds place in Guinness Book as VIP number gets auctioned for staggering $2.5 million</title><description>Qatar Telecom registered its place in the 2009 edition of Guinness Book of World Records as its number 666-6666 was auctioned for 10 million riyals ($</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:28:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3984</link><title>BSNL to launch IPTV service in Lucknow on October 15</title><description>BSNL is set to do a soft launch of its IPTV services in Lucknow on October 15 with a more comprehensive and commercial launch to be held on December 2</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:59:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3985</link><title>Google comes up with its Street View services for mobile subscribers</title><description>Google announced the availability of its Google Map services for mobile subscribers which also includes its new Street View services.
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The nav</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:20:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3989</link><title>Huawei bags CRBT deployment contract from Telenor Pakistan</title><description>Huawei Technologies announced bagging a contract from Telenor Pakistan to deploy Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT) system platform 
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Huawei will pr</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:08:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3961</link><title>BigAdda plans new services on its mobile medium</title><description>ADA Group’s social networking portal BigAdda.com plans to offer film promotions and photo back-up services on its mobile services platform. 
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</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:22:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3966</link><title>Tata Teleservices finally launches Blackberry services</title><description>Tata Teleservices announced the launch of Blackberry services for its subscribers. It may be remembered that the company’s move to seek permission for</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:34:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3968</link><title>IMIMobile, BPL Mobile in a unique initiative launches solution to identify drunk drivers in Mumbai</title><description>Hyderabad-based VAS player, IMIMoile and BPL Mobile announced a unique solution for the Mumbai Police to help them identify drunk drivers and more imp</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:57:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3969</link><title>IMIMobile, BPL Mobile in a unique initiative launches solution to identify drunk drivers in Mumbai</title><description>Hyderabad-based VAS player, IMIMoile and BPL Mobile announced a unique solution for the Mumbai Police to help them identify drunk drivers and more imp</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:57:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3939</link><title>Nokia aims to be a mobile ad agency</title><description>Nokia is aiming to do a Google on the mobile services front as the handset major in its bid to expand its VAS offerings has now teamed up with leading</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:44:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3930</link><title>Mauj Mobile signs 2-year deal with Radio City</title><description>Mauj Mobile, the wireless subsidiary of People Group, said it has signed a two-year agreement with Radio City 91.1 FM, becoming the exclusive partner </description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:04:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3932</link><title>Tata Comm ties up with Bharti Telesoft</title><description>Tata Communications announced that it has tied up with Bharti Telesoft to launch its CAMEL Exchange (ICX), a value added service that promises to enab</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:18:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3933</link><title>RCom ties up with BBC for Live streaming services for its mobile users</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) has forged a deal with British Broadcast Corporation (BBC), enabling its users enjoy the news channel’s programs 24X7 o</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:27:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3895</link><title>RCom to launch prepaid Blackberry services</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) is planning to offer Blackberry services in the country across all the models. 
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Reports say that RCom has alre</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:32:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3904</link><title>Ericsson inks first mobile ad deal with KPN </title><description>Mobile network equipment maker Ericsson said Friday that it has won its first mobile advertising contract from Dutch mobile network operator KPN.
&amp;nb</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:03:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3909</link><title>Airtel launches ‘CallHome’ service in Singapore</title><description>With Bharti Airtel’s virtual calling card service- ‘Airtel CallHome’ hitting the right note in UK, it has now ushered similar service in Singapore, th</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:51:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3912</link><title>Videocon taps Irdeto to deliver End-to-End DVB SmartStart solution to DTH</title><description>Irdeto, a provider of content and business model protection solutions and services, said it has inked an agreement to deploy its end-to-end SmartStart</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:40:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3915</link><title>MySpace and RIM form alliance to offer integrated mobile social networking experience</title><description>MySpace, one of the leading social networking site and Research in Motion makers of Blackberry announced a tie-up with an aim to revolutionise the mob</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:08:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3882</link><title>Dish TV slashes price to Rs 1990</title><description>Following fierce competitor Tata Sky’s move to reduce the price point to Rs 2990, Dish TV responded by slashing the price to Rs 1990.
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Subscri</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:21:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3883</link><title>Education through mobile phones can be effective, says Nottingham University study</title><description>A Nottingham University (NU) study reveals that mobile phones particularly smart phones can be effective medium for imparting education. The study amo</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:22:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3885</link><title>Why do telecom services jam during emergencies? Use SMS instead</title><description>The first blast in New Delhi is reported to be taken place around 6.15 pm at Karol Bagh’s Gaffar market. Within few minutes two blasts rocked Connaugh</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:02:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3866</link><title>iPhone, Yahoo tie-up to launch social networking application  </title><description>Yahoo on Wednesday released a new application that strings together an umpteen number of social-networking sites with a single interface, and announce</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:47:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3870</link><title>TANDBERG Television renders solutions to Telenor IPTV</title><description>TANDBERG Television announced that its MPEG-4 AVC compression and IP multiplexing solutions are being employed by Norwegian Telenor Satellite Broadcas</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:01:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3873</link><title>MTV Ventures into mobile video advertising</title><description>As Viacom’s MTV Networks (MTVN) prepares to undertake its first mobile video advertising venture, it said it will release its maiden mobile video ads </description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:26:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3875</link><title>MCN set to make its content merchandising program ‘global’</title><description>US-based mobile search service provider Mobile Content Networks (MCN) is primed to undertake global launch of its content merchandising program, allwo</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:44:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3877</link><title>Ericsson bags IPTV solution contract from Portuguese Sonaecom</title><description>Ericsson announced today that it has bagged a contract from Portuguese, Sonaecom for its open standards based end-to-end IPTV solution. Ericsson says </description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:09:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3846</link><title>MTNL to conduct 3G trials by end of this month, commercial launch in December</title><description>The government announced that state owned PSU, MTNL will conduct trials of 3G services by the end of this month in Delhi with the commercial launch in</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:08:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3849</link><title>Alcatel-Lucent comes up with new location-based service platform</title><description>Alcatel-Lucent (AL) on Wednesday announced the availability of its location-based services platform enabling carriers to offer enhanced GPS based serv</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:46:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3817</link><title>Vodafone announces special offers in Kerala</title><description>Vodafone announced a host of offers for its subscribers in Kerala. 
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A new Rs 222 full talk time recharge plan offers prepaid subscribers a re</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:47:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3818</link><title>Wipro bags DVB-T middleware contract from TiVo</title><description>Wipro Technologies announced that it has bagged a contract for providing DVB-T based middleware software stacks to TiVo which specializes in digital v</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:48:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3822</link><title>Jump Games unveils its expansion plans for global presence</title><description>Jump Games, a publisher and developer of mobile games, and an independent venture of Reliance Big Entertainment, with its aggressive growth strategy f</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:22:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3831</link><title>Motorola survey reveals TV based content a hit among the Millennial Generation</title><description>Motorola’s survey of 1200 respondents from the Millennial Generation (age group of 16-27 year olds) to study the consumer technology decisions and med</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:01:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3797</link><title>IPTV services in India can be offered by telcos, ISPs and cable operators</title><description>The government’s guidelines for IPTV services in the country allowed not only telecom service providers but also ISPs and cable operators to offer suc</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:18:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3807</link><title>ROK’s Fun Little Movies to feature as part of MSN Mobile video suite</title><description>ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile entertainment company announced today, that its ‘Fun Little Movies (FLM)’, a made-for-mobile comedy channel will f</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:10:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3808</link><title>Tata Elxsi, Discretix announce new solution for mobile TV</title><description>Tata Elxsi and Discretix, which specialises in embedded security and content protection solutions for mobile devices and flash memory, today announced</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:34:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3809</link><title>Nokia beefs up ties with Facebook</title><description>Marking its aggressive foray into content provision, mobile phone maker Nokia has stepped up its media sharing site and games offering on Facebook as </description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:37:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3770</link><title>Nokia working towards offering mobisodes in India</title><description>Nokia is reportedly gearing up to launch its VAS oriented Ovi services in India with focus on offering mobisodes pertaining to news, sports, music cli</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:22:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3777</link><title>Airtel launches special schemes in J&amp;K on occasion of Ramzan</title><description>Coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramzan, service provider Airtel announced some new offers to its subscribers in J&amp;amp;K including some contes</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:40:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3785</link><title>Vodafone UK allows users to send SMS from Facebook</title><description>Vodafone UK said it has forged collaboration to enable users of Social-networking site Facebook send text messages from their profile page to friend’s</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:37:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3789</link><title>MCX to provide prices online to TEMA</title><description>The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) announced last week that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:28:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3790</link><title>Use of Mobile phone by Pregnant woman causes health hazards, says study</title><description>Use of mobile phones by a pregnant woman can significantly raise the risk of the unborn child developing behavioral problems in life, revealed a resea</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:46:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3757</link><title>BigAdda comes up with mobile version</title><description>ADAG owned BigAdda has come up with mobile version of its popular online social networking portal which will offer similar services as those offered i</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:06:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3760</link><title>Tata Indicom launches tune contest for subscribers in HP</title><description>Tata Teleservices announced a month long welcome tunes contest for its subscribers in Himachal Pradesh (HP) whereby the subscribers can participate in</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:09:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3761</link><title>BSNL eyes one lakh IPTV subscribers by fiscal end</title><description>BSNL is betting big on IPTV services. The PSU is now reportedly eying a subscriber base of one lakh subscribers for its IPTV services and also aims to</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:08:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3740</link><title>BPL offers mobile content of Bal Ganesh movie to subscribers</title><description>Coinciding with the ongoing festive spirit surrounding Ganesh festival in Mumbai, BPL Mobile announced the launch of ‘GaneshChaturthi@Cafe’, a service</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:29:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3749</link><title>Verizon, Yahoo renew Internet portal deal</title><description>Verizon Communications and Yahoo Inc. said Wednesday they will renew the distribution deal signed in 2005, whereby Verizon provided its internet subsc</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:31:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3753</link><title>BSNL ties up with PNB to ease bill payment process for consumers</title><description>In an effort to provide more convenience to its subscribers, state-owned BSNL today announced forming an alliance with Punjab National Bank (PNB) wher</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:31:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3720</link><title>Ericsson, TANDBERG to unmask IPTV Business Solution 2.0 at IBC</title><description>Ericsson and TANDBERG Television are primed to unleash the duo’s new IPTV Business Solution 2.0 at the upcoming IBC event to be held in Amsterdam, one</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:54:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3701</link><title>Idea launches Onam special offer in Kerala</title><description>Idea Cellular Ltd launched a special recharge offer for its prepaid subscribers in Kerala on the occasion of Onam. In addition to lifelong validity, a</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:54:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3702</link><title>BSNL launches telecom services in Gnathang village of East Sikkim</title><description>BSNL introduced its telecom services in Gnathang village of East Sikkim which is located at an altitude of 14,000 feet close to the Sino-India border </description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:08:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3705</link><title>Motorola to deliver IPTV Set-Tops to Deutsche Telekom in Germany </title><description>Motorola has signed an agreement to deliver IPTV in Germany with Deutsche Telekom, the largest telecommunications company in the country.
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Und</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:39:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3707</link><title>Globe Partners Western Union to roll out remittance service in Philippines</title><description>Globe Telecom Inc. (also known as Globe), the Philippine’s second largest wireless carrier has clinched remittance tie-up with global money transfer f</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:48:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3715</link><title>GSMA invites entries for Global Mobile Awards 2009</title><description>The GSM Association today invited entries for participating in the 2009 Global Mobile Awards and the penultimate round of its Mobile Innovation Global</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:15:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3681</link><title>7Seas launches mobile gaming portal</title><description>7Seas announced the launch of a mobile gaming portal, www.mobzill.com which allows users to post their content and access various services offered thr</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:25:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3690</link><title>Tata Sky incorporates EPG guide solution in Hindi from NDS</title><description>NDS announced today that DTH based service provider, Tata Sky has implemented its system for Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) in Hindi. The tie-up cla</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:52:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3693</link><title>IMIMobile nominated for UK-based Mobile Search Awards</title><description>Hyderabad-based VAS player, IMIMobile announced its nomination for Best entertainment or information service” category awards by the UK-based Mobile S</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:10:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3696</link><title>UTStarcom bags Aksh contract to deploy IPTV solutions across 20 cities on BSNL network</title><description>Telecom vendor, UTStarcom and Aksh Optifibre announced a tie-up under which the latter will deploy UTStarcom’s end-to-end RollingStream® Internet Prot</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:10:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3698</link><title>German based Blue Lion announces launch of queep mobile social community services in India</title><description>BLUE LION of Germany announced the introduction of what it claims to be world’s largest social community services for mobile subscribers named queep. </description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:36:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3654</link><title>BSNL pins hope on IPTV to check fall in fixed line subscriber base</title><description>BSNL CMD has reportedly said that the company hopes to prevent the decline in fixed line subscriber base with the advent of IPTV service offerings.
 </description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:16:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3659</link><title>Tata Indicom introduces new prepaid tariffs</title><description>Tata Teleservices Ltd has brought down the STD rates for their Prepaid Fixed Wireless customers. Under the new tariff, Prepaid Walky subscribers can m</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:02:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3636</link><title>BPL Mobile offers Blackberry Connect software 4.0</title><description>BPL and Blackberry announced the launch of Blackberry Connect Software 4.0 which will allow BPL Mobile’s Blackberry subscribers to access Blackberry s</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:51:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3637</link><title>BSNL suffers in Chandigarh due to cable thefts</title><description>The services of BSNL are being affected due to frequent cable thefts in the city of Chandigarh. 
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"Thieves and anti-social elements have been </description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:56:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3641</link><title>World Phone launches cable broadband services in Delhi, NCR</title><description>Internet service provider, World Phone said that it has launched able broadband internet service sin the region of Delhi and NCR at an monthly rental </description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:56:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3628</link><title>BSNL-Aksh tie-up launches icontrol IPTV services in rural Rajasthan</title><description>BSNL and IPTV service provider, Aksh Optifibre announced the launch of icontrol IPTV services in Kukus of Jaipur district making it the first IPTV ser</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:49:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3597</link><title>MobileAdda, the mobile version of Bigadda launched</title><description>ADAG owned&amp;nbsp; BigAdda announced the launch of MobileAdda, a mobile version of its social networking site. 
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The site offers users to invite</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:02:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3598</link><title>Momail launches mobile email services in India</title><description>Momail announced launching its mobile email services in India and is looking forward to have 100,000 beta testers for the same.
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Momail claims</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:03:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3602</link><title>India to have 270 mn 3G subscribers by 2013, says new research</title><description>India may have 270 million 3G subscribers by 2013 says as a study by research firm Strategy Analytics. 
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“In terms of subscribers, India is go</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:46:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3616</link><title>Smart Broadband partners MTNL to launch IPTV services</title><description>Smart Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd. in collaboration with MTNL today announced the launch of interactive personalized TV service for MTNL customers in </description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3618</link><title>Nazara launches Mahabharata based game for iPhone subscribers</title><description>Nazara Technologies announced the launch of ''Gurubhakta Eklavya', a game derived out of Mahabharata characters and targeted towards iPhone users. The</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:12:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3580</link><title>Beijing Olympics catapults mobile phone sales in Japan, especially mobile TV enabled handsets</title><description>Japan''s Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) said that the country has shipped a record 5.1 million mobile phones in</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:46:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3583</link><title>Western Railways to offer SMS Updates to its commuters</title><description>While adapting to the modern ways, Western Railway turns up as the latest to embrace technology, as it announced collaboration with Value Added Servic</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:06:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3591</link><title>RCom offers ‘Business Jaadu’ recharge voucher to subscribers in TN</title><description>With an aim to target the SEM segment in the state of TN, RCom announced the introduction of ‘Business Jaadu 135’ recharge voucher which will enable s</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:46:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3592</link><title>Vodafone launches mobile casino services in UK</title><description>Vodafone UK has come up with a deal with Wild Jack Mobile Casino allowing subscribers to play the game through tier mobiles.
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The subscribers </description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:05:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3561</link><title>Bharti group considers venturing into digital cinema biz</title><description>Bharti Airtel CEO, Manoj Kohli is reported to have said that the company may consider entering the digital cinema business in future so as to position</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:58:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3571</link><title>Australia’s People Telecom bags Vodafone supply deal</title><description>People Telecom, an Australian telecommunication service and internet access provider has bagged a three-year deal with Vodafone Australia to supply mo</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:35:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3555</link><title>Tata Indicom offers new prepaid scheme to Walky Talky subscribers</title><description>Tata Indicom on Friday announced bonus talk time for all its new prepaid Walky Talky customers. 
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In a statement, Tata Indicom informed that a</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:40:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3527</link><title>YES Bank and Cisco tie-up to offer voice-enabled phone banking services</title><description>With an aim to provide more user-friendly services to its customers, YES Bank in association with Cisco announced the introduction of voice-enabled ph</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:31:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3530</link><title>IPTV policy guidelines receives approval from cabinet</title><description>In a move which will help the IPTV sector in the country, the cabiner gave its consent to the policy framework of IPTV services and also approved the </description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:44:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3534</link><title>Social networking and IP telephony site, Youtring plans India entry</title><description>UK-based iCallGlobe’s social networking and IP telephony company, Youtring is planning to enter India to tap the huge mobile subscriber base.
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As per the </description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:42:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3521</link><title>T-Mobile launches 3G services in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota cities of US</title><description>In a move to stay in the race alongside other US telecommunication players, wireless carrier T-Mobile on Wednesday said it has commenced high-speed da</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:42:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3523</link><title>Nokia Siemens, KPN launch DVB-H based mobile TV services in Netherlands </title><description>Dutch fixed line and mobile operator KPN Telecom and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) rolled out a new mobile TV service in Netherlands. 
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The new</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:57:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3524</link><title>AT&amp;T, LG launch MediaFLO-based ‘Invision’ mobile TV phone </title><description>AT&amp;amp;T and LG announced the launch of a new handset, LG Invision. The company claims that it is the smallest MediaFLO mobile device which offers AT&amp;</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:01:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3526</link><title>Alcatel-Lucent extends support to Mobile TV protection standard</title><description>Alcatel-Lucent announced its support for the world’s first commercial trial of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)’s new BCAST Smartcard Profile, an emergi</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:51:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3494</link><title>Nokia, Lonely Planet tie-up to offer Maps on mobiles</title><description>In a bid to garner a share of the navigational services market, Nokia and Lonely Planet announced an alliance which will provide mobile users with map</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:05:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3503</link><title>Reliance ADA Group on hunt for US-based mobile content firms, says WSJ</title><description>Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (ADA) Group is in search of buying US companies dealing in mobile-phone content like games and ring tones, the Wall Str</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:14:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3510</link><title>ROK’s Geneim signs mobile content delivery agreement with Rotana for Middle East market</title><description>ROK Entertainment Group’s subsidiary unit- Geniem, a mobile services development company has forged a mobile content delivery agreement with producer </description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:29:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3460</link><title>IMIMobile mulls acquisitions in US, European markets</title><description>Hyderabad-based leading VAS provider, IMIMobile is reportedly on the lookout for acquisitions in the US and Western European markets in a bid to targe</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:17:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3465</link><title>UTV acquires 80% stake in US-based gaming company</title><description>UTV Software Communications announced acquiring a 80 percent stake in US-based True Games Interactive which specializes in gaming content. UTV hopes t</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:18:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3472</link><title>Virgin Mobile ties-up with RightNow Technologies’ CRM system to support iPhone subscribers </title><description>Virgin Mobile&amp;nbsp;announced that its contact centre agents will now bank on RightNow Technologies’ on-demand customer relationship management (CRM) s</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:20:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3478</link><title>Tata Indicom unveils new pre-paid scheme for Orissa</title><description>Tata&amp;nbsp;Indicom&amp;nbsp;announced the launch of a new bonus talktime scheme for its new prepaid subscribers in Orissa. 
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As per the scheme, all</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:46:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3486</link><title>FLM ties-up with ‘Monkey with a shotgun’ </title><description>California-based Fun Little Movies (FLM), an auxiliary branch of ROK Entertainment Group Inc., said it has joined hands with ‘Monkey with a Shotgun’, </description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:00:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3435</link><title>Airtel targets 1.6 million NRI Community in UK by launching calling cards</title><description>After having launched calling card services in the USA, leading operator Airtel announced launching similar services in the UK with an aim to target t</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:51:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3444</link><title>Saudi Telecom clinches $18.6 mn worth deal with Manchester United </title><description>Saudi Telecom Co (STC) has announced a five-year contract with Manchester United Football Club (MUFC) in a deal valued $18.6 million, in what could be</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:19:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3453</link><title>Kingfisher Airline intends to offer in-flight mobile, internet services</title><description>Kingfisher Airlines Limited has sought permission from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to allow the use of cell phones on the board i</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:18:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3419</link><title>OnMobile tries a Google on mobiles, to launch mobile search services</title><description>India’s leading VAS player, OnMobile is all set to launch search services on mobiles. The company already offers voice-based music search services nam</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:50:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3406</link><title>India way ahead of US, UK in mobile advertising penetration</title><description>India is known for its success story pertaining to cellular subscriber growth. And now India is all set to be known for mobile advertising as well.
 </description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:23:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3407</link><title>Vodafone UK partners BBC to bring Olympic games on cell phones</title><description>Vodafone has joined forces with BBC Sport news to bring in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on the handset screens of its UK subscribers.
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The servi</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:29:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3382</link><title>Megasoft, Bharti Airtel tie-up for pilot project</title><description>XIUS-bcgi, the telecom unit of Megasoft Limited, has announced the launch of eCogNito solution- an end-to-end mobile transaction platform which will b</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:48:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3383</link><title>Shaadi.com with Vodafone ushers Matrimony on mobile phone</title><description>Shaadi.com, in a tie-up with cellular service provider Vodafone, launched ‘Shaadi.com on Vodafone’- a matrimonial service on Vodafone mobile phone. Th</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:09:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3387</link><title>Tata Teleservices to roll out Blackberry services in next two months</title><description>Tata TeleServices has announced that it will roll out BlackBerry service in the coming next two months even as the services remain under cloud due to </description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:22:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3393</link><title>Celltick to provide Olympics related news to China Unicom users </title><description>Celltick has announced the launch of a mobile media service for the China Unicom network users’ to view Olympic related news in their idle screen.
Th</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3395</link><title>RIM resolves patent lawsuit with Wi-LAN</title><description>Technology licensing company Wi-LAN Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) resolved a long pending patent lawsuit on Monday, with RIM obtaining licens</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:19:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3358</link><title>Bharti Teletech receives award for Exports</title><description>The VAS unit of Bharti Enterpriseis, Bharti Teltetech announced that it has received an award for Niryat Shiromani Puraskar conferred by the Indian Co</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:24:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3361</link><title>Mobile Advertising firm Amobee receives funding from Motorola, Cisco </title><description>Amobee Media Systems, an Israel-based developer of ad-serving solutions for mobile operators, has raked an unrevealed amount of funding from Motorola </description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:35:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3363</link><title>Nokia-Siemens’ 4G demonstration truck gets stolen in Sydney </title><description>Matters turned awry when following the demonstration by Nokia Siemens of 4G mobile technology LTE in Australia and New Zealand, a truck carrying proto</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:53:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3367</link><title>Vodafone launches its second version of music content store</title><description>Vodafone UK&amp;nbsp;unleashed its second online music download store- ‘Vodafone Music’, in line with its earlier launched Omnifone’s MusicStation service</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:27:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3374</link><title>Sam Pitroda shifts focus on environment, launches informative portal related to environment</title><description>After ushering a revolution in the telecom sector in the country, stalwart Sam Pitroda in capacity as Chairperson of the National Knowledge Commission</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:23:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3343</link><title>RCom’s DTH arm bags IPL DTH rights for Rs.137 cr</title><description>Big TV, the DTH arm of Reliance Communications has bagged a four-year $31.16 million contract for IPL’s DTH rights. Big TV reportedly outbid its only </description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:26:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3352</link><title>Olympics updates on mobile through Google</title><description>Google has announced a new service where one can view information’s related to 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing on their mobile handsets. 
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Mob</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:01:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3318</link><title>YuuZoo to market ROK’s mobile e-mail push</title><description>ROK Entertainment Group, a mobile entertainment company, has formed an alliance with YuuZoo Corporation, the global media group to commercialize ROK’s</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:26:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3322</link><title>Rediff launches Bus Fare Search Service</title><description>In line with the successful launch of fare search service for plane and train tickets, Rediff.com today launched Bus Fare search service, enabling use</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:47:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3325</link><title>Cisco bags contract to deliver video encoding products to NBC</title><description>Cisco Systems Inc. has bagged a contract with NBC (National Broadcasting Company), to render its video encoding products, to enable the network delive</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:52:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3297</link><title>BPL Mobile introduces Olympics@Cafe to provide Beijing Olympics content</title><description>BPL Mobile has come up with a new service dubbed Olympics@Cafe which will enable the sports enthusiasts to access Beijing Olympics information like ev</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:39:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3266</link><title>NetXcell introduces hosted voice exchange service, ‘MobiSmart’</title><description>Hyderabad-based NetXcell announced the launch of ‘MobiSmart’, a hosted voice exchange service in India incorporating a automated voice dialer which pr</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:10:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3272</link><title>Retail major IKEA to foray into MVNO services in UK on Aug 8</title><description>Sweden’s furniture retailer, IKEA has joined hands with T-Mobile to enter into the mobile services market with the launch of a new mobile service dubb</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:41:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3274</link><title>China Mobile focuses on tie-ups, tariff reduction for roaming services during Olympic Games </title><description>China Mobile is in talks with other major global mobile operators to lower down the roaming charges in China at the time of Beijing Olympics. 
&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:01:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3275</link><title>AT&amp;T announces its international roaming plans for travelers mainly aimed at Olympics </title><description>With the Beijing Olympic Games around the corner, almost all the telecom operators are coming up with new and attractive offers for its users. AT&amp;amp;</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:05:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3281</link><title>CNN International selects Clickatell to offer SMS service for Beijing Olympics</title><description>Clickatell announced it has been selected by CNN International to offer SMS service for this month’s Beijing Olympics Games to users all over the worl</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:11:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3286</link><title>ESPN acquires international motor racing website, Racing-Live.com</title><description>ESPN has acquired world’s leading motor racing website, Racing-Live.com to expand its motor sports coverage across the globe.
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Through this ac</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:38:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3287</link><title>Lenovo, Spreadtrum to supply mobile TV equipped TD-SCDMA handsets to China Mobile</title><description>Lenovo Mobile Communications Technology and Spreadtrum Communications have entered into a partnership under which both the firms will provide mobile-T</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:40:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3290</link><title>Obapay partners Grameen to make mobile banking reach world’s 1 bn poor people </title><description>Obapay Inc, a US-based mobile payment service provider has partnered with Bangladesh’s Grameen Solutions, in an initiative namely- `The Grameen-Obopay</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:11:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3238</link><title>BSNL’s IPTV launch delayed due to lack of agreements with content providers</title><description>BSNL’s IPTV launch in te three cities of Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Kolkata will be delayed due to its failure to reach conclusive agreements with any o</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:37:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3240</link><title>Airtel launches youth-centric services, ‘Airtel Mobile Campus’</title><description>Bharti Airtel announced the launch of a new service, ‘Airtel Mobile Campus’ which allows users to upload &amp;amp; share photos and videos,&amp;nbsp; SMS to t</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:19:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3241</link><title>Bharti gets aggressive on VAS unit, ‘Airtel Live’</title><description>In wake of declining ARPUs it is foregone conclusion that VAS will be the saviour for mobile operators. And Bharti Airtel appears to be being proactiv</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:23:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3251</link><title>AT&amp;T launches its U-verse Voice services in San Antonio</title><description>AT&amp;amp;T (American Telephone &amp;amp; Telegraph) announced the launch of AT&amp;amp;T U-verse Voice in San Antonio, providing consumers a next-generation dig</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:21:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3254</link><title>Aksh Optifibre, BSNL to launch first IPTV service in Jaipur</title><description>After the successful launch of IPTV service in Mumbai and Delhi, now Aksh Optifibre has announced the launch of IPTV (Interactive and Personalized Tel</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:14:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3260</link><title>Tata Sky launches programming guide in Hindi </title><description>Tata Sky Ltd. announced introducing its programming guide in Hindi language. The option provides its subscribers to select the 4-day listings either i</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:21:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3230</link><title>O2 introduces mobile and home broadband package offer in UK </title><description>UK-based mobile service provider, O2 has introduced a scheme which offers both home and mobile broadband in a £20-a-month package with the Home Broadb</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:33:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3234</link><title>IPTV worldwide subscriber base doubles</title><description>The worldwide IPTV subscriber base has doubled for the second year, running with a surge of 53.14 percent, as it hit a record 15.5 million customers i</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:01:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3216</link><title>Zon Multimedia, Vodafone in MVNO deal in Portugal </title><description>Portugal Telecom Company, Zon Multimedia and its unit Zon TV Cabo Portugal and Vodafone Group’s Vodafone Portugal Unit have signed a five year mobile </description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:41:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3190</link><title>Chunghwa Telecom ties up with C-Com, Supa for GPS services</title><description>Chunghwa Telecom through its online yellow-page business, HiPage has entered into a partnership with C-Com Corp and Supa Technology Corp. to come out </description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:24:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3167</link><title>India’s Geodesic signs licensing agreement with Medion AG of Germany</title><description>Geodesic Information Systems Ltd., leading provider of award-winning mobile and desktop solutions for instant messaging, Internet Radio and mobile VoI</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:30:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3168</link><title>China to offer dual-mode television mobile handset to Beijing Olympics staff</title><description>China plans to distribute 40,000 dual-mode television mobile phones to Beijing Olympics staff. 
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The handset will be manufactured by Shanghai </description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:13:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3174</link><title>BSNL, Taxsmile tie-up to offer online Tax Filling services </title><description>BSNL has tied-up with M/s Taxsmile to provide additional facility under which the BSNL users can file their Income Tax Returns online. 
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Both </description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:33:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3140</link><title>Netcore Solutions, Tata Teleservices in deal to offer SMS alert service in Mumbai</title><description>Netcore Solutions, a mobile product and service provider and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd have signed a contract to spread netCore’s opt-in SMS a</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:45:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3144</link><title>Tata Teleservices unveils mobile blogging application ‘JuiceCaster’</title><description>Tata Teleservices has announced the launch of a mobile blogging application called ‘JuiceCaster’. This application helps to share images, videos and t</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:21:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3145</link><title>Vodafone, MGM Networks sign deal for German subscribers </title><description>Global movie content major, MGM and Vodafone announced a tie-up to provide TV content of MGM Channel to Vodafone’s mobile subscribers in Germany. 
&amp;n</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:26:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3128</link><title>Samsung ties up with GyPSii to offer location-based and social networking services </title><description>Samsung Electronics Ltd has entered into a multi-year worldwide agreement with GeoSentric Oyj’s GeoSolutions BV Business Unit (GyPSii) to provide soci</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:13:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3111</link><title>Squace introduces new mobile internet service in US </title><description>Squace, a Swedish software firm has come up with a new mobile phone service that will enable users to access real-time Internet content on the go.
&amp;n</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:55:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3088</link><title>BPL Mobile launches new web portal, BPL Mobile @Cafe</title><description>BPL Mobile announced the launch of ''BPL Mobile @Cafe', a new web portal aimed to offer mobile content on the go for its subscribers. 
 
The new ser</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:29:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3095</link><title>Warid Telecom launches location based services in Pakistan </title><description>Warid Telecom, a leading mobile service provider in Pakistan has introduced location based services which will enable its post paid users to find the </description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:56:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3070</link><title>Tata Sky follows Dish TV, launches ''ActveTM Matrimony' with BharatMatrimony</title><description>Not to be left behind with its fierce competitor Dish TV, Tata Sky announced a tie-up with BharatMatrimony to offer ''ActveTM Matrimony', an interacti</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:00:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3072</link><title>Sistema selects NDS Technologies for its IPTV, Mobile TV operations </title><description>Sistema Mass Media has selected NDS Technologies’ solutions to secure and manage its IPTV and Mobile TV platforms, enabling it to deliver converged se</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:13:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3080</link><title>Clickindia.com brings services on mobile platform</title><description>Clickindia.com, India’s leading classifieds website has launched its services on mobile platform which will enable users to view classifieds and busin</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:40:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3042</link><title>Dish TV ties-up with Shaadi.com to bring interactive matrimonial services to subscribers</title><description>Dish TV announced a tie-up with shaadi.com to launch ''Shaadi Active', an interactive matrimonial service for its subscribers.
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The new servic</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:36:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3044</link><title>Airtel sponsors 'Super Artist' award in Kerala</title><description>Airtel announced sponsorship for a mega painting competition involving 1500 students from 50 schools. The topic for the competition would be ''Super I</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:59:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3045</link><title>BSNL to launch tele-education services</title><description>BSNL is all set to offer tele-education services to its broadband subscribers at a monthly rental of Rs. 250.
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According to BSNL GM Marketing </description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:05:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3049</link><title>China Mobile invites bids for 40,000 mobile TV handsets</title><description>China Mobile has reportedly opened a bidding process for 40,000 units of mobile TV-equipped TD-SCDMA handsets wherein some of the bidders who have joi</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:17:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3055</link><title>AT&amp;T navigator to serve 20 other countries</title><description>AT&amp;amp;T has announced the launch of “Navigator Global Edition” which will help to expand its GPS-navigation service beyond the United States.
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Its advertisements to encourage and attra</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:33:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3058</link><title>China Mobile begins marketing its 3G services</title><description>China Mobile has started pushing its marketing strategy to promote public beta of its 3G services. 
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Its advertisements to encourage and attra</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:55:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3026</link><title /><description>Guangxi Telecom Company Ltd, a wholly- owned subsidiary of China Telecom has chosen UTStarcom’s RollingStream(R) IPTV solution to establish new intera</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:20:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3030</link><title>Associated Press'' mobile news network claims tremendous jump in media participation </title><description>Associated Press (AP) claimed that its Mobile News Network has witnessed tremendous surge of 580 percent additions in media participation as about 728</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:26:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3032</link><title>China Telecom’s subsidiary selects UTStarcom’s IPTV solution for interactive advertising </title><description>Guangxi Telecom Company Ltd, a wholly- owned subsidiary of China Telecom has chosen UTStarcom’s RollingStream(R) IPTV solution to establish new intera</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:43:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3008</link><title>Idea Cellular launches ‘NetSetter’ data card</title><description>Idea Cellular has launched a data card, NetSetter which will enable the both the prepaid and postpaid customers to access wireless internet on the go.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:04:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3017</link><title>Gameloft in talks with leading handset makers for Indian market foray</title><description>Aiming to establish it presence in Indian Market, Gameloft, a leading international publisher and developer of video games for mobile devices has init</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:10:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2990</link><title>IMImobile bags global honour from AlwaysOn</title><description>Hyderabad-based IMImobile which specializes in VAS offerings announced bagging an award from US_based AlwaysOn (AO) recognizing it as one of the winne</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:21:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2979</link><title>Tata launches new m-commerce solution in Delhi</title><description>Tata Teleservices said it has launched M-Commerce (Mobile commerce) solutions that will allow its subscribers book airline, railway and movie tickets </description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:34:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2983</link><title>Airtel, SKS Microfinance tie up to target rural India</title><description>In a move targeting the rural subscribers of India, Bharti Airtel in collaboration with non-banking finance company SKS Microfinance, on Thursday laun</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:01:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2985</link><title>Eros Multimedia, Hungama Mobile in a three-year mobile music content deal</title><description>Eros Multimedia, an Eros International subsidiary has signed a two-year contract with Indian digital entertainment specialist Hungama Mobile to provid</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:09:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2987</link><title>ROK Entertainment Group partners with Pakistan’s Ufone to launch video-based NOD</title><description>ROK Entertainment Group, the global mobile entertainment company has tied up with the Pakistani cellular service provider Ufone to launch video-based </description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:23:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2943</link><title>Mobispine AB acquires web-based feed firm to enhance mobile RSS feed offerings </title><description>Mobile news aggregator Mobispine AB has acquired NewsAlloy, a web based feed reader which will enable the company to combine NewsAlloy’s technology to</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:57:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2946</link><title>Virgin Mobile USA''s Charity campaign in trouble over objectionable concept</title><description>A charity campaign, Strip2Clothe initiated by Virgin mobile in association with National Network For Youth (NN4Y), a lobby group representing more tha</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:08:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2955</link><title>ESPN, Qualcomm bring ‘X Games’ on mobile platform in USA </title><description>ESPN and Qualcomm subsidiary MediaFLO USA has come up with new dedicated sports channel, EXPN on mobile TV services of Verizon Wireless and AT&amp;amp;T w</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:47:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2962</link><title>139-Rail Sampark service claims daily registration of 5 lakh calls in first year</title><description>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) marked the first anniversary of its “139 - Rail Sampark”, the Indian Railway enquiry s</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:16:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2890</link><title>Made-for-mobile episodes clock up 300,000 minutes</title><description>India’s first made-for-mobile episodes have clocked up 300,000 minutes since their launch on June 27, but in their audio, rather than video version. I</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:56:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2910</link><title>Nokia WidSets selects MCN to strengthen Mobile Search services worldwide</title><description>Mobile Content Networks (MCN) announced that Nokia Widsets which is Nokia''s mobile content consumption, creation, and sharing service has selected it</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:36:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2912</link><title>UTStarcom bags new contract from Aksh for IPTV services in Mumbai</title><description>UTStarcom announced bagging its second contract from Aksh Optifibre for the latter''s IPTV service offering to MTNL subscribers in Mumbai. The first o</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:23:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2892</link><title>ROK Entertainment launches mobile email service in 7 countries</title><description>ROK Entertainment Group, launched an advanced mobile email service, Push Inbox in 7 countries which includes the UK, the US, China, South Africa, Indi</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:40:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2896</link><title>Alcatel-Lucent, Sasktel launch online health monitoring service </title><description>Alcatel-Lucent and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (Sasktel), a Canadian telecom firm has come up with a new service called LifeSt</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:59:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2882</link><title>One97 launches video ring tones in India</title><description>One97 Communications in association with Vringo announced launch of new video-based VAS services for the Indian mobile subscribers including an option</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:08:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2889</link><title>VAS sector in India to be worth Rs. 20,000 cr, says PwC</title><description>The Indian Value Added Services (VAS) sector is set to be worth Rs. 20,000 crore by 2015 from the present level of Rs. 5000 crore reveals a new study </description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:33:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2862</link><title>7seas mulls acquiring gaming companies</title><description>Hyderabad-based 7seas Technologies is planning to acquire gaming companies in the mobile and online space at an investment of about $1 million.
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(TTML) announced the launch of a web portal for its subscribers which will allow them to buy, download and shuffle </description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:37:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2802</link><title>Virgin Mobile introduces vBling in India </title><description>Virgin Mobile announced the launch of a new handset, vBling along with a bundled prepaid connection at a price of Rs.2,199 targeting the Indian youth </description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:07:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2803</link><title>Satyam, Tyfone tie-up for enriched mobile financial services</title><description>Satyam Computer Services, a leading IT service provider has entered into a partnership with mobile finance services provider, Tyfone to provide enterp</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:09:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2772</link><title>Vodafone’s $500 mn expansion of mobile broadband in New Zealand</title><description>Mobile service provider Vodafone plans to expand its 3G mobile network by investing $500 million in New Zealand as it aims for a nationwide mobile bro</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:18:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2779</link><title>Nokia, Telenor enter into mobile internet service deal</title><description>Mobile handset manufacturer, Nokia and Norwegian operator Telenor have signed a mutual agreement to provide mobile Internet services on Nokia’s Ovi se</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:57:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2780</link><title>Virgin Mobile USA, IBM tie-up for enhanced IT services</title><description>Virgin Mobile USA has signed an agreement with IBM under which the telecom firm will leverage from IBM’s vast telecommunication industry experience an</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:03:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2754</link><title>Aryty set to foray into calling card business in India</title><description>Aryty, a US-based firm dealing in calling card services is all set to offer its services within two weeks time to Indian diaspora in the US, Canada an</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:27:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2733</link><title>Shemaroo introduces Shilpa Shetty’s Yoga content on mobiles</title><description>Shemaroo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd announced the launch of Shilpa Shetty’s Yoga content for mobile subscribers in tie-up with various mobile operators li</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:19:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2735</link><title>Warner, Nokia tie-up for mobile music services</title><description>Nokia and Warner Music Group announced tie-up for mobile music services which will enable subscribers to download and listen tot racks on their mobile</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2718</link><title>China Telecom nears one million IPTV subscriber mark</title><description>China’s leading fixedline service provider, China Telecom claims to have reached a subscriber base of 940,000 in May and is all set to record one mill</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:18:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2721</link><title>Google ties up with Tele Atlas for enhanced map-based services</title><description>Google announced its partnership with Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solu</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:38:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2724</link><title>Nokia teams up with China’s Baidu for mobile search services</title><description>Nokia has reportedly entered into a partnership with Chinese search engine Baidu Inc under which the Finnish firm will incorporate China mobile search</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:53:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2699</link><title>India’s leading nationalised banks all set to launch m-banking services</title><description>Convergence it seems finds relevance only with the mobile services domain. After witnessing convergence of content, VAS, informative services and offl</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:43:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2701</link><title>Insurance sector banking on mobile channel to enhance services </title><description>Gone are the days when one had to solely depend on the insurance agent for all insurance related processes. Gradually the insurance companies are swit</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:50:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2705</link><title>Vodafone launches ‘Local Zone’ in New Zealand</title><description>Vodafone announced the launch of new service, ‘local Zone’ which functions both as a landline and a mobile at homes or designated zones. 
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The</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:29:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2708</link><title>Cethar launches m-learning platform for mobile subscribers</title><description>Cethar Consultancy Services announced the launch of new software for mobile phones called, CetharQuest aimed at offering 16 text-based information ser</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:36:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2712</link><title>Vodafone, Myspace launch music platform for mobile subscribers</title><description>Vodafone and social networking site, MySpace collectively launched ‘Vodafone Music Reporter’, a web interactive platform for all the music fans of Ger</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2688</link><title>EA Mobile to launch 15 games next month in alliance with Airtel, Vodafone</title><description>EA Mobile, part of online gaming company Electronic Arts plans to launch 15 new games for mobile subscribers by next month and has already forged alli</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:35:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2681</link><title>Mobile Gaming industry to hit $4.5 billion by 2008, says Gartner</title><description>The mobile gaming industry is set to rake in cash, as the industry’s revenue is projected to hit $4.5 billion in 2008, a 16.1 percent growth from 2007</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:29:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2653</link><title>Idea, Rajshri Media tie-up to launch TV show on mobile</title><description>Idea, India’s leading mobile service operator and Rajshri Media joined hands to launch a show dubbed Akbar Birbal Remixed on Idea’s SMS, MMS, Voice an</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:03:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2659</link><title>SMS GupShup dons new look</title><description>The online messaging platform SMS GupShup unveiled its refurbished version, with a new user-friendly layout and set of new features like- multiple gro</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:26:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2624</link><title>ICICI Prudential says premium payment thru mobile service a hit with customers </title><description>ICICI Prudential Life Insurance ‘s service launched two months back which allows its customers to pay insurance premiums through their mobiles is prov</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:24:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2613</link><title>Virgin Mobile USA introduces unlimited calling prepaid plan for $79.99 per month</title><description>Virgin Mobile USA has introduced a new prepaid offer with unlimited calling for $79.99 per month. The move follows Virgin’s earlier attempt to trigger</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:50:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2577</link><title>Mobile web browsing domain dominated by males worldwide, more so in India</title><description>Content players who specialize in mobile VAS offerings have their task cut out. According to a new study carried out by web browser developer Opera, m</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:56:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2579</link><title>Tata Teleservices launches ‘Parsec’ PCOs in Kolkata</title><description>Tata Teleservices announced the launch of ‘Parsec’ brand of PCO services which apart from conventional services, also offers VAS like SMS, e-charge op</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:29:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2581</link><title>Seven Seas Technologies to launch 3D mobile games</title><description>Hyderabad-based Seven Seas Technologies is set to launch range of 3D games for mobile phones. 
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The company plans to introduce seven new games</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:03:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2582</link><title>AFP launches mobile news service, ‘AFP Mobile Journal service’</title><description>Agence France-Presse (AFP) has launched a new mobile service, AFP Mobile Journal service which will enable users to access global news coverage, multi</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:06:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2594</link><title>Hungama Mobile partners France-based firm for video content delivery</title><description>Hungama Mobile, a division of Virtual Marketing India Pvt Ltd has tied up with France-based video hosting service website, Dailymotion under which the</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:30:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2568</link><title>Alcatel Lucent, SpeedCast form JV to offer DVB-H-based mobile TV solution in Asia</title><description>Alcatel Lucent and SpeedCast Ltd announced a tie-up to develop and commercialize a shared, hosted DVB-H platform for mobile TV operators in Asia.
&amp;nb</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:27:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2570</link><title>Retail major Future Group plans MVNO foray</title><description>Future Group is reportedly planning to come up as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO player) in the country. The group plans to offer talk time a</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:44:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2573</link><title>BBC selects Gameloft to create mobile game on ‘Top Gear’</title><description>BBC Worldwide has announced its partnership with Gameloft, a leading mobile game player to come up with a mobile game based on its automobile show Top</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:18:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2547</link><title>Nazara to introduce more games to its portfolio</title><description>Mobile VAS player, Nazara Technologies is gearimng up to introduce some new games which will allow users to compete with each other through three plat</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:59:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2502</link><title>Tech Mahindra, Microsoft tie-up for IPTV services</title><description>Tech Mahindra and Microsoft announced a tie-up to address the system integration (SI) requirements for the deployment of the Microsoft Mediaroom Inter</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:03:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2503</link><title>AT&amp;T launches yet another social networking application for mobile subscribers in US</title><description>AT&amp;amp;T announced the launch of&amp;nbsp; JuiceCaster version 6.0, a social networking application specially developed and designed for the needs of mobi</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:40:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2511</link><title>Cisco India aims for 2 million set top box sales in FY08-09</title><description>Cisco Systems Inc, a network equipment maker said that it has set a target to sell around 2 million set top boxes in India in the fiscal year 2008-09.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:17:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2512</link><title>Wireless social networking revolution to pull $2.5 trillion revenue by 2020, says iSuppli</title><description>The revolution in the Wireless social networking is all set to revamp the global display and semiconductor industries as wireless social networking po</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:21:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2468</link><title>Dell, NMS tie-up for VAS in India </title><description>NMS Communications , a telecommunications services platform provider along with Dell announced a partnership to offer voice and video-based VAS in the</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:09:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2469</link><title>Peekamo launches social networking service for mobile subscribers</title><description>Peekamo announced the launch of its social networking service for mobile subscribers which uses text messages enabling subscribers to send as well rec</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:10:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2476</link><title>Ericsson to demonstrate advanced technology for IPTV services</title><description>Ericsson said it will demonstrate world’s first 10Gbps Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) system for IPTV having four times the bandwidth of exist</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:12:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2477</link><title>China Telecom invites bids for over 500,000 IPTV terminals</title><description>China Telecom has begun inviting bids for IPTV 2.0 terminals using a unified bidding procedure with an aim to cut secret deals between terminal and sy</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:23:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2481</link><title>Yahoo expands mobile search services, ties up with six Asian telcos</title><description>Yahoo, an Internet media company announced that it has entered into an alliance with six Asian telecom companies for offering mobile search services.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:19:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2448</link><title>Spice eyes the VAS route for global expansion</title><description>Spice Group Chairman B K Modi said that the company is now aiming to become a dominant Value Added Services (VAS) player with a global presence. 
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</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:26:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2429</link><title>BSNL ties up with Contakt Solutions to offer VAS services in South India</title><description>BSNL has reportedly entered into a partnership with Contakt Technical Solutions, a data provider, on a revenue sharing basis under which the state-own</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:41:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2404</link><title>Nokia launches ‘Mobile Advertising Alliance’ for simplified mobile campaigns</title><description>Nokia, in order to offer advertisers a simplified way to enhance their brand’s presence among consumers, has launched Nokia Advertising Alliance which</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:10:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2410</link><title>Moneycontrol claims to have registered 2,50,000 users for mobile portal </title><description>The initiative started by Moneycontrol.com, to offer information services on mobile patform called ‘Markets on Mobile’ has received tremendous respons</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:26:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2414</link><title>Motorola wants to leverage from Soundbuzz acquisition, plans Bollywood tones for handsets</title><description>Motorola maybe witnessing tough times pertaining to its mobile handset business. But the company remains upbeat on the unit’s business in India.
&amp;nbs</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:00:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2373</link><title>Vodafone launches enhanced missed call info services in Kerala</title><description>Vodafone announced the launch of missed call information services in Kerala which now allows subscribers to receive personalized SMS from the person m</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:00:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2363</link><title>Motorola launches movie download service in Europe</title><description>All the cine-goers in Europe can now watch their favorite movies while on the move on their mobile handsets, with Motorola in association with Paramou</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:36:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2315</link><title>IBM: Mobile Internet Services market to touch $80 billion by 2011</title><description>Telecom operators, who aim to cash in on the growing opportunities thrown by the bolstering mobile phone industry, must divert their attention toward </description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:14:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2305</link><title>Micro Technologies launches micro buddy tracking system</title><description>Micro Technologies launched GPS-based micro buddy tracking system which aims at helping mobile subscribers to be in touch with their friends as well a</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:40:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2273</link><title>MyDuniya launches SMS-based mobile email and messaging services</title><description>Bangalore-based, MyDuniya announced launch of SMS-based mobile email services which also enables subscribers to send emails, save and retrieve persona</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:02:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2283</link><title>"IPTV will do to India what PC did to US": Aksh Optifibre</title><description>Aksh Optifibre is emerging as a big player in IPTV. It has already launched IPTV services in Delhi and Mumbai and has recently tied up with BSNL for l</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:18:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2266</link><title>Aksh clinches deal with BSNL for expansion of IPTV services in Northern states</title><description>Aksh Optifibre, one of the pioneers in the field of IPTV services in the country, announced its tie-up with BSNL to provide the latter’s subscribers i</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:33:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2235</link><title>Flytxt eyes India foray for mobile marketing solutions</title><description>UK-based mobile marketing solution provider, Flytxt said that it is in talks with mobile operators in India to enable them to send targeted, personali</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2239</link><title>UBI to launch mobile banking services by month end</title><description>After launching the SMS banking services in December last year, Union Bank of India (UBI) is planning to start the mobile banking services by this mon</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:52:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2210</link><title>OnMobile introduces Phone back-up service in India</title><description>OnMobile in collaboration with Bharti Airtel, Maxis &amp;amp; Indosat has come up with a comprehensive phone backup product in India which will enable use</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 12:21:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2224</link><title>Tata offers BREW solution-based data services to Virgin Mobile subscribers</title><description>Tata Teleservices announced that it will provide Qualcomm’s BREW solution offering advanced and effective data services, to the subscribers of Virgin </description><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:45:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2145</link><title>Cleartrip collaborates with STAR India’s mobile service PLUS</title><description>According to a collaboration clinched between Cleartrip.com, an online travel company and STAR India’s Mobile Entertainment division, users of STAR’s </description><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 12:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2153</link><title>Vodafone Germany Head says pay TV-based mobile TV services not feasible</title><description>Vodafone Group’s German business head, Fritz Joussen does not find the business of paying for television on mobile phones to be feasible due to develo</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 17:21:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2135</link><title>Opera tie-up with Meridian Mobile to offer mobile web services</title><description>Opera Software has entered into a partnership with Meridian Mobile to offer Opera Mini mobile Web to the customers of telecom firm’s Fly brand in Indi</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 09:44:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2132</link><title>Dhanus Technologies introduces mobile calling cards ‘V-Tel’</title><description>Dhanus Technologies, a communication services firm announced it has launched mobile service, V-Tel which is targeted at Indians who travel abroad freq</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 13:43:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2119</link><title>Netlinkblue bags $50 million IPL web, mobile deal</title><description>The Indian Premier league (IPL) has reportedly entered in to a deal estimated to be worth $50 million with Dubai-based company Netlinkblue to stream I</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 13:59:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2108</link><title>ABM AMRO ties up with Paymate to offer mobile payment services</title><description>ABM AMRO has formed an alliance with PayMate, a mobile payments provider to enable customers to make payments via mobile phone. 
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Through this</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 13:45:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2111</link><title>Bharti Airtel, HTC tie-up to offer mobile broadband service</title><description>Bharti Airtel and global smartphone company HTC has signed a deal to offer mobile broadband application which consists of internet and browsing servic</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:07:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2113</link><title>Bloomberg debuts mobile service on SingTel platform</title><description>Bloomberg has launched its mobile service by collaborating with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) which will offer SingTel postpaid mobile us</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 18:26:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2088</link><title>Microsoft brings mobile ads on Messenger and Hotmail</title><description>Microsoft in order to enable advertisers to target mobile users has given permission to deliver banner ads in mobile edition of Live Messenger and Liv</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 13:46:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2060</link><title>SingTel launches mio TV services using Nokia-Siemens solutions</title><description>Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) has chosen Nokia Siemens networks’, Media Delivery Solution (MDS) 3.5 for its mobile TV services named mio </description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:50:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2061</link><title>Samsung, Virgin Mobile USA to launch new cellphone ‘Slash’</title><description>Samsung Mobile in collaboration with Virgin Mobile USA announced to come up with a new mobile phone, Slash to provide both style and features to the c</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 13:04:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2062</link><title>Nimbuzz launches Mobile VoIP and IM application</title><description>Nimbuzz has announced the India launch of an application that will allow mobile users and online communities to make free mobile VoIP calling, confere</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2063</link><title>Nokia to bring Konami’s games to N-gage platform</title><description>Nokia, World’s largest cell phone maker stated that it will add Konami’s games to its N-Gage mobile games platform. 
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One of the games supplie</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 13:26:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2064</link><title>Buongiorno Hong Kong introduces mobile advertising solution in India</title><description>Buongiorno (Hong Kong) Ltd, a VAS and Digital Marketing Services firm is all set to introduce its latest mobile advertising solution in India in what </description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:01:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2067</link><title>Makaan.com launches ‘Makaan Mobile’</title><description>Makaan.com, online property site has launched the country’s first SMS-based real Estate Mobile Application called ‘Makaan Mobile’. 
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The servi</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:42:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2068</link><title>MyScreen Mobile opens up subsidiary in India for telecom foray</title><description>MyScreen Mobile, in order to boost its BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) marketing initiative has opened office in Mumbai. The company specialize</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 16:22:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2036</link><title>‘Dial-a-Ticket’ services from Railways</title><description>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) arm of the Indian Railways is often credited for its foresight in leveraging the true pote</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:12:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2037</link><title>Nokia launches photo printing service in Europe</title><description>Nokia in association with CeWe Color launched a service which will enable its users to print photos stored on the handset and get it delivered anywher</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:35:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2012</link><title>Vodafone to provide Dasavatharam movie content </title><description>Vodafone Essar has tied up with Kamal Hassan starrer Dasavatharam to bring exclusive movie related content in the form of ringtones, caller tunes, wal</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 09:08:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2014</link><title>Bangalore-based Asklaila launches mobile search services</title><description>Asklaila, a local search engine of Bangalore-based Four Interactive has launched local search services on mobile phones whereby subscribers with GPRS </description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 12:48:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2016</link><title>Redbus allows users to book bus tickets via GPRS-enabled mobile phones</title><description>Redbus.in, an online bus ticketing company has collaborated with JiGrahak Mobility Solutions to allow consumers book bus tickets from their GPRS-enabl</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 13:16:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2003</link><title>LIC and Corporation Bank tie-up to enable premium payment through mobile</title><description>LIC and Corporation Bank launched a mobile payment service for their insurance policyholders to make premium payments via SMS. 
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This new serv</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:27:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=2007</link><title>Kolkata Knight Riders to enable fans receive team photos on mobile phones</title><description>A tie-up announced between IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders, owned by Shahrukh Khan and MobShare, a mobile media sharing service provider, enables crick</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 16:10:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1978</link><title>Glu launches motion sensitive technology enabled game for Sony Ericsson</title><description>Glu Mobile Inc., a leading global publisher of mobile games, announced the release of a motion sensitive technology-enabled game exclusively for Sony </description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:02:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1980</link><title>Samsung, LG unite for Mobile TV standard in US</title><description>In order to give tough competition to Qualcomm’s MediaFlo Mobile TV service in the US, Samsung and LG have joined forces to develop a new standard for</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:46:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1984</link><title>Mobile2win launches mobile campaign for Pizza Hut</title><description>Pizza Hut has started its first mobile campaign powered by Mobile2win, which will use various elements of the mobile marketing ecosystem, including SM</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:00:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1954</link><title>BSNL, IMImobile PRBT services crosses 2 million subscribers in North</title><description>BSNL and IMImobile tie-up for personalised ring back tone (PRBT) services claims that it has now over 2 million subscribers for the services which wer</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:03:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1957</link><title>Max New York Life introduces premium payments via mobile phones</title><description>Max New York Life, launched a mobile payment solution through which the policyholders will be able to make premium payments via mobile phones. 
&amp;nbsp</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:35:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1961</link><title>Nokia moves to become Internet company</title><description>The world’s leading mobile handset maker Nokia is set to diversify it self and spread its wide wings into fresh areas of mobile software and services.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:11:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1933</link><title>MapmyIndia launches solutions for mobile phones</title><description>Digital map data and navigational services solution provider, MapmyIndia announced launching of GPS-based navigational services for mobile phones.  
</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:38:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1912</link><title>Reliance Globalcom plans international inter-bank MMT services foray</title><description>Reliance Communications’ international arm, Reliance Globalcom is reportedly planning to foray into international inter-bank mobile money transfer. 
</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:19:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1913</link><title>Reliance Globalcom plans international inter-bank MMT services foray</title><description>Reliance Communications’ international arm, Reliance Globalcom is reportedly planning to foray into international inter-bank mobile money transfer. 
</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:20:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1921</link><title>Maxis launches new anti-spam services for subscribers</title><description>Malaysia-based Maxis Communications introduced a new service that arms subscribers to control, personalize and automate their short message service to</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:44:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1909</link><title>OxiCash ties-up with Ferns ‘N’ Petals, Trijewels to celebrate Mother’s day</title><description>Oxigen announced tie-up with branded chain of retail florists, Ferns ‘N’ Petals and online jewellery shopping portal, Trijewels on the occasion of Mot</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 17:29:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1893</link><title>MTNL gears up for mobile TV, also launches ‘Express alert’ services</title><description>Telephone operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) stated that it is carrying out field trials of Mobile TV and expects the services to be la</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:03:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1899</link><title>Webby People’s Awards honors CNN Mobile with Best Mobile News Site 2008</title><description>CNN Mobile, the first ad-supported mobile news service available globally, got rewarded with Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Mobile News Site of 2</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:07:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1881</link><title>BT launches broadband mobile phone</title><description>BT, in an effort to re-enter the mobile handset devices offering, has now launched broadband mobile device which will enable its subscribers to access</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:24:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1887</link><title>Tech Mahindra clinches IT deal with FRiENDi mobile</title><description>Tech Mahindra, India’s sixth biggest software provider, in order to expand its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) client base has entered into an </description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:51:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1888</link><title>Pope goes digital to strum chord with youth</title><description>Ever received a text message from the Pope? Well, very soon thousands of young Catholics in Australia can say they did, as the Sydney Catholic Church </description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:44:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1889</link><title>Global SMS likely to generate $165 billion revenue by 2011, forecasts Acision </title><description>Revenue generated through mobile messaging is expected to hike to 165 billion dollars by 2011 forecasts Acision, a global messaging firm.&amp;nbsp; 
&amp;nbs</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 16:52:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1890</link><title>Global SMS likely to generate $165 billion revenue by 2011, forecasts Acision</title><description>Revenue generated through mobile messaging is expected to hike to 165 billion dollars by 2011 forecasts Acision, a global messaging firm.  
 
Accord</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:39:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1892</link><title>Alcatel-Lucent, Quantum sign mobile TV contract</title><description>Alcatel-Lucent and Quantum join hands to work towards development of terrestrial and satellite mobile broadcast solutions for the mobile TV market. 
</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:49:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1861</link><title>Idea Cellular introduces mobile money transfer services</title><description>Idea Cellular in partnership with Tata Communications, UAE-based Etisalat and HSBC India has come up with a pilot service offering mobile-based money </description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:02:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1843</link><title>Airtel launches online video contest for calling card NRI users in US</title><description>Recently launched calling card service for NRIs in the US by Bharti Airtel known as Airtel Call Home is running an online video contest named, ‘It Hap</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:59:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1847</link><title>Reliance’s gaming units to make mobile, online game on Ishant Sharma</title><description>Jump Games and Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd -- gaming divisions of the Reliance Entertainment are planning to create a mobile game or an online gam</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:46:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1852</link><title>HDFC launches ‘NGPAY’ to transfer funds via mobiles</title><description>HDFC has come up with a mobile commerce network known as NGPAY, through which the bank customers can transfer funds, shop and make payments over their</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:52:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1853</link><title>Spice Telecom announces ‘Spice Visa Status’</title><description>Spice Telecom has come up with a new service called ‘Spice Visa Status’. This service offers the users to know the status of Visa applications of over</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:11:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1854</link><title>BBC World links with six Indian mobile service firms </title><description>BBC World, International news broadcaster has teamed up with six mobile service providers to provide more content to consumers through mobile phones i</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1814</link><title>Blackberry to soon support SAP features</title><description>Blackberry announced that it would soon introduce a mobile version of SAP’s business management software in its upcoming models. 
 
According to RIM</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:30:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1830</link><title>RouteGuru.com rolls out SMS-based route finder service in Delhi/NCR</title><description>RouteGuru.com, which provides landmark-based driving directions in India, has introduced SMS-based route finder service to render assistance to users </description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:43:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1780</link><title>Tata Indicom offers ‘i-choose service’ for prepaid subscribers</title><description>Tata Indicom announced that it has introduced an online recharge service for its prepaid subscribers. 
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"We have decided to extend i-choose to</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 04:43:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1786</link><title>Nokia, S60 unveil 3 applications to boost mobile user experience</title><description>Nokia, in collaboration with S60, a global leader in smartphone software platform, announced the release of three new applications that promise to boo</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:16:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1788</link><title>Tata Indicom launches services cashing on IPL fever</title><description>With the Indian Premier League (IPL) fevers taking its toll on cricket enthusiast world over, the telecom operators are not far behind at cashing in o</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 16:37:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1790</link><title>Oxigen, Kwality Wall tie-up launch innovative campaign</title><description>Oxigen Services India Pvt Ltd in association with Kwality Walls Cornetto’s Almond Praline-in-Love ice-cream launched a innovative campaign targeted to</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1755</link><title>Veveo launches character-based video search services for mobile users</title><description>Mobile VAS solution provider, Veveo announced the launch of its ‘vtap’ character-based video search services for mobile subscribers. 
 
According to</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:27:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1761</link><title>Hungama Mobile, Tata Indicom, IMImobile make it to 2008 Meffys Awards nominations</title><description>The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has released the 2008 nominations for the industry’s coveted Meffys Awards, calling for thousands of submissions </description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:23:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1766</link><title>Samsung to launch what it claims to be “world’s first mobile TV slider phone”</title><description>Samsung has announced to come up with what it claims to be the world’s first mobile TV slider phone, the P960 in Europe. 
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The company said th</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:32:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1772</link><title>Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) to replace SMS</title><description>Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) may replace SMS (texting) and eventually email from PC, a survey from TNS Technology has found. The TNS Global Telecoms</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:49:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1775</link><title>Airtel launches Wiz Kid application for children  </title><description>Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecommunications service provider has come up with Wiz Kid, an educational pack of 50 games for children at Rs 99 per</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:14:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1741</link><title>Vodafone, Microsoft launch SMS search service in India </title><description>Vodafone has joined hands with Microsoft India to provide its users SMS search service through which the users can make use of mobile search services </description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:22:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1742</link><title>China Mobile, Samsung to offer 3G mobile services during Olympics</title><description>China Mobile in partnership with Samsung will reportedly provide the country’s locally developed third generation mobile services during the Olympics </description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:45:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1743</link><title>Cafégadgets launches Mobile search service in India</title><description>Cafégadgets.in has come up with a new service called CG Mobile Search through which the users can get a detailed report on price quotes of their desir</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:03:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1748</link><title>RCom’s Globalcom targets 8 million overseas travellers, launches global SIM</title><description>In an attempt to target the 8 million overseas Indian tarvellers, Reliance Globalcom, a subsidiary of Reliance Communications announced the launch of </description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:48:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1710</link><title>Affle’s claims 100 mn impressions in mobile advertising</title><description>Affle’s short messaging service termed SMS 2.0 claims that it has crossed 100 million impressions in mobile advertising. The service is currently avai</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:20:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1706</link><title>Mobile TV: Trai for 74 per cent FDI</title><description>The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today released its recommendations on foreign investment limits for broadcasting sector. According to</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:24:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1707</link><title>TRAI proposes 74% FDI in Mobile TV </title><description>Telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI) today recommended 74% foreign investment limit in mobile TV. At present, there is no policy on FDI in mob</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:09:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1686</link><title>BSNL, RIM in talks to offer Blackberry services</title><description>The Blackberry controversy seems to be working in favour of RIM as operators who had earlier stayed away from forging a deal with the Canadian firm ar</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1673</link><title>Google Launches Brand-Image ads for Mobile Phones</title><description>Google Inc., in an attempt to stretch out advertising beyond the computer-based Web market to mobile phones, announced on Wednesday the introduction o</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:02:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1655</link><title>Sun Microsystems enhances IPTV product portfolio</title><description>Sun Microsystems has announced that its IPTV products will now enable simultaneous streaming in the range of 100-160,000 streams as the company expand</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:22:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1661</link><title>IBM’s pilot project aims at rural telephony in India</title><description>In a shift from its core area of focus i.e. enterprise communications, IBM is now ready to explore other avenues of growth as the company announced la</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:50:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1662</link><title>IFFCO’s subsidiary, Airtel tie-up to target farming community in TN</title><description>Fertiliser major IFFCO’s subsidiary IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd (IKSL), and mobile operator Airtel tied-up to offer mobile marketing services including se</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:30:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1632</link><title>Radisson Hotel offers free Wi-Fi services to resident guests </title><description>Radisson Hotel Delhi has gone a step ahead and become the first hotel in India to provide free unlimited internet and Wi-Fi services to all its reside</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:12:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1633</link><title>Railway tickets soon at the nearest mobile recharge shop</title><description>The Railways is aiming to leverage on the huge reach of the mobile retail outlets and in an attempt to target the mobile subscribers is planning to of</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:13:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1643</link><title>Nokia signs with Sony BMG for free music offering</title><description>Nokia plans to come up with free 12-month access to music from artists of Sony BMG to buyers of its particular music phones.
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Nokia’s “Comes W</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:59:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1617</link><title>Tata Tele to launch Blackberry services without govt approval</title><description>Citing “significant loss of business opportunity and recurring revenues” due to the government’s delay in approving its proposed tie-up with Research </description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:50:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1602</link><title>Cricinfo, Plusmo launches cricket widget ‘Mobicast’ for iPhone</title><description>ESPN owned Cricinfo in association with Plusmo comes up with the first full-fledged cricket widget, Mobicast for Apple’s iPhone. 
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Mobicast wi</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:48:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1603</link><title> Procall comes up with first digital PTT service in India</title><description>Procall, wireless communication solution providers announced the launch of its next generation digital wireless (radio) solution claiming it to be fir</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:50:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1592</link><title>Indyarocks.com brings its social networking site on mobile platform </title><description>Indyarocks launched a mobile platform offering all popular features of Indyarocks like profiles, people search, personal diary, graffiti wall, private</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:50:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1593</link><title>RCom ties up with ICC for rankings</title><description>Reliance Communications has announced its tie up with International Cricket Council for the next eight years as the title sponsors of the ICC’s rankin</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:01:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1567</link><title>MTNL introduces mobile tracking service</title><description>MTNL launched mobile tracking service in a tie-up with Micro technologies which traces lost or stolen mobiles through a software.
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The softwar</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:41:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1573</link><title>Actai unveils browser-based C2Call service</title><description>Actai networks, developer and operator of mobile solutions in Europe and Asia, announced the launch of beta version of C2Call, a web-based telephone s</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:41:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1575</link><title>YOU Telecom partners Infinishare Tech for desktop content facilitation</title><description>YOU Telecom has entered into a partnership with Pune-based Infinishare Technologies to facilitate desktop content hosting from home PCs. 
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Und</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:54:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1552</link><title>Madonna’s debut remix ‘4 Minutes’ available on mobile for download</title><description>Verizon Wireless has teamed up with Madonna, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake to deliver the mobile underground remix of Madonna’s debut single “4 Minu</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:05:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1553</link><title>SBI to begin mobile banking service within a month </title><description>State Bank of India (SBI) announced its plans to kick off mobile banking service within a month. 
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The bank has reportedly finalized a domesti</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:23:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1538</link><title>Bharti Telesoft, Riyada Consulting sign deal with Arab Financial Services</title><description>Bharti Telesoft and Riyada Consulting join hands with Arab Financial Services to integrate Bharti’s Mobiquity platform.
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The tie-up claims tha</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:13:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1543</link><title>Fever 104 FM launches Vodafone Fever Contest </title><description>Fever 104 FM, in partnership with Vodafone, is set to launch its new promotion campaign called the Vodafone Fever contest to be run from today till Ma</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:38:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1525</link><title>CNN International, Samsung form alliance to offer news content on mobile phones</title><description>CNN International and Samsung announced an exclusive deal under which CNN’s new mobile java application will be accessed to the customers through Sams</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:37:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1474</link><title>Indiagames, PopCap join hands for Mobile Gaming</title><description>Mobile and online games company Indiagames has joined hands with casual gaming company PopCap Games to distribute key titles from PopCap''s catalog of</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:02:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1485</link><title>RCom launches education portal on mobile phones</title><description>Reliance Communications launches an educational portal on Reliance Mobile phones to offer variety of useful information on exam results, college admis</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:08:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1450</link><title>Sunil Mittal says MVNO model will not work in India</title><description>Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal on Monday said the concept of mobile virtual network operator will not be successful in India due to the prevailing</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:17:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1460</link><title>NTT comes up with ‘Smell Mobile Phone’</title><description>NTT Communications has come up with a test called Mobile Fragrance Communication service. In this test the audiovisual content is paired with specific</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:21:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1442</link><title>Orange comes up with ‘cinema series’ in France</title><description>Orange is coming up with new service for its customers called ‘cinema series’ where customers can watch six TV channels and video-on-demand on their T</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:24:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1445</link><title>MakeMyTrip.com targets mobile subscribers, launches holistic m-commerce platform</title><description>The online medium seems to be finally waking upto the mobile medium potential as the latter is increasingly assuming importance in new business plans </description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:53:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1446</link><title>MakeMyTrip.com targets mobile subscribers, launches holistic m-commerce platform</title><description>The online medium seems to be finally waking upto the mobile medium potential as the latter is increasingly assuming importance in new business plans </description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:36:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1428</link><title>Oxigen collaborates with Redbus</title><description>Oxigen Services India Private Ltd, an IT-enabled multi-services platform and distributor of recharges, prepaid subscriptions and bill payments, announ</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:05:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1421</link><title>Nokia launches N-Gage mobile gaming service</title><description>Nokia launches its N-Gage gaming service with a hope to energize an ailing market for mobile gaming.
The new gaming service is one of the cornerstone</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:48:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1426</link><title>Amazon launches shopping by Text Messaging</title><description>Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc, launched on Tuesday a new service that allows shoppers to search or purchase products using their cell phones. 
The</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:12:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1400</link><title>LG Telecom likely to offer 3G services on Google platform</title><description>LG Telecom, South Korea’s third-largest mobile service operator may offer its 3G services on Google’s software enabled mobile phones.
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CEO Jun</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:29:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1401</link><title>Yahoo launches voice-search via mobile phones </title><description>Yahoo has come up with new version of its OneSearch technology fro mobile phone. This will help the users to search faster through voice or text. 
&amp;n</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:32:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1388</link><title>RealNetworks signs SMS service deal with BSNL</title><description>RealNetworks announced a deal with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for deploying EmoticonSMS services later in the year. This service will be accessed by BSN</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:36:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1391</link><title>Tata Teleservices to launch JuiceCaster social networking services in India</title><description>Tata Teleservices disclosed its plans of being the first to launch JuiceCaster 6.0, a unified mobile and web social media application, in India. Juice</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:38:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1370</link><title>Oxigen ties up with Ticketvala.com</title><description>Oxigen Services India Private Ltd, an IT-enabled multi-services platform and distributor of recharges, prepaid subscriptions and bill payments, today </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:49:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1347</link><title>Onmobile completes deployment of Nuance speech solutions</title><description>Nuance Communications Inc. said that Onmobile has completed the largest global deployment of Nuance speech solutions for telecom value-added services </description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:24:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1348</link><title>Mywaves inks mobile content deal with MTV Networks </title><description>Mywaves has signed a deal with MTV Networks to come up with an application that enables user to download free, ad-supported video to their phones. 
&amp;</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:41:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1351</link><title>Aksh Optifibre Ltd, Eros International join hands to bring Bollywood to IPTV subscribers</title><description>Aksh Optifibre Ltd and Eros International have entered into a three year agreement to bring Bollywood to IPTV subscribers. 
 
Eros will offer music </description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:38:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1353</link><title>Sony Pictures to bring films on mobile phones in USA</title><description>Sony Pictures Television is seeking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the US. The company has signed a deal with AT&amp;amp;T and Medi</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:45:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1354</link><title>Qualcomm assigns RockeTalk to provide mobile social communication services </title><description>RockeTalk Inc announced its advanced platform and strong application which allows easy, unified messaging and multimedia chat developed for Qualcomm’s</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:18:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1335</link><title>Obopay enters India, ties-up with Yes Bank for MMT services</title><description>Obopay marked its India foray by launching instant money transfer services in India through a partnership between its subsidiary Obopay India and Yes </description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:14:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1319</link><title>WiFi Networks launches Wi-Fi based video broadcasting solution for mobile handhelds</title><description>WiFi networks announced launch of a technological platform based on Digital Video Broadcasting for terrestrial/Handhelds (DVB-T/H) standards, which wi</description><pubDate>3/28/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1323</link><title>AT&amp;T to launch MediaFlo based live mobile TV services in May</title><description>AT&amp;amp;T, the largest US mobile network operator, plans to come up with mobile TV service in May.
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AT&amp;amp;T said it would offer MediaFlo based</description><pubDate>3/28/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1328</link><title>Tpad launches Mobile VoIP on WiFi-enabled Nokia handsets</title><description>Tpad has come up with a free SMS text service that it claims will automatically setup a WiFi enabled mass-market mobile phone bringing free or ultra l</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:22:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1307</link><title>Tata enables subscribers to book air tickets through mobile, ties-up with PayMate</title><description>Tata Teleservices announced its tie-up with mobile payment solutions company PayMate enabling its subscribers to book domestic air tickets through the</description><pubDate>3/27/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1298</link><title>Microsoft collaborates with five social networking sites</title><description>Microsoft Corp. announced collaboration with five of the world’s most popular social networks, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn and Tagged. The company c</description><pubDate>3/26/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1299</link><title>IPTV may not succeed in India, says Sony TV CEO Dasgupta</title><description>Mr. Kunal Dasgupta, CEO of Sony Entertainment indicated on the slim probability of IPTV succeeding in India in near future as the medium has limited a</description><pubDate>3/26/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1254</link><title>Virgin mobile tariff 25-30% cheaper than GSM tariff, says report</title><description>The newly formed alliance between Tata Teleservices and Virgin Mobile is offering services which are around 25-30% cheaper as compared to similar offe</description><pubDate>3/24/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1257</link><title>Time Broadband launches IPTV service in Malaysia, plans expansion in China, India and Ukraine</title><description>Time Broadband Services Pvt Ltd (TBSL) has started mobile IPTV services in Malaysia and plans to expand it to China, India and Ukraine in the next thr</description><pubDate>3/24/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1258</link><title>UK firm rolls out new mobile email solution, offers free mobile email-id</title><description>&amp;nbsp;
Adroit Claretdene Infotech, UK based information Solutions Company announced the launch of a new mobile email solution, email@mobile which ena</description><pubDate>3/24/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1235</link><title>Kingfisher Airlines applies for in-flight mobile service approval</title><description>&amp;nbsp;
Kingfisher Airlines has sought clearance from the government as it aims to offer inflight mobile services on its international flights. The Ai</description><pubDate>3/21/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1240</link><title>MySpace Mobile to hit all Web-Enabled Sprint phones</title><description>Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that its Internet-accessible phones will have access to MySpace Mobile as both the companies entered into an agreement.</description><pubDate>3/21/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1243</link><title>Emirates aircraft offers in-flight mobile services</title><description>Emirates became the first airline to offer in-flight mobile services to its passengers. The service will also permit the passengers to send and receiv</description><pubDate>3/21/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1209</link><title>Who is Waiting for 3G? Movies on mobile may be at our fingertips before 3G arrives</title><description>To south Bombayites growing up in the 60s, Shemaroo, in fancy Cantonese-like letters on its awning, was a little lending library of dog-eared novels a</description><pubDate>3/20/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1213</link><title>MTNL, Aksh to offer 100 channel IPTV services without any monthly rental for one year</title><description>Reports state that MTNL and Aksh Optifibre are planning to offer subscribers in Mumbai a bouquet of 100 IPTV channels with no monthly rentals for one </description><pubDate>3/20/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1224</link><title>Google observes surge in Internet use on mobile phones</title><description>Google has seen a surge in Internet activity among mobile phone users after the company launched faster Web services on limited phone models. Google s</description><pubDate>3/20/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1193</link><title>SIB all set to launch mobile banking</title><description>The South Indian Bank (SIB)aims to offer enhanced mobile banking services to its customers as the bank aims to be the second bank after Barclays to of</description><pubDate>3/19/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1181</link><title>Paper Out Cellphones In at Airports</title><description>Don’t be shocked if your mobile devices are checked to board the flight. With the advancement in the means of technology, the paper is out and the mob</description><pubDate>3/18/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1187</link><title>EU shortlists DVB-H for Mobile TV, Qualcomm shares stumble</title><description>The European Commission’s decision of adopting Nokia backed mobile TV broadcast standard over Qualcomm Inc. has pushed the latter down in the wider ch</description><pubDate>3/18/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1160</link><title>Napster, Ericsson To Roll Out Mobile Music Service for O2</title><description>Napster in collaboration with Ericsson announced the launch of the Napster Mobile music service with O2 UK.
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Napster Mobile offers an assortme</description><pubDate>3/17/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1144</link><title>Siemens, Bangalore working towards replacing airline boarding pass with mobiles</title><description>Siemens Airport Systems Laboratory in Bangalore is working towards developing a technology which would replace the physical boarding pass.
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Ac</description><pubDate>3/15/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1129</link><title>mGinger bets big on mobile advertising</title><description>Mobile advertising is yet to catch the frenzy in this country. But some companies are already betting big on the potential of this medium. One such co</description><pubDate>3/14/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1132</link><title>Spice to launch user-generated content Mobile TV services</title><description>According to reports, Spice Telecom is all set to launch user generated content for its mobile TV services foray. The services will enable the users t</description><pubDate>3/14/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1138</link><title>Tata Indicom introduces ‘I-Help Emergency Services’</title><description>Tata Teleservices Ltd, India’s leading telecom service provider, today launched i-Help Emergency Services targeted to provide help service to subscrib</description><pubDate>3/14/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1109</link><title>Goldstone plans IPTV foray in 11 countries</title><description>President and CEO of Goldstone Technologies, Rajesh Kalidindi said that the company aims to launch IPTV services in 11 countries by 2008-09. He furthe</description><pubDate>3/13/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1110</link><title>SRK rules in mobile space too</title><description>It is not just Bollywood which is dancing to the tunes of actor Sharukh Khan. The actor’s popularity and charisma is reflected on the mobile space too</description><pubDate>3/13/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1111</link><title>Mobile entertainment to generate $47.5 billion by 2010, says Jupiter Research</title><description>Greater 3G adoption and a surged increase in rich media, made-for-mobile content is all set to drive the mobile entertainment revenues to the tune of </description><pubDate>3/13/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1113</link><title>Virgin Mobile launches website to attract Indian customers</title><description>The recently arrived Virgin Mobile, in alliance with Tata Teleservices is using the online platform to attract youngsters in the country. 
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Ri</description><pubDate>3/13/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1115</link><title>NextWave, Alcatel-Lucent To develop WiMAX –based mobile TV solutions</title><description>NextWave Wireless Inc, a global provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, announced that it has clinched a strategic deal wit</description><pubDate>3/13/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1122</link><title>Online and mobile contribute 10% of multipex ticket sales</title><description>Multiplexes are reportedly selling 10-12% of the tickets through non-conventional channels like the Net and mobile phones. Industry players believe th</description><pubDate>3/13/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1072</link><title>Operators gear up to counter Virgin VAS offerings</title><description>Youth has now become the focus of operators with Virgin-Tata tie-up launching services targeted towards this segment and other operators too gearing u</description><pubDate>3/11/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1076</link><title>Bharti Airtel, Micro Technologies launch ‘micro lost mobile tracking system’</title><description>Micro Technologies India and Bharti Airtel will now offer micro lost mobile tracking system to all the Airtel mobile handsets subscribers. 
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T</description><pubDate>3/11/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1080</link><title>‘BPL Mobile Jukebox’- Mobile radio service</title><description>BPL Mobile, Mumbai’s leading cellular service provider introduces ‘BPL Mobile Jukebox’. It is a mobile radio service that will allow its subscribers t</description><pubDate>3/11/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1056</link><title>Yahoo launches onePlace</title><description>Yahoo has unveiled its new mobile product called ‘onePlace’ which will enable users to manage and organise content on their phones easily. The applica</description><pubDate>3/10/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1064</link><title>Affle to launch with Airtel, Nokia</title><description>Affle, a value added service provider for mobile services is to tie up with Airtel and Nokia to make offer to the customers. CEO, Anuj Kumar states th</description><pubDate>3/10/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1037</link><title>BSNL all set to sign multiple VAS deals</title><description>BSNL is gearing up to take on the private operators on VAS as the company plans to enter into multiple tie-ups with content providers to offer service</description><pubDate>3/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1046</link><title>Huawei Launches Mobile TV USB Data Card</title><description>Huawei Technologies announced the launch of a portable USB data card, the E510, at the CeBIT annual trade show for information and telecommunications </description><pubDate>3/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1047</link><title>Huawei Launches Mobile TV USB Data Card</title><description>Huawei Technologies announced the launch of a portable USB data card, the E510, at the CeBIT annual trade show for information and telecommunications </description><pubDate>3/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1012</link><title>Airtel introduces phone back-up services in Punjab</title><description>Bharti Airtel announced the launch of a mobile back-up service, which will allow subscribers to create a back-up for their phone data. 
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"It c</description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1015</link><title>MTNL to launch mobile TV services from April 1</title><description>PSUs are turning the heat on private operators and seem to be in the lookout to gain a head start at the slightest available opportunity. MTNL especia</description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1017</link><title>Obopay plans India foray</title><description>US_based mobile payments company, Obopay is planning to launch person-to-person mobile payment service in the country.
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"We are in talks with </description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1023</link><title>MTNL to launch mobile TV services from April 1</title><description>PSUs are turning the heat on private operators and seem to be in the lookout to gain a head start at the slightest available opportunity. MTNL especia</description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1025</link><title>12 million Mobile TV subscribers in 2008 says research</title><description>According to the report of Springboard Research Indian mobile phone users are geared up to utilize Mobile TV services as the estimated market size ten</description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1026</link><title>Adidas, Samsung to launch “mobile phone coach”</title><description>Adidas and Samsung have teamed up for the first time to come up with miCoach, a mobile phone that works with Adidas shoes and apparel to plan, track a</description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1029</link><title /><description>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp Ltd (IRCTC), a division of Indian Railways which issues tickets to about 15 million passengers daily star</description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1030</link><title>IRCTCmobile: An Effective Mobile Ticketing Application for Railways</title><description>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp Ltd (IRCTC), a division of Indian Railways which issues tickets to about 15 million passengers daily star</description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1031</link><title>IRCTCmobile: An Effective Mobile Ticketing Application for Railways</title><description>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp Ltd (IRCTC), a division of Indian Railways which issues tickets to about 15 million passengers daily star</description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1032</link><title>IRCTCmobile: An Effective Mobile Ticketing Application for Railways</title><description>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp Ltd (IRCTC), a division of Indian Railways which issues tickets to about 15 million passengers daily star</description><pubDate>3/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=985</link><title>Industry players put their bet on location-based VAS offerings</title><description>Industry players feel that though content-based VAS offerings may be dominating the VAS space presently, the scene is all set to change with consumers</description><pubDate>3/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=992</link><title>Airtel enters in tie-up with multiple Banks for mobile money transfer</title><description>Bharti Airtel launched a slew of partnerships for mobile commerce services including mobile money transfer. 
 
The operator entered in to partnershi</description><pubDate>3/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=993</link><title>Airtel enters in tie-up with multiple Banks for mobile money transfer</title><description>Bharti Airtel launched a slew of partnerships for mobile commerce services including mobile money transfer. 
 
The operator entered in to partnershi</description><pubDate>3/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=995</link><title>‘Google Gears’ new service in mobile phones</title><description>Google Gears is the service offered by Google to mobile phones users to access mobile Net facility. Users can access Web-based applications even when </description><pubDate>3/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=996</link><title>Yahoo unveils bookmarking tool for cellphones</title><description>Yahoo, the internet company unveils a new bookmarking tool for mobile phones that allow people to keep track of their favorite Web content like news f</description><pubDate>3/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1000</link><title>IMAI Event: VAS is the driving force behind hike in telecom revenue </title><description>Where on one side, the value-added services providers in India are happy due to 40 per cent growth annually on the other hand, the mobile industry pla</description><pubDate>3/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1002</link><title>Mobile Games Industry Banks on Nokia, Social Networking Sites</title><description>An upsurge in social networking sites and new delivery platform from Nokia has given mobile game publishers a second lease of life after a low key bus</description><pubDate>3/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=964</link><title>Barclays launches Hello Money mobile banking services</title><description>Barclays bank launched mobile banking service ‘Hello Money’ which will enable customers to make banking transactions from their mobile phones. Accordi</description><pubDate>3/4/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=950</link><title>Virgin Mobile launches youth focused services, eyes GSM space too</title><description>Virgin Mobile launched youth focused mobile services in India in association with Tata Teleservices. The alliance will launch Virgin Mobile in 50 citi</description><pubDate>3/3/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=951</link><title>Virgin Mobile launches youth focused services, eyes GSM space too</title><description>Virgin Mobile launched youth focused mobile services in India in association with Tata Teleservices. The alliance will launch Virgin Mobile in 50 citi</description><pubDate>3/3/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=938</link><title>Disney in mobile service market in Japan</title><description>Disney launched a mobile phone service in Japan with collaboration with Softbank Corp. on Saturday. 
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Walt Disney Japan, the local unit of Wal</description><pubDate>3/1/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=940</link><title>Longtail to bring TNA wrestling on mobile game platform </title><description>Longtail has partnered with TNA wrestling to bring the game to mobile platform. Like other console wrestling games, TNA Wrestling will feature various</description><pubDate>3/1/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=896</link><title>Star Plus’s show to fetch Rs 18 crore through VAS</title><description>Star Plus is expected to earn over Rs 18 crore from mobile and landline calls and through SMSes for its new quiz show Kya Aap Panchvi Pass Se Tez Hai,</description><pubDate>2/27/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=882</link><title>Penguin Joins Mobifusion To Deliver Books on Mobile</title><description>Penguin India, Asia’s biggest English language publisher announced it’s partnership with developer and distributor of mobile technologies, Mobifusion </description><pubDate>2/26/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=864</link><title>Virgin mobile may announce its India foray this week</title><description>The London-based Virgin Mobile is likely to announce its India telecom foray later this week as the company CEO Richard Branson is scheduled to visit </description><pubDate>2/25/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=842</link><title>IPTV service in Thailand for NRIs</title><description>Hyderabad-based Goldstone Group company, Goldstone Technologies, has launched its internet protocol television (IPTV) services for non-resident Indian</description><pubDate>2/22/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=850</link><title>France witnessing significant uptake of mobile TV services</title><description>Mobile TV may still be months away from commercial launch in India. But the service is already creating waves in France which is witnessing increased </description><pubDate>2/22/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=838</link><title>Microsoft launches digital advertising platform in India</title><description>Microsoft launched a digital advertising platform in India in alliance with Hungama, Equity Master, HDFC Securities and Facebook. 
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Microsoft </description><pubDate>2/21/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=813</link><title>Reliance MPay Turns Mobile into A Virtual Credit Card</title><description>Reliance announced a mobile wallet service ahead of its GSM competitors for a potential base of 1 to 2 million of its subscribers that are also accoun</description><pubDate>2/20/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=819</link><title>MTNL comes up with Mobile TV in Mumbai, Delhi</title><description>State owned telecom service provider, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL), has launched its mobile TV service in India. This service is initially availab</description><pubDate>2/20/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=820</link><title>Nokia in alliance with PopCap Games to bring mobile gaming platform</title><description>Nokia demonstrated its new SnapMobile platform at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, showing live demos of N-Gage First Access also. 
&amp;</description><pubDate>2/20/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=802</link><title>Mobile TV truly evolves at Mobile World Congress</title><description>The importance of mobile TV is immense in the year 2008. Many operators are trying their hand at this service. In fact Ericsson said that more than 17</description><pubDate>2/19/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=808</link><title>Idea,Geodesic Information to come up with mobile Net radio service</title><description>Geodesic Information Systems Ltd and Idea Cellular join hands to launch “Idea Radio”, a mobile Internet radio service in India.
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IDEA Radio is</description><pubDate>2/19/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=785</link><title>Vodafone charters Microsoft envoy for Internet operations</title><description>Vodafone Group Plc announces the creation of Vodafone Internet Services to lead the development of Vodafone’s existing and future consumer proposition</description><pubDate>2/18/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=789</link><title>Motorola acquisition of Soundbuzz completed</title><description>Motorola Inc. has completed its acquisition of Soundbuzz Pte. Ltd. With this acquisition, doors for Motorola open up to extend its Greater China music</description><pubDate>2/18/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=759</link><title>MTNL opts for soft launch of its mobile TV services</title><description>MTNL has announced a soft launch of its mobile TV service in the capital offering seven channels on GPRS enabled handsets. The commercial launch will </description><pubDate>2/15/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=742</link><title>Yahoo to offer  oneConnect mobile services</title><description>Yahoo announced that it will launch a new mobile service called oneConnect by this spring which will offer integrated services for email, instant mess</description><pubDate>2/14/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=744</link><title>Yahoo to offer oneConnect mobile services  </title><description>Yahoo announced that it will launch a new mobile service called oneConnect by this spring which will offer integrated services for email, instant mess</description><pubDate>2/14/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=746</link><title>Valentine’s Day: Amongst roses, cards and gifts, consumers also use mobile services</title><description>While roses, cards and exchanging gifts may have become conventional practices to express love on Valentine’s Day, it is the mobile services which has</description><pubDate>2/14/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=747</link><title>RCom, CanvasM launch multiplayer mobile game</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) joined hands with CanvasM to introduce Multiplayer mobile games in India. With this service, consumers can enter into g</description><pubDate>2/14/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=722</link><title>Yahoo, T-Mobile tie-up to offer Web services</title><description>Yahoo and T-Mobile announced tie-up to offer web services for the latter’s subscribers in Northern and Central Europe. 
 
According to Marco Boerrie</description><pubDate>2/13/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=704</link><title>NetXcell, SinglePoint tie up to offer VAS solutions </title><description>Telecom application services provider NetXcell Ltd has announced its partnership with SinglePoint, a US-based mobile aggregator and media interactivit</description><pubDate>2/12/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=709</link><title>Tanla Mobile launches online guide</title><description>Tanla Mobile on Monday announced the launch of the Tanla Guide that aims to offer services and guidance to agencies and brands about how to design, la</description><pubDate>2/12/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=712</link><title>Nokia to integrate Google Search</title><description>Nokia signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France Telecom Unit, Orange in order to provide Value Added Services (VAS) like mobile advertising</description><pubDate>2/12/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=681</link><title>Roamware Enhances Mobile Social Networking</title><description>Roamware, Mumbai-based developer of roaming and mobile media solutions has signalled its sortie into the location-aware social networking territory at</description><pubDate>2/11/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=678</link><title>Marketers bank on quick response codes to crack mobile marketing</title><description>Mobile marketing seems to be on the radar of solution developers. The segment is increasingly witnessed innovative and unique concept being deployed t</description><pubDate>2/9/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=649</link><title>Reliance Adds the E to the ABCD of Mobile VAS</title><description>Reliance Communications (RCom) is set to vary the staple diet of ‘ABCD’ (Astrology, Bollywood, Cricket and Dating) fed to the Indian mobile consumer. </description><pubDate>2/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=650</link><title>Facebook ties up with Vodafone to launch 'Mobile Platform'</title><description>Social networking portal Facebook has launched its mobile platform enabling enhanced end-user experience on mobile devices and has tied-up with Vodafo</description><pubDate>2/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=652</link><title>BPL Mobile is World's First to Enable International SMS by Voice</title><description>BPL Mobile has become the first mobile operator in the world to extended its voice-based SMS service to international messaging, allowing its 1.2 mill</description><pubDate>2/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=657</link><title>MobME starts rolling out Bluetooth hotspots across the country</title><description>&amp;nbsp;
MobME Wireless Pvt. Ltd. announced its plans to launch free Bluetooth hotspots in 5000 locations across 200 cities in the country by 2010. The</description><pubDate>2/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=659</link><title>Outcast TV selects Tanla Mobile for Buzz</title><description>Tanla Mobile has been selected by Outcast TV to develop a media personalization platform, Buzz which will enable users and brands to communicate with </description><pubDate>2/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=669</link><title>Ericsson bags Aircel's push email contract</title><description>Ericsson announced that it has bagged push email contract from Aircel under which Ericsson will take end-to-end responsibility for the service includi</description><pubDate>2/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=634</link><title>Bharti Airtel, Reliance get permission to launch IPTV services</title><description>Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications are reportedly given permission to offer IPTV services following the recommendations sent by TRAI to the min</description><pubDate>2/7/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=612</link><title>Nokia starts rolling out gaming, social networking sites</title><description>Global handset major Nokia announced that it has started rolling out its gaming and social networking sites. The gaming service and the media sharing </description><pubDate>2/6/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=632</link><title>Bharti Airtel, Reliance Gets Permission To Launch IPTV Services</title><description>Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications were reportedly given permission to offer IPTV services following the recommendations sent by TRAI to the mi</description><pubDate>2/6/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=600</link><title>Broadcasters will now be able to transmit channels through IPTV</title><description>I&amp;B ministry today informed the telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI) that it has accepted its recommendations on IPTV. This means that the bro</description><pubDate>2/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=607</link><title>VAS players gear up to local content potential</title><description>With the new as well as future mobile subscriber additions likely to come from rural markets, VAS industry players foresee a significant market for lo</description><pubDate>2/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=608</link><title>Virgin Mobile may be launched in March</title><description>Tata Teleservices and Virgin Mobile plan to launch the latter’s services in the country within first week of March. Reports suggest that the services </description><pubDate>2/5/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=584</link><title>CalTel launches IPTV in Kolkatta</title><description>BSNL Kolkatta launched IPTV services in its area of operation which offers 103 channels and also some free music channels.
 
“From today we are laun</description><pubDate>2/4/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=596</link><title>Napster, Ericsson to launch Mobile Music Service in Chile</title><description>Napster has entered into partnership agreement with Ericsson to offer what it claims to be a superior mobile music experience to customers of Entel PC</description><pubDate>2/4/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=569</link><title>Netcore offers free SMS alerts</title><description>VAS company Netcore has launched free SMS alert services through which mobile subscribers can subscribe to 20 SMS-based channels like News, Sensex, Cr</description><pubDate>2/1/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=555</link><title>Standard Chartered Bank launches mobile commerce services</title><description>Standard Chartered Bank launched mobile commerce and cardless cash withdrawal facilities for its customers. The facilities leverage on advantages offe</description><pubDate>1/31/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=543</link><title>Mobile-worx ties up with Alabot for ad supported SMS search</title><description>Mobile-worx announced tie-up with applications provider Alabot to offer ad supported SMS search services.  The tie-up claims that the search function </description><pubDate>1/30/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=524</link><title>VSNL ties up with Yash Raj films for web premiere of Chak De</title><description>VSNL’s Tata Indicom broadband consumers will be able to view the web premiere of Hindi blockbuster Chak De as the firm tied up with Yash Raj films.
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Pune-based Cosmos Bank has tied-up with mobile payment solutions company PayMate enabling the bank’s customers to pay for online mobile shoppi</description><pubDate>1/28/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=505</link><title>Zee plans national Saat Phere of Mobile TV</title><description>Following a commercial trial in northern India, Zee TV is readying a national rollout of its ISee mobile TV platform on BSNL’s GPRS/EDGE network from </description><pubDate>1/25/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=486</link><title>Times Internet, Mobio offer live feed on mobile</title><description>Times Internet and VAS provider Mobio tied up to provide iMobizo brand of VAS services to Indian mobile subscribers. IMobizo will work on a web-based </description><pubDate>1/23/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=430</link><title>Soon credit card services on your mobile phones</title><description>Financial Technologies’ subsidiary Atom Technologies has tied up with Axis Bank to develop an application enabling credit card services through mobile</description><pubDate>1/18/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=406</link><title>Yahoo extends partnership with RCom to offer mobile search services</title><description>&amp;nbsp;
With Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger services available on Reliance Mobile World for the last two years, the two firms have now extended the pa</description><pubDate>1/16/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=378</link><title>Cable operator becomes fourth largest telco in the USA</title><description>Cable MSO Comcast has become the fourth largest landline phone company in the USA with a subscriber base of 4.1 million.
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The company made an </description><pubDate>1/10/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=371</link><title>Yahoo to enter mobile space</title><description>Following footsteps of Google, Internet company Yahoo is entering the mobile space. At the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show, which kicked off in Las </description><pubDate>1/8/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=360</link><title /><description>Auctioning of spectrum, FDI cap of 74% and a limit of 20% equity that a mobile TV provider can own in a broadcasting company are some of the highlight</description><pubDate>1/4/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=361</link><title>Auctioning of licences, 74% FDI cap on mobile TV proposed</title><description>Auctioning of spectrum, FDI cap of 74% and a limit of 20% equity that a mobile TV provider can own in a broadcasting company are some of the highlight</description><pubDate>1/4/2008</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=326</link><title>Asians send nearly three times more SMSes than rest of the world</title><description>More than 2.3 trillion mobile messages will be sent worldwide in 2008, an increase of almost 20 per cent from last year''s 1.9 trillion messages, said</description><pubDate>12/19/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=324</link><title>NDTV Active launched, targeted towards mobile users</title><description>NDTV launched NDTV Active, a channel focused towards mobile subscribers. The channel aims to leverage in its existing assets in the form of news conte</description><pubDate>12/18/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=321</link><title>Third IPTV operator in Korea</title><description>Indian telcos should learn from their Korean counterparts. Despite regulatory drawbacks, operators in Korea are rolling out IPTV services. The country</description><pubDate>12/17/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=312</link><title>Mobile phones to be your railway tickets</title><description>This will be a very innovative use of mobile phones. Indian Railway Catering and Transport Corporation (IRCTC), India''s largest e-commerce company, p</description><pubDate>12/15/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=318</link><title>Mobile TV spectrum to be auctioned</title><description>Mobile TV operators will have to pay for the use of spectrum. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Nripendra Misra today said that th</description><pubDate>12/15/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=297</link><title>Mobile phones as Metro tickets, credit cards</title><description>London would become the first city where mobile handsets would double up as train tickets and credit or debit cards. This convergence is expected to t</description><pubDate>12/12/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=296</link><title>Mobile phones for metro tickets, credit cards</title><description>London would become the first city where mobile handsets would double up as train tickets and credit or debit cards. This convergence is expected to t</description><pubDate>11/29/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=256</link><title>Operators report 50-60% drop in VAS revenues</title><description>The government order to make it five digit codes for premium VAS services has hit the operators hard. Some of them claim that they are witnessing 50-6</description><pubDate>10/25/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=243</link><title>Geneva Software launches multi-lingual SMS service</title><description>Geneva Software Technologies (GSTL) launched a multi-lingual SMS service called Geneva E2C enabling users to send up to one lakh SMS from a PC to mobi</description><pubDate>10/24/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=247</link><title>Western Union ties with GSMA</title><description>Western Union has tied-up with GSMA to facilitate cross-border mobile money transfer.
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The tie-up is developing a commercial and technical fra</description><pubDate>10/24/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=252</link><title>Operators: Go slow on mobile TV</title><description>Service providers have requested the government to go slow on devising mobile TV regulations reasoning that the technology is still in nascent stage a</description><pubDate>10/24/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=228</link><title>Yahoo launches mobile search services</title><description>Yahoo! India has announced the launch of oneSearch SMS. The service will enable mobile subscribers to search for information with the help of their mo</description><pubDate>10/23/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=232</link><title>Cricinfo on mobile</title><description>ESPN owned Cricinfo launched ‘Cricinfo MobiCast’ — a live, ball-by-ball update and scorecard service for Internet/GPRS enabled mobile phones. 
&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>10/23/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=217</link><title>Operators demand unregulated mobile TV</title><description>Operators, vendors and broadcasters have demanded that there should be no regulation on mobile TV services. The&amp;nbsp;players also pointed out that the</description><pubDate>10/22/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=218</link><title>Airtel to offer IPTV, DTH services</title><description>Airtel will launch its IPTV services in NCR in two months time and pan-India DTH services in the first quarter of next fiscal.
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Bharti Airtel </description><pubDate>10/22/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=171</link><title>BSNL IPTV services soon in AP</title><description>BSNL subscribers in Viajayawada will be offered IPTV and Video-on-Demand services by March. 
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BSNL Chief General Manager Telecom (A.P. Circle)</description><pubDate>10/4/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=137</link><title>Vodafone becomes Wimax forum member</title><description>Vodafone joined Wimax forum as principal member yesterday. Wimax forum is a non-profit industry organization for promoting and certifying interoperabl</description><pubDate>8/10/2007</pubDate></item><item><category>VAS</category><link>http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=138</link><title>Mobile advertising: Pop-up ads to hit your screen</title><description>Feel happy to finally block that annoying pop-up ad on your internet browser? Your happiness is shortlived. The reason;&amp;nbsp;advertisers have develope</description><pubDate>8/10/2007</pubDate></item></channel></rss>