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Paytm mobile marketplace to sell Gujarat handlooms and handicrafts
Mobile marketplace Paytm will be opening a branded store called “Garvi Gurjari” which will showcase products from the Gujarat State Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation,... .
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2015 Spectrum Auctions Day 8: Bids cross Rs 1 lakh crore mark
At the end of Day 8, which saw 6 new rounds of bidding, the total bids for spectrum across the four bands up for auction... .
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Tamil film industry to sink its own ship to starve pirates
The Tamil Film Industry has come up with an ingenious way to stop pirates: sink its own ships. In response to widespread piracy of Tamil films,... .
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Social crowdfunding startup BitGiving appoints co-founder Ishita Anand as CEO
Social crowdfunding platform BitGiving has appointed its co-founder and COO Ishita Anand as its CEO. Fahad Moti Khan, the previous CEO, will continue to be... .
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Going once, going twice…. SBI plans massive online auction of 300 properties
State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, is holding a massive online auction this weekend to sell repossessed flats, warehouses and offices worth a... .
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Mobile marketing company Tune to increase focus on India in 2015
Enterprise software-as-a-service provider for mobile marketing companies Tune’s affiliate tracking software HasOffers has registered triple-digit growth in India in 2014. The company has mentioned...
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GoI body National Mission for Manuscripts has digitised 3 million manuscripts
Twelve-year-old government body National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has digitised over thirty lakh manuscripts and 185,88,390 pages in all as of 31 December 2014, Mahesh Sharma,... .
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Turner International India appoints Rohit Bhandari as network head and senior...
The Indian arm of Turner Broadcasting System, Turner International India, has appointed Rohit Bhandari as network head and senior director reports, Mediavtaar.com. Bhandari will head... .
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Datawind’s low-cost smartphone with free internet to launch on March 17
Canadian low-cost mobile devices manufacturer Datawind, which had revealed plans of launching an Rs 2,000 smartphone bundled with free internet for life last year, is expected... .
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Delhi Government to hold consultation meet to discuss free Wifi implementation
The Delhi Government intends to provide (pdf) Wifi services across the capital for internet access. The government will hold a stakeholder consultation meet on the... .
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MobiKwik partners with Payback in a bid to expand customer base
Mobile wallet service provider Mobikwik has partnered with loyalty program provider Payback, which will enable MobiKwik users to earn loyalty points during transactions, and Payback users... .
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842M Active Mobile Connections In India in January 2015; BSNL Loses 1.23M...
According to the Indian telecom regulator TRAI, India added 9.29 million “active” mobile connections during the month of January 2015. The Active connection data represents... .
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Brace yourselves… WhatsApp rolling out voice services to Android users, maybe?
A month after we reported that WhatsApp was testing voice calling for some users in India on an invite-only basis, a new report from IndiaToday... .
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Weekly Digest (06th-13th March 2015)
MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Paytm, Getit, Fortumo, Airtel, Times Internet and E2E for their support. Data – 842M Active Mobile Connections In India... .
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Paytm now has offline retail outlets and allows cash transfer to bank accounts
Mobile-focused e-commerce marketplace Paytm will be opening around 50,000 offline retail outlets where users can load cash into their wallets and also has introduced IMPS (Immediate Payment... .
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Airtel, Idea & Vodafone account for 64% of total active mobile connections in...
The top three telecom operators in India – Vodafone, Airtel and Idea Cellular – added 7.72 million active connections in January 2015, accounting for 64%... .
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Meru Cabs raises $50 million from India Value Fund
Radio cab service provider Meru Cabs has raised $50 million (about Rs 300 crore) from existing investor India Value Fund Advisors, reports Business Standard. Meru... .
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All India Radio had shut down Gyan Vani FM due outstanding dues by IGNOU
All India Radio had to stop operations of Gyan Vani FM as the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) had stopped payments the ministry of information... .
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India continues to lead in Facebook censorship with 5,832 content pieces...
Facebook restricted access to 5,832 pieces of content in India during the second half of 2014 (July- Dec 2014), the highest among all the countries... .
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Raghav Bahl’s mobile-focused news venture The Quint is now live
Media entrepreneur, Raghav Bahl’s Quintillion Media’s mobile-focused digital venture The Quint has gone live. Earlier in January, The Quint had started publishing stories on Facebook... .
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