Way2SMS launches Free e-mail Alerts on Mobile
- Category: Miscellaneous
- Friday, 29 May 2009 13:10
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
Way2SMS, Hyderabad-based SMS service provider today launched Email alerts on mobile. Any users of www.way2sms.com can avail this free service, which works with any mail box that has forward option. It doesn't require GPRS in the mobile and activation is done quick and easy.All one need to do is to link his Yahoo, Gmail and other email accounts with Way2SMS mail account. One can also choose or mark spam email IDs to avoid unwanted mail alerts.
"Now, with Way2SMS email alerts, one will never be far from his mail inbox. As a pioneer in Internet to mobile SMS segment, connecting inbox with mobile is yet another significant step that keeps way2sms ahead of its peers. Subscriber will become more informed no matter where he is. We have made sure that this feature can be easily activated as there is no installation required. Alerts can be received from multiple mail boxes if subscriber wishes." said VV Raju, Founder CEO, Way2SMS.com.
Subscriber receives alerts for only those emails, which he wants. One can customize his preferences incase if he would like to receive email notifications only from particular contacts during a particular time.
This feature best helps those who tend to be away from the computer a lot when important emails arrive and whose emails take is moderate.
Subscriber receives alerts for only those emails, which he wants. One can customize his preferences incase if he would like to receive email notifications only from particular contacts during a particular time.
This feature best helps those who tend to be away from the computer a lot when important emails arrive and whose emails take is moderate.
The Mobile Stores will launch own branded Mobile phone
- Category: Miscellaneous
- Saturday, 18 April 2009 19:00
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
Essar Telecom Retail that operates The MobileStore an Essar group company is ready to introduce its own Branded Mobile Phone.The company is all set to introduce the Mobile Phone by end of April.“We are seriously looking at launching our own mobile brand, offering a complete range of handsets to bring better value to our customers. We are currently negotiating with a couple of original equipment manufacturers (OEM),” Rajiv Agarwal, chief executive officer and director, The MobileStore, said, while refusing to give details.
The Mobile Store has decided its target segment – youth – and has fixed the price range to Rs2500 – Rs10000, since the company aims at meeting the challenges forged ahead by the competitive products, especially Univercell, a Chennai-based retail store and HotSpot of the Spice group.“At present, we have 450 stores in 70 cities. We intend to open up to 1,700 outlets by year-end and touch the 2,500-mark by 2010, covering 600 cities. We also plan hike the employee headcount to 10,000 people from 2,500,” Agarwal said.
According to Agarwal, The MobileStore, which currently generates revenues of Rs 1,200 crore annually, is set to touch the Rs 4,000 crore-top line mark by next year on the back of the rapid expansion of its retail network.
The handset market in India is expected to touch 120 million units this year, as against 80 million last year.
UTV Launches India’s First Mobile Music Video Channel
- Category: Miscellaneous
- Monday, 13 April 2009 19:20
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
UTV New Media Ltd., the digital arm of UTV, today announced the launch of India’s first exclusive music video channel on mobile TV.Branded UTV@play, it will provide the Indian music lovers with India’s first exclusive mobile channel where they can access their favorite videos and music with just the click of a button. It offers a vast catalogue of music videos not only from Bollywood but also from different languages. It even has an exceptional collection of international songs from popular artists like Bryan Adams, Akon, PussyCat Dolls, Metallica to name a few. With all this and more, UTV New Media Ltd., which pioneers in the mobile content segment, is all set to add scintillating stars to its flap.
UTV@Play is available on Idea, Vodafone, BSNL and MTNL. The users can access it in two ways. They can send a simple SMS. In response to the message, the WAP link is sent to the user, to download the app. They can also directly download the app from the operators’ WAP portals.-- IDEA – SMS “IDEATV to 55456” or WAP download (IDEA portal)
-- BSNL – SMS “MYTV to 55447”
-- MTNL (Delhi) – SMS “SUB to 53388”
-- Vodafone – SMS “VODAFONETV to 111” WAP download (Vodafone Live)
In the time where there are players who provide mobile TV content from already existing satellite channels, here is UTV@Play which will have its own exclusive content for its subscribers. This mobile TV channel will showcase music videos in Hindi, English, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bhojpuri and Marathi languages in the first phase of its launch. This would expand to Malayalam, Bengali and Gujarati languages in the second phase. This facility is now available to the users at an affordable subscription of Rs. 10 per day or at Rs. 30 for the entire month.
