MobileNXT, one of the first Mobile phone retailers in the country has divested 35% stake in favour of the Network18 group. MobileNXT plans to utilize Network18’s content – ringtones, movies, web creatives as well as advertising on its network. They may also explore sales on HomeShop18. MobileNXT has opened justContinue Reading

The bug for being Numero Uno has severely bitten Mr. Anil Ambani and his team 🙂 The core team keeps announcing things one after the other even before the products are ready. For instance, they announced the launch of Reliance Mobile Money Transfer in a filing with the Stock Exchange Mumbai  on theContinue Reading

Mobile has become a converged device in the hands of an Indian. According to a recent survey by Singapore based SoundBuzz, sales of digital music for mobile will touch Rs 3,601 crore [$900 M] out of the projected Rs 4,100 crore [$1.025 B] digital music market in 2009. It isContinue Reading

India’s leading computer media manufacturer and also Bollywood and other DVD retailer’s website is considered unsafe according to Google’s StopBadware project. If you Google for Moser Baer, you see a warning being issued from Google as shown below. Google started filtering sites which hosts Malware / Badware from its searchContinue Reading

The NDNCRegistry did go online in India but most consumers feel it’s a painful exercise. Vodafone-Essar which has been active in receiving its customer feedback today became the first mobile service provider in India to introduce unwanted call blocking and filtering mechanism to any of its customer irrespective of the mobileContinue Reading

Finally, the Minsitry of Consumer Affairs [MCA] is trying to help the Indian consumer fight for his rights online. MCA has setup a Consumer Online Resource and Empowerement Centre [CORE]  which is an online platform for the Indian consumer to address his grievance. A quick look at the site tells us thatContinue Reading