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WEEKLY NEWS
Last Updated: 20 July 2011 |
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Dialogic Identifies India as a Major Growth Market
July 18
Dialogic Inc., a leading provider of communications technologies that power advanced networks, announced that its new video design and development center in Noida, India will be the hub of research and development for the company’s video products and will cater to global markets.
Video media server and video gateway products from Dialogic have enabled customers to deploy innovative mobile video services since the advent of 3G networks. Now, Dialogic's video design and development center in India is enhancing the company’s capabilities in the expanding areas of video content adaptation, video streaming and video analytics that will help drive these future services.
With the exponential growth of smartphone use in India, there is a rising demand for Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS). This demand represents a unique opportunity for mobile operators to increase customer offerings and create new revenue opportunities.
Comviva ties-up with leading Content Providers in Bangladesh
July 17
Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS, announced its tie-ups with leading content providers and music label companies - GTech and Sangeeta, thus leading the mobile content market in Bangladesh.
With some recent partnerships with content providers in Bangladesh, Comviva will now provide some of the most innovative mobile content services in the country. The combination of partnering with leading content partners, together with its proven expertise in deploying and managing music services for operators across multiple growth markets, Comviva will further drive the success of ring back tone services in Bangladesh.
Comviva delivers a range of applications – both home-grown and third party – that engage subscribers and provide convenience, entertainment and information services, whilst also addressing operator goals of accelerating revenue growth. Comviva is among the top 3 content aggregators for RBT and its CRBT solution powers ring back tones for over 13 million subscribers with a leading operator in India. The company has continuously enhanced its RBT offering to maintain subscriber stickiness, introducing ‘Star 2 Copy’ to simplify usage, ‘”A” Party Caller Tunes’ to provide callers with a choice of tune and AdsRBT to promote subscriber-relevant brands and enable subsidized service usage. Handset and SIM independent, RBT is available to all subscribers, whether prepaid, postpaid, fixed or wireless.
S Tel launches "Chote Miyan Bade Miyan" series
July 13
S Tel, Apnakara Nijara Phone, announced a series of attractive tariff plan under a common umbrella of Chote Miyan Bade Miyan for its subscribers. S Tel subscribers can now choose a plan of their choice to match their budget and specific needs from a plethora of larger (Bade Miyan) as well as smaller denomination (Chote Miyan) plans comprising of rate cutters, bulk minutes for every segment ( Local, STD, ISD ) along with SMS and GPRS packs.
All products under first range ’Chote Miyan’ come with 30 days validity and have in-built talktime of Rs.10. The customer can enjoy choice of products like - SMS Dhamal that gives first 100 SMS (Local + National) free every day or 1p/2s Calling Karnama, offer that allows first 10,000 sec of Local & STD calls@1p/sec, making STD call as cheap as Local call.
Similarly, Bade Miyan gives a larger benefit to its customers with validity of 90 days and in-built talk time of Rs.30. The second range packed with portfolio of products ranging from ISD dhamaka which gives to consumers lucrative first 5000 sec to Nepal & Gulf @10p/sec or Flat Rate Kamal with attractive tariffs as low as 30p/min for local calls & 40p/min for STD calls. SMS Dhamal, GPRS ka Maza, 1p/2p calling karnama or Local S Tel Masti complete the bouquet of choices in this range.
AirTyme announces Flaunt Communications Device with stylish appeal and latest technology
AirTyme Communications Pvt. Ltd announced the launch of Flaunt, their first branded phone for Indian consumers who need anytime, anywhere connectivity. Flaunt is a stylish, innovative 3G HSUPA phone that combines bold design with the latest communications technology.
After AirTyme’s successful launch of Motorola Milestone XT800 and HTC Pulse for MTS, Flaunt is designed to further meet the growing needs of consumers who seek the latest innovative and exclusive features in their choice of a mobile device. Flaunt features a beautiful form factor with a high-resolution display and a sleek, trendy design.
The AirTyme PV300 Flaunt lets users seamlessly connect to wireless 3G networks that deliver information faster than ever. It includes an intuitive phone interface and Bluetooth connectivity. Users can exchange instant messages through Yahoo, Gtalk, MSN and AOL, browse the Internet with the Opera Mini-Browser, and send multimedia messages. Flaunt is available in two color options - stunning purple and stylish black - and includes a plush velvet phone case.
Flaunt has a large, high resolution screen and roomy QWERTY keypad for fast and accurate text entry, a high quality 3.0 megapixel camera with flash, a 1GB micro SD card that can be expandable up to 32 GB, and much more. Flaunt is available at a price of Rs. 5999.
Lava announces latest offering with all new music experience - LAVA M30
LAVA Mobiles, the fastest growing mobile handset brand has introduced its latest offering - M30. LAVA M30 has been designed exclusively to bring rich and exhilarating sound experience and proves to be a delight for music lovers.
The handset stands apart from other music phones because of its unmatched surround sound quality and best in class audio clarity through SRS WOW HD Technology & Yamaha PA speakers. The Handset supports a vast range of music formats like MP3, MIDI, AMR, WAV and AAC and comes with a 3.5 mm headset audio connection, making Lava M30 your ideal music device while on the go.
The phone has been designed in such a way that it not only provides high class music experience but also has other world class features including IPS screen Technology. This feature allows LAVA users to enjoy viewing videos (MP4, 3GP) and real colour pictures from 178 degree angle.
M30 can also be used as a modem for your PC and can also be used as a webcam. The phone also comes with an innovative accessory of a sharing hub, wherein two earphones can be used simultaneously, enabling you to enjoy the music with your loved one. Dual SIM, 2-mega pixel camera, G Sensor, Mobile Tracker, JAVA, Bluetooth, powerful 1200 mAh Li-ion battery, 1,000 contacts phonebook and 2GB Micro SD Card are some of the other excellent features which add on to make it a best buy.
To provide consumers a first-hand experience of superior music quality of M30, the brand has installed 1500 LAVA M30 experience zones pan India.
Akamai launches Global NetAlliance Partner Program
July 18
Akamai Technologies, the leading provider of cloud optimization services, announced its NetAlliance Partner Program designed for global IT solution providers to integrate Akamai services into their offerings, and to pass the value of Akamai’s globally-distributed platform on to customers.
Having built global alliances with IT leaders including HP, Jive Software, Rackspace® Hosting, Telefónica and Verizon, Akamai has also established partnerships with leading regional technology providers and integrators around the world to collaborate on solutions for today’s enterprise. Some of those existing alliances across Asia Pacific Japan; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and South America, include 77 Agency, Arturai, Boreus, DMX Technologies Sdn. Bhd, Exceda, Kinmax Technology Inc., and Mikotek International Corporation, among others.
With the launch of its NetAlliance Partner Program, Akamai is recruiting hardware and software integrators, application and infrastructure service providers, and commerce and digital media platform providers committed to helping its customers leverage the Cloud for business success.
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SapientNitro acquires CLANMO mobile agency in Europe
July19
SapientNitro, part of Sapient®, announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase mobile agency CLANMO, based in Germany.
The acquisition strengthens SapientNitro’s existing capabilities to provide clients with outstanding end-to-end mobile expertise and further enhances its unique offering for multi-channel marketing and multi-channel commerce in the European and, particularly, the German market. Together, they will help SapientNitro’s global clients gain competitive advantage amidst the communication and transaction disruption caused by mobile, and to mobilize their businesses by redefining how they engage with customers.
CLANMO is a full-service mobile agency that focuses on strategy, communications, design, and technological implementation. Its solutions range from mobile marketing and mobile brand experience, to m-commerce and mobile social media. In the dynamic mobile market segment, CLANMO is a leading mobile agency in Germany, with 50 employees located in Cologne. Through work with clients such as Audi and Lufthansa, CLANMO has a demonstrated ability to partner with clients on both mobile marketing and mobile transaction solutions.
SapientNitro purchased CLANMO from MindMatics AG, which previously operated three divisions: mobile payment (mopay), mobile content (melonmobile), and CLANMO, an end-to-end mobile marketing services agency. As MindMatics decided to strategically focus on mobile payment solutions, it has sold 100% of its equity stake in CLANMO to SapientNitro, effective July 1, 2011.
MACH acquires Telecom Revenue Assurance and Fraud Expert Optel Informatik
July 14
MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile communication solutions, has announced the acquisition of German telecommunications software provider Optel Informatik, a specialist in the provision of fraud management and revenue assurance solutions for communication service providers worldwide. The acquisition enables MACH to become a ‘One-Stop-Shop’ for revenue protection solutions and positions the company as a global player in the fraud and revenue assurance market.
The deal brings Optel’s domestic and international fraud management products, its revenue assurance and data retention solutions, as well as its innovative in-memory computing technology for real-time, high volume data analytics, into the MACH product portfolio. This complements MACH’s existing SaaS based fraud and revenue assurance services portfolio and will allow MACH to offer a more comprehensive range of revenue protection solutions for communication service providers worldwide.
As part of its comprehensive roaming services portfolio, MACH already provides fraud and revenue assurance services to more than 400 customers globally. This solution suite acts as an intelligence hub, bringing together information on roaming fraud from a wide variety of sources and as such offers an effective means of protection for its customers.
This acquisition will allow MACH to evolve its existing roaming fraud and revenue assurance services towards a complete and industry-leading revenue protection platform offering. The acquisition also enables MACH to start offering in-memory computing technology for real-time data analytics, as well as a cost effective and flexible data retention and retrieval solution capable of handling large amounts of data. This will help service providers better fulfil their data storage and retrieval needs in order to meet regulatory requirements.
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