TRAI rules that consent is must for value added services
Indian telecom regulatory body TRAI has ruled that mobile service providers would have to seek explicit consent from their subscribers before activating any value-added service on their accounts.
This is good news for mobile users in the country who often found themselves subscribed to paid services they [...]
Yahoo sign deals with MTNL and Idea in India
Internet media giant Yahoo has announced some new deals in the Asia Pacific market.
These include a deal with Indian mobile operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited related to their Yahoo! oneSearch mobile service.
The US based company has also entered into a strategic mobile advertising partnership with Idea Cellular. [...]
Delhi, April 16, 2008 -: Bharti Telesoft – a leading provider of Value Added Services (VAS) and mCommerce services to mobile operators worldwide – in partnership with Riyada Consulting, today announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Arab Financial Services (AFS) for jointly marketing their offerings in the mCommerce field. AFS is the Middle [...]
MTNL providing lost mobile tracking facility
State owned mobile service provider MTNL has announced their latest service which would help their customers track their lost or stolen mobile phones.
The service requires software named which is required to be downloaded and installed on the mobile phone.
Micro Technologies is the company behind this mobile application. A company representative [...]
LG India offers mobile phone theft insurance
LG Electronics is one of the several mobile phone makers who are aiming to become a major player in the Indian market.
The company has now said that they are now providing mobile theft insurance for its customers.
To provide this new service they are collaborating with United India Insurance Company.
LG [...]
Exam Guru launched by Reliance Communications
Indian mobile service provider Reliance Communications has announced the launch of their new service named Exam Guru.
The service is basically an educational portal that is accessible from Reliance mobile devices.
The company said that this new service would provide exams related information to students.
They would be able to access information such [...]
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited to launch EmoticonSMS Service
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is collaborating with RealNetworks to bring a new service named EmoticonSMS to their customers.
The two companies said that this new service would be made available by the end of the year.
When the subscriber signs up for this service, the text messages sent through [...]
Motorola Good Mobile Messaging now in India
US based mobile phone maker Motorola has announced the launch of their Good Mobile Messaging technology in the Indian market.
The company has made available the latest version of the software Good 5. Motorola said that this product has been tailored to meet the advancing needs of the enterprise mobility [...]
IndiaTimes launches Mobile Voice value-added service on 588888
Indian media company IndiaTimes has now launched their Mobile Voice value-added service (VAS) at 588888.
This service has been designed to enable a mobile user to listen to gossips, news, astro tips and music.
It would work from almost all the major mobile services including Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, Tata, MTNL [...]
Vodafone India told to refund money charged for forced services
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has some good news for those Vodafone customers who were charged for services they had never ordered.
TRAI has now ordered Vodafone India to refund all money that it has charged for providing value added services to its subscribers which they had [...]
