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Just 1.14% Stake In DEN Creates Media Buzz: What’s Reliance Upto?
2012-02-06 13:21:00 Reliance Strategic Investments, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has picked up 1.14% stake in DEN Networks. DEN is one of the two leading & listed content aggregation and distribution companies in India, Zee Turner Ltd. being the other one. Interestingly, the script hit the Upper-Circuit Buzzer on Bombay Stock Exchange when investors got whiff of the deal. Through the deal RIL should get preferential access to the content of all the media properties of Network18 and its associates and subsidiaries like digital media and the TV18 channels. Reliance Industries appears to be getting heavily into the distribution channel lately & rumors of RIL planning to pick up a minimum 26% stake in leading cable operators are abuzz. We tried to connect the dots. Reliance Entertainment, has bought controlling stakes in one of the largest TV broadcasters Network 18 and in Eenadu or E.TV as it is popularly known. Further, it has the mobile front covered with Reliance Communication. Wh...
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Mobile Service Black Out As Spat Between Reliance & Etisalat Continue
2012-01-27 09:06:00 Around 1.7 Million Indians are suffering owing to the behavior of two Telecom Giants. Reliance Communication & Etisalat DB. Etilsalat’s customers are facing disruption of services since Friday owing to Reliance Communication disconnecting its services for the company. The Base Stations used by Etisalat are provided by Reliance under a US$ 2 billion, 10-year deal signed in 2009. However, citing long overdue payment for service, Reliance claims it was left with no other choice but to put a break on the tenant. Etisalat DB (EDB) is a joint venture between the United Arab Emirates’ Etisalat and India’s DB Group is not new to finding trouble. With 1.67 Million subscribers, Etisalat is ranked No. 11 in the Mobile Operators List in India for GSM. But owing to this week long disruption, we wonder how long will people wait, till they simply opt for Mobile Number Portability & hop on to someone who pays his dues & offers better service? We tried to analyze, what could have ...
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Indirect Censorship: Reliance Communication Heading The Crusade As Per Gove
2011-12-26 10:02:00 Hundreds of users connecting to the Internet through Reliance’s internet gateway (Reliance broadband), found themselves unable to access file-sharing websites. Reliance has come forth saying the Government of India made them do it. The ISP Reliance Communication has blocked many popular websites like: Megaupload and Filesonic. People trying to access these are greeted with a “This site has been blocked“, & the insult continues, with a line saying that the message has been “copyrighted” by Reliance Entertainment! The method may be a small step to curb piracy, but, it ironically violates the law itself as the authority to block websites in India rests only with Department of Information and Technology (DIT) and even if a court has ordered blocking of a website, the procedure has to be initiated by DIT officials. Though Government’s pal Reliance is sheltering itself “Under Section 79 of the IT Act”, it’s agenda is to stop the rampant piracy of...
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Talenthouse India To Nurture Fresh Creative Artists. What Is Reliance JV Ac
2011-10-21 10:11:00 Reliance Entertainment Ltd., the flagship media and entertainment arm of India’s Reliance Group has made a strategic investment in California-based creative crowd-sourcing platform Talenthouse Inc and has formed a Joint Venture (JV), Talenthouse India. Headed by CEO Arun Mehra, the JV will oversee growth and business in India and Southeast Asia. It will focus on nurturing fresh and creative talent in the country and provide opportunities for collaboration at international level as well. Talenthouse will seek & associate with artists across film, fashion, music, photography and art on collaborative projects and even embrace artists at entry level. CEO Rohit Sharma (Reliance Entertainment – Digital Business) commented “Talenthouse is a great unique offering which will change the dynamics of the Indian entertainment industry. It will help identify and leverage fresh talent from across the nation in various creative fields. It will also provide a great opportunity to br...
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Women?s UA Reliance Running Shoe Non-Cleated by Under Armour B004INJHPE
2011-09-05 22:51:00 Thin, lightweight, ultra-flexible overlays provide form-fitting, comfortable support. UA Footsleeve® fit system provides customized fit with a unique system that precisely cradles the midfoot and puts the athlete's foot in control of the shoe. Memory foam heel cushioning morphs to form-fit the female heel for secure fit and comfort. A lighter and softer composition of ArmourBound®, Liquifide™ and ArmourGuide® provides support, maximum comfort and efficient transition. Carbon, solid and blown rubbers are strategically placed to provide a balance of cushioning, durability and flexibility. Specific to the female runner's needs, the thin base webbing between rubber contact surfaces enhances flex and traction, and reduces weight. Weight: 10.6 oz. Imported.
Reliance Entertainment Takes A Drastic Step To Prevent Piracy
2011-08-30 12:43:00 All you Salman Khan fans waiting eagerly to download the new movie ‘Bodyguard’ via torrents or file sharing websites won’t be able to download it! Downloaders were in for a rude shock last month when they realized that they could not access their favourite file sharing websites like MegaUpload, Mediafire, Hotfile, etc. This was attributed to movie studio Reliance Entertainment who had obtained a court order from the High Court restraining many Internet Service Providers from offering a pirated copy of the movie Singham. As the ISPs were concerned about the court action, they played it safe and blocked entire websites, much to the dismay of the millions of users of such sites. A month later, Reliance is at it again, this time with its movie Bodyguard, which is due to release on 31st August across 2500 screens in theatres across India. Encouraged by their previous actions, Reliance has obtained a ‘John Doe Order’ from the court which dictates websites, c...
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Reliance 3G Tab Gets A Thumbs Up!
2011-08-22 12:25:00 The recently launched Reliance 3G Tab has brought tablets at previously unheard of price points in India. Consumers were understandably wary of buying a device that has been introduced at a price point of nearly half of a similar product in the market (Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7 costs around Rs. 22,000, Reliance’s 3G Tab costs Rs. 13,000). However, initial reviews have indicated that the device is infact a device to be reckoned with. Read on for specifics on the 3G Tab: Specs: 7 Inch Capacitive Multi-touch screen with resolution of 800 x 480 2MP back camera, VGA Front Facing Camera 800Mhz Processor Wifi b, g, n GPS Navigation Bluetooth 512 MB RAM 400g Weight Runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread 3G Connectivity with subsidized 3G Plans Hardware Hardware of the device has been made by Chinese Company ZTE. Build quality is acceptable, though does not have a premium feel to it. The weight being only 400 grams, compared to 700 grams for the iPad, it is easier to carry around. A...
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Tablets Poised To Reach The Masses With Reliance’s 3G Tab
2011-08-13 07:57:00 It is safe to say that the Tablet sector in India is on fire. After a large range of tablets like the Xoom, Galaxy Tab, iPad2, Sony S1, Acer Iconia and Playbook in the upper segment, there are now also a decent range of lower and mid range tablets; namely Lenovo’s range of tablets, G’Five with their budget tablets and the Indian Government’s Sakshat tablet due. Telecom service provider RCom has become the first 3G operator in India to launch its own 3G enabled tablet. Creatively called the ‘Reliance 3G Tab’, it has the following specs: 7 inch Capacitive LCD Touchscreen 512MB RAM microSD Card Slot upto 32GB, with 4GB memory card provided by Reliance Android 2.3 Gingerbread 2MP Rear Camera, Front Facing VGA Camera for Video Calling Lightweight at 0.4kg The front facing camera for Video Calls, coupled with Reliance’s 3G network ranging 13 Circles and 333 Towns make this device very attractive for those looking to use Video Calling. They have f...
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Exclusive: Reliance Entertainment’s BigAdda.com Shuts Down Social Net
2011-07-01 13:58:00 You are reading it here first: So finally some sense is being knocked into the Indian Social Networking players. While ibibo continues to spend money on TV ads trying to lure the users for social games. Bigadda.com which is a reliance funded social networking site has called it quits with social networking atleast. They will be focusing on ecommerce in their new daily deals avatar. This is the email Bigadda.com has sent its users: Dear Rajiv, We value and appreciate your long standing support for Bigadda.com. In the past few months we explored our potential as an ecommerce portal by providing branded products at profitable deals to you and have found immense success. We are reaching newer heights everyday and hence are planning an expansion in the same arena. We request you to download all your personal collection of blogs, audio files, video files and images from Bigadda.com as we are scaling down our Social Networking services. Please note that all your old personal data, uploaded...
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Reliance Communication Introduces Music Mania And Full2Music On Mobile Phon
2011-04-12 15:56:00 Facebook and Twitter are the two giants in social networking and it is very evident given the fact, every single day they offer something new. Everyone wants a piece of them, in a good way compare to the amount of traffic received in return. Reliance Communication is all set to roll the ball, declaring two new devices for its subscribers called Music Mania and Full2Music. Basically, with the help of Music Mania, the subscriber will be able to share, listen,download songs recommended by the their Friends on Facebook or Twitter. The interesting fact lies here, the subscriber can choose from a range of languages to different genres of songs. Full2Music can be used to download Mp3 files at once on your mobile phone. Reliance Communication had launched free apps on Facebook confirming it’s penetration into India. The apps featured viewing photo from mobile phone, Synchronizing address book with your Facebook friends, etc. A similar kind of venture was also launched by Tata Docomo,...
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Reliance To Launch VAS For Indian Rural Community
2011-04-01 06:34:00 Growth in India’s mobile subscriber base has surpassed all forecasts. It has crossed 600 million mobile users figure long back and for a developing country this is really a surprising figure. Even the penetration of mobile in rural areas in India has been tremendous. As the revenue from the regular communication services has been stagnating due to falling call rates, mobile operators are exploring to boost the revenue base by using innovative techniques and these are termed as Value Added Services – VAS. They leverage the wireless communication technology of mobile phones by enabling internet based services. Many of the VAS facilities are focused on serving the needs of the urban elite but a few are extending thoughtful services to help the rural communities. One of such facility being introduced by Reliance Communications is named as Behtar Zindagi, literally meaning Better Life aimed at helping rural mobile users. The scheme is being launched by Reliance in collaboration with...
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Reliance Entertainment Appoints Manish Agarwal As COO For Its Digital Busin
2011-02-24 11:15:00 Reliance Entertainment has just announced the appointment of Manish Agarwal as the Chief Operating Officer for its Digital businesses. Manish Agarwal has 14 years of experience and 6 of these were dedicated to the digital space with companies like Rediff, Microsoft and UTV New Media. Manish Agarwal will oversee the operations for Bigflix, Bigadda, Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited and Jump Games, and he will report Rohit Sharma, who is the CEO of Reliance Entertainment – Digital Business. The appointment will be effective from March 1st, 2011. Stating that India was at its digital inflection point and expecting huge growth in areas such as gaming, e-commerce and VOD across various platforms like PC, Mobile and even DTH, Rohit Sharma said that Manish Agarwal’s experience in the digital space will help the company to achieve scale and business growth. While Manish Agarwal said, “I am looking forward to joining Reliance Entertainment and work with the team in creat...
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Reliance 3G Services Reach Kashmir
2011-02-23 12:40:00 It’s the more the merrier proposition for Reliance Communications ( RCom). According to a report by the Business Standard, RCom has launched its 3G services in the Kashmir Valley. Prior to this, the company had launched the services in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Punjab, Jammu and Rajasthan, all within 100 days of it winning the 3G spectrum licenses. With the launch, RCom has become the first private telco to provide the service in the valley. A report by Sify Finance states that the services have been started in the three districts of Srinagar, Badgam and Ganderbal and would be done in other parts of the valley within the next two months. RCom has ensured that its 3G network offers wide coverage in every connected town or city through a special design model. It also provides maximum download and minimum latency by ways of connecting the 3G services through IP overhaul. The highest speed that the network can offer is 21 Mbps, adds the Business Standard. Prashant Gokarn, ...
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Nokia And Reliance Bring Operator Billing To India’s Ovi Store
2011-02-22 12:50:00 Back in August, Reliance and Nokia announced a ‘multi faceted partnership‘ that included Nokia Ovi Life Tools, Nokia Ovi Music Unlimited, GPRS and Data Card offers for Reliance subscribers. Given Nokia’s push to partner with mobile operators for operator billing on the Ovi Store, a first deal in India was always on the cards – sooner or later. A page on Ovi Store Statistics on Forum Nokia, that claimed to have information updated till January 27th, 2011 listed Reliance among 103 other operators that supported integrated mobile billing for the Ovi Store. (Image Credit) Earlier today, TelecomTalk reported that Reliance Communications was going to be the first operator in India to support operator billing for Nokia’s Ovi Store. So any purchases will either be reflected in monthly bills or be deducted from the users pre paid balance. India is one of the most active countries on the Ovi Store and clocks over a million downloads a week. Earlier this month, N...
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Reliance Brings Radio Netherlands Worldwide To R World
2011-02-18 07:15:00 More news from R World after this. Yesterday, Reliance announced that it had signed a deal with Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW). RNW boasts of a 60 year presence in the news and entertainment broadcasting space. Reliance R World users – GSM and CDMA – will have access to around the clock live streamed radio content from Radio Netherlands. It will also feature its RNW WAP news feed on RWorld. While highlighting the importance of news in everyday life and the advantage of it being accessible at the push of a button, Mr. Prashant Gokarn, 3G Head, Reliance Communications said that it will be available to all 125 million customers. This partnership is a first of its kind for RNW. Reliance has in the past, inked a similar deals with BBC, CNN etc – 13 channels in all . Jan Hoek, RNW’s Director General said that company is looking forward to more such partnerships. If you are curious as to what kind of content RNW broadcasts, do check out the programme schedul...
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Reliance Ramps Up R World; Indian Language Content Coming Soon..
2011-02-16 15:10:00 In December, we wrote that Reliance Communications had tied up with Motricity for a 3G ready R world. Days after that it began the roll out of its 3G services. Today, the company announced that after a good initial response to R World, it will continue to use Motricity’s m-core platform to offer a wider range of advanced services related to mobile commerce, advertising and location. It also announced that it intends to make the platform multi-lingual. Not surprisingly Hindi will be the first language, though the company added that other popular Indian languages would follow as well. It also highlighted that R World will offer highly targeted marketing and ad campaigns for better mobile monetization. Apart from Indian languages, localized content was on the cards too. As were Location Based Services to help users get relevant information. In related news, Ericsson announced yesterday that Reliance would use its estore solution to power its Application Store. Reliance’s ...
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Reliance Launches ‘Job Search On Voice’
2011-02-03 15:05:00 Reliance Communications has launched a service for ‘Job Search on Voice’ for Candidates and Recruiters. The company is terming it as a ‘real-time connection’ between recruiters and candidates. Candidates can listen to job announcements and recruiters can listen to profiles of candidates. Reliance Communications, Head VAS, Anil Pande said, “We are pleased to announce this pioneering service on Reliance, where we have a strong tradition of providing quality services to our customers. The new mobile platform fulfills the desire of thousands of eager candidates to be able to submit the resumes to recruiters from anywhere, even when they do not have access to internetconnected computers and listen to job profiles and offers.” The service extends to both Formal and Informal segments. In case of the Formal segment, job seekers can submit their profiles and browse through jobs from services like Naukri, Monster, ClickJobs etc. The service will send details to in...
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BSNL, Reliance Emerge As Early Losers In MNP Race As Vodafone Gains The Mos
2011-01-25 11:05:00 We’ve been following the ‘churn’ from Mobile Number Portability pretty closely.(here and here). BusinessLine has another article with some very interesting information about which way people have moved in Haryana. As I said in my last post on MNP, it isn’t necessary that the same trend may carry over to the rest of the country as some local factors could influence it, but the numbers are worth looking at. We had a little table(courtesy of Informate) which reflected the percentage of dropped calls that subscribers faced across various operators. It stated that Reliance and Loop faced the highest percentage of dropped calls. The latest article has actual operator specific numbers(As of January 16th) - (Image Credit) BSNL had 25,ooo people opt for other providers and a net loss of over 20,000 users. Reliance GSM and CDMA combined lost over 13,500 subscribers. Tata Telservices CDMA connections took a battering too, but its GSM operations – Tata DoCoMo gain...
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Reliance Communications Introduces User Generated Caller Tunes
2011-01-12 14:30:00 Reliance Communications has introduced a twist to its caller tune service. They are making a foray into user generated content. The service will now enable subscribers to record their own content through a Tune Maker platform and set it as their own caller tune. These tunes can even be shared with other Reliance customers. Reliance Communications has partnered with Atruist Technologies – a voice and web based VAS provider – for the necessary infrastructure to offer this service. Mr. Anil Pande, Head – VAS, Reliance Communications said “UGC (user generated content) has seen exponential growth over the last few years. India being a multilingual country, voice is an important part of UGC. The service allows voice based content of Users Choice to be shared and set as their Caller Tune. The technology support offered by Altruist enables to edit, link, and create the content posted by customer, besides activating it as Caller Tune.” This service will be av...
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Aircel To Launch 3G Even As Reliance Industries Eyes 4G
2011-01-10 14:15:00 At WATBlog, we have covered many stories on how the whole 3G episode is shaping up in India. Despite many speculations and announcements, only Tata DoCoMo and Reliance (and not to miss out the state owned BSNL and MTNL) have been able to start the 3G service. Other providers see it coming soon. 3G Today For instance Aircel has plans to roll out the much awaited service within 45-60 days in all of the 13 circles where it has spectrum, provided government has no objections on it. And guess what; the company is eyeing collaborating with other competitors to offer the service in other areas where it has got no license, even before it starts the same in its own licensed areas. It’s the more the merrier proposition for now. For those uninitiated, Aircel is a joint venture between Apollo Hospitals and Maxis Communications, a Malaysia based company. Operators are being denied licences for video calling services, as a part of 3G, by the Department of Telecom, Government of India considerin...
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Reliance Communications Announces 3G Services!
2010-12-13 15:00:00 More news on the 3G front, or just timely PR, Reliance has just announced that will begin the rollout of its 3G services with Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chandigarh. The company says that it has start the roll out processin a period of 100 days. As the end of the year approaches, we should expect more news of this sort from other telecom companies as well. (Image Credit) Reliance for its part has said that it will complete the roll out 3G services in 13 telecom circles where it has 3G licenses by the end of March 2011 – around the same time Vodafone said they would be launching theirs. Airtel had said they would be rolling out their services by the end of December. As far as the other 9 circles are concerned Reliance said they would be looking to partner with other telecom service providers. The company envisions a WireFree India by 2015, while that maybe a tad too optimistic, it will be impossible to get anywhere close to is unless the country has reliable and affordable hi...
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Reliance To Unveil 3G Ready R World On Motricity’s mCore Platform
2010-12-03 13:45:00 More news on the 3G front. Sort of! Reliance Communications has announced that a new R World for the upcoming 3G services will be powered by Motricity. Among other things the portal will provide data services to Reliance’s 120 million subscriber base. The Portal has been built on Motricity’s mCore platform which also powers 3G Mobile portals of many other global 3G providers like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Celecom and XL Axiata. Syed Safawi, CEO – Wireless Business, Reliance Communications said “Reliance is aggressively rolling out 3G services in India and we believe our partnership with Motricity will allow us to deliver a richer, more personalized, mobile Internet experience to our customers. Such innovations will be the cornerstone of Reliance 3G offerings going forward. The majority of our customers rely on their mobile devices to access the Internet. We are pleased to partner with Motricity to make our vision of a Wirefree India a reality for our custo...
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Reliance And Qualcomm Demonstrate Next Generation Broadband
2010-12-02 07:20:00 Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Qualcomm Inc are offering trials of the next generation broadband service, LTE-TDD Technology. The technology offers download speeds of up to 7-10 Mbps. The former conducted the trial at its corporate mark in Navi Mumbai, while the latter did the same in Gurgaon. This trial was conducted in BWA spectrum by both the companies in collaboration with telecom major Ericsson and signals the commercial launch of the technology in the country next year. Qualcomm did the demo through one of its subsidiaries in India, which won BWA auction held earlier this year. During the demo, there was a streaming of multiple HD video feeds to a mobile van thereby showing a seamless broadcast. It was accomplished using Qualcomm’s USB dongles that support LTE and 3G. According to Mr. Kanwalinder Singh, President, Qualcomm India and South India, “LTE-TDD, with its attributes of mobility and 3G interoperability, is the technology most suited for deployment in India. ...
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Reliance Communications Unveils Twitter SMS Service
2010-11-24 15:15:00 Reliance Communications, popularly known as RCom, has come to an agreement with micro-blogging site Twitter to make the latter available on SMS. This is similar to what Airtel offers. However, Reliance has an addition here. Apart from Twitter SMS service, it would also offer voice blogging service. In its press release, RCom said that customers can enjoy the Twitter SMS service for free till November 30. The company has tied up with mobile messaging service provider Bubble Motion for this initiative. The new Twitter SMS service coupled with voice blogging would enable users to directly follow some of India’s favorite celebrities and sports stars. For the launch of the voice blogging service on mobile, the company has invited various Indian celebrities especially bollywood actors and singers. They include John Abraham, Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra, Sonu Nigam. Riya Sen, Ravi Kisen and Pooja Gandhi are the regional actors who have joined the league. Also in the pipeline are famous ...
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Reliance Launches Voice Based Cricket Game – Cwicket!
2010-11-16 13:20:00 Reliance Communications has just introduced a new way to play cricket from a mobile phone. It has launched ‘Cwicket’, a voice based, multilingual (English and Hindi) game. Reliance users or players have to subscribe to the game. Matches take place as part of India Ka Public League and after registering the user can choose any one of 10 different teams in the competition. Kolkata Kite Flyers, Bangalore Techies and Chennai Super Annas are just three of the teams in this game. Mr Anil Pande, Head – VAS, Reliance Communications said the following about Cwicket,“ No other sport in India can claim the position of cricket in respect to its popularity. Cricket games have been available on Internet and mobile through WAP. India being a multilingual country, we have partnered with DialFy Technologies, a Voice based Services Company, to launch Cwicket. Cwicket is the first major voice based service to play cricket on mobile through language of one’s choice” . Don&rsquo...
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Reliance Launches India’s First Talk Internet Radio – BIG Net R
2010-11-11 05:45:00 BIG Digital, Reliance Broadcast Network Limited’s digital wing, has launched India’s first Talk Internet Radio – BIG Net Radio. Music buffs may be slightly disappointed to hear that there will be no music on this. The content will be all “talk” ranging from Bollywood updates, humour and spirituality. According to Soumen G. Choudhury, Head of Radio and Digital Business, Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. India has 50m internet users and the 18-30 age group is using it as a medium for entertainment. This presents a very focussed demographic for advertisers to target. He also stated that with an expected growth rate of 32%, online advertising in India is poised to touch the Rs.20 billion mark in 2013. The service will be offered Free Of Charge. Makes sense, because most Internet users are not ‘Big’ on the concept of paying for content online. And with 3G finally showing signs on life in India, Big Net Radio has tremendous potential provided they g...
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Reliance Announces Pan-India SMS based Mobile Conferencing
2010-10-26 13:16:00 Reliance Communications has just announced India’s First Handset Independent SMS-based Mobile conferencing service. The voice conferencing service is being offered as an extension to its existing conferencing product, Group Talk. The new service will enable Reliance Mobile customers to establish a conference call amongst a group of 9 contacts with a single SMS. The group-oriented service will be made available to all Reliance Mobile GSM and CDMA subscribers using any handset through the ‘SMS based Mobile Conferencing’ solution from US based Kodiak Networks. According to Mr. Anil Pande, Head – VAS, Reliance Communications, “Our Mobile Conferencing service is a cost-effective, efficient and convenient solution that enhances productivity of small, medium enterprise customers. Introducing the service now on SMS – the preferred mode of communication for youth and young executives today, will lead to popularization of conferencing.” The earlier iteration of Group Talk ...
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Reliance Entertainment Ties Up With Tom Hanks’s Playtone To Create El
2010-10-01 10:37:00 Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE) has entered into a JV joint-venture with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone and will together create ‘ELECTRIC CITY’ which is touted to be a multi-platform digital experience covering a multi-episode animated internet series, online social game and mobile application. The series is conceived and written by Tom Hanks himself and is designed to be a multi-platform, multi-screen digital experience. It plans to have a Social Game, a Mobile Game, Webisodes and Mobisodes. Zapak which is the Gaming arm of Reliance entertainment shall manage the whole project. This seems to be a big win for an Indian gaming company as it would be a first ever scenario. It also underlines the closeness of entertainment with gaming and the impact it could create via digital and social platforms in the future. Looking for a Social Media Agency? Try WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency Related PostsSocial Gaming On The Rise In India – Zapak Launches...
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Reliance Goes BIG – Acquires 50% In Codemasters The British Developer
2010-04-05 15:34:00 Zapak has forayed international arena with this one. One of its kind acquisition in the gaming space in India the Reliance Big Enterainment guys have acquired 50% in British Game Development company Codemasters. Balderton Capital a European venture capital firm that first invested in Codemasters in 2005. Zapak the online gaming player shall be overseeing this investment for Reliance Big Entertainment. This marks the international foray of Zapak in the world of video games. Zapak also controls Jump Games a mobile development company with footprint across Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. So this new addition adds a new market in UK in Zapaks kitty. Codemasters has major franchises in cricket games (The Ashes) and racing games (Formula 1, Dirt2 and Race Driver Grid) and this would be leveraged by the Zapak team across India as well is what im assuming. All in all this does make Zapak a serious contender as a global gaming player. Only time will tell though how th...
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Bharti Airtel Launches App Store; Reliance To Follow Soon..
2010-02-11 04:38:00 The app store phenomenon should be credited to one company i.e. Apple which initiated the same via its app store for the Apple iPhone. But what started as a trend with Mobile phone makers like Apple and Nokia (with Nokia Ovi). Has now shifted to Mobile operators in India. Not too long ago Aircel announced its partnership with Infosys to launch a mobile app store. Since then a ton of other mobile operators have announced their plans. Airtel Launches Mobile App Store Now Airtel has gone ahead and launched its app platform call App Central which hosts 1250 Apps across 25 categories for business, games, books, social networking and other needs. The apps are paid for and can be easily added to one’s phone as the billing is integrated with the customer’s mobile bill or deducted from available talk-time incase of pre-paid users. The starting price of the apps is Rs.5. As expected these are localized in nature with regional apps like Ayyappa the God to Bhakti ki Shakti being part...
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Reliance BigTV And Indiagames Tie Up For DTH Gaming, Is Zapak Dead Already?
2010-01-25 07:59:00 Reliance BigTV, DTH arm of Reliance Communications have inked a strategic agreement with UTV’s Indiagames, to provide DTH gaming to their consumers. As a part of this agreement, Indiagames, in strategic partnership with their US-based Ally Oberon Media, will provide the popular games series currently available on PC, Web, and other gaming platforms to the DTH subscribers. Oberon Media is a world-leading multi-platform casual games solution provider delivering global, integrated casual games solutions across online, mobile and interactive television. The gaming zone will be a move towards monitizing their VAS offerings. Currently, the company’s VAS offerings are limited to its PPV bouquet and an array of free-of-cost interactive features like iCooking, iAstro, iStock, iCricket, iNews. Branded as iGames, Reliance BIG TV and Indiagames will offer the games including leading titles from I-play, Oberon’s publishing division: Galapago, Solitaire (with 4 different versions inclu...
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Reliance Media Works acquires ilab UK
2010-01-08 13:13:00 Reliance Media Works, a R-ADAG company has acquired a film processing and post production company – ilab UK, based out of london.The company did not disclose acquisition price but the revenues of ilab are said to be in range of $5 million. Reliance Media Works was earlier known as Adlabs Films but changed its identity along with a recent restructuring of its radio unit – Reliance Media World.Reliance Media Works is present in businesses of film processing,film exhibition and post-production works.It runs the Big cinemas chain across India and other countries. This acquisition allows Reliance Media Works to leverage its low cost strength in serving its European clientele.The deal is also beneficial for the company as recent mega million film deals sign by the group with top notch hollywood studios will keep the overseas business abuzz. In the first half of this year film productions and other related services constituted 35 per cent of Reliance Media Works total revenue...
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Reliance To Divest U.S Business Units – FLAG Telecom & YIPES
2009-12-14 13:20:00 Reliance seems to be on its way to divest a major chunk of its US business units which it built up in a series of acquisition. ET reports that Reliance Communication will offload its two major business units namely FLAG Telecom and YIPES in US to raise some $ 3 billion in cash. FLAG Telecom (stands for Fiber-optic Loop Around the Globe) was acquired by RCom for $211 Million in 2003 and managed by its subsidiary Reliance Globalcom. Flag Telecom owns and operate major undersea cable (some 50,000 km of undersea fibre optic network) utilized for broadband operations across the world. Earlier we heard rumors of Google clinching a data deal and even taking a part stake in beleaguered firm acquired by RCom. Yipes on the other side serves corporate clientele in U.S including some stock exchanges. YIPES also has fibre optic coverage in major US cities along with some international presence in Hong Kong and Tokyo. It was acquired for $300 Million not so long ago in 2007. Japan...
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Mobile Roundup: Sbi – Eko, Reliance Mobile USSD Game & Virtual Si
2009-12-10 14:05:00 The mobile space is buzzing with activity as more tie ups, innovations and new launches come to the fore. Here are some of them that were in the news lately: SBI Launches Mini Savings Account With Eko State Bank of India and Eko Aspire Foundation have tied up to launch a product that aims at financial inclusion for the unbanked. SBI’s mini savings account is expected to be available via mobile through its tie up with Eko. They plan to roll out the project across Mumbai and Punjab within two months. The pilot project was first launched at Uttam Nagar in Delhi in February and thereafter it was taken to four districts of Bihar. Mobile seems to be the saviour of rural areas be it banking, farming or even fishing. And we don’t even have the entire rural population in India using mobile just yet. I guess more is to follow. Reliance Mobile Launches Gaming On USSD Reliance Communications has launched Games based on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD). USSD allows real...
By: WATblog
Trading call: Reliance Petroleum Limited
2009-10-17 12:49:00 Hi, We are in a very risky and choppy market and this trading call is for the dare devils. Reliance petroleum limited Buy above: 163 Target: 173 (Target achieved on Friday 4 April, 2008) Above 173 Target: 180 SL1: SL2: 150 140 200 DMA MACD is also in favor 163.8 The base for the call is the stock has consolidated in the 150 to 170 range ...
Reliance Mobile Launches Job Search With BabaJob
2009-09-22 06:35:00 Reliance Mobile has launched a job search service on R-World, its VAS offering. The service would be available pan-India and is launched in tie-up with Babajob. The service would be available in five languages namely Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and English. The company through this service wants to target employees which avoid going online for searching jobs. The service provides employers a way to target offline job seekers and thus could see more uses from tier-iii cities and rural employees jumping on to the service. The service would majorly see blue-collared jobs searches in rural market and urban market whereas less experienced white collar employees could also frequent the service. As far as Online recruitment portals are concerned majority number of people access the service in India but the less experienced one to an extent avoid going for same as mostly jobs listed on these job portals are for highly experienced employees. According to Krishna Durbha, Head ...
By: WATblog
Venezuela: The Next Iran? | FrontPage Magazine
2009-09-22 05:55:00 Venezuela is a critical part of Iran?s efforts to build an alliance of rogue states across the world to challenge the U.S. and provide the regime with help to sustain its fight against the West. To help prepare Iran for possible sanctions targeting its reliance upon imported gasoline, Venezuela has agreed to provide the regime ...
By: 1913 Intel
Reliance Comm To Introduce Wireless Internet In Rural India – How Far
2009-08-26 14:23:00 Telecos seem to be making the best of what they can in such times where internet use all across the country is growing at such an alarming rate. Recently Reliance Communications proclaimed major strategic initiatives aimed at growing the mobile telecom and Internet penetration in rural India. According to a statement issued from RCOM, its rural enabler blueprint is based on a three-pronged strategy. “Drive internet penetration across rural and sub-urban terrain, thrust on high impact machine-to-machine solutions, and provide value-added services specific to rural needs under Grameen VAS initiative across 500,000 villages,” said the release. The three new initiatives targeted at increasing mobile telecom and internet penetration across rural India, including a high-speed wireless internet service are - BharatNet plan is a variant of Reliance NetConnect high-speed wireless internet service, specifically designed for the rural and sub-urban markets. It offers speeds of ap...
By: WATblog
Antakshari On Reliance Mobile – Can Community-Driven Games Do The Tri
2009-08-20 06:49:00 Reliance Mobile has announced that it will be launching the popular Indian game, Antakshari for its users on the R-World platform. Available both for the CDMA and GSM users, the game shall be available for the subscribers at a monthly charge of Rs. 30 which comes with 30 minutes of free usage. Last week, WATblog spoke about an RNCOS report that predicted a skyrocketing of Indian mobile VAS revenues. At that point, we had been a little doubtful about mobile VAS revenues actually reaching figures of 16500 crore annually. But, small innovations as what is now launched by Reliance can go a long way in adding that extra revenue from the users’ wallet. Traditional global winning formulas don’t always click in India. What would work are innovations that are customized to the Indian tastes. Music and game downloads have not helped a great deal in improving the ARPU in India. However, concepts like Antakshari would help primarily because it is community based and is viral &ndash...
By: WATblog
Reliance Infocomm Net Connect Service ..in technical problem?
2009-08-20 05:08:00 Reliance Infocomm lauched its EDVO technology based internet connectivity service a few months back. This broadband service over the moblie network was marketed with the promise that it works over the CDMA network across over 26000 towers all over the country. This wide connectivity was considered a special feature which gave the service a marketing advantage ...
Reliance GSM Gives Free Calls To Attract Subscribers
2009-06-11 06:08:00 Reliance GSM service in a quest to prove its brand positioning of ‘connecting subscribers to their loved one as and when they want’ has started an interactive advertising campaign enabling users to call their friends for free by inputting respective information. To make one minute free call user has to provide details of himself and his friend.The call can be made between 9.00 am and 9.00 pm and automatically connects both mobile numbers. User can also visit Goforit.co.in to avail this service. The service involves a message tone by Hrithik Roshan, brand ambassador for reliance communication and a Reliance GSM jingle.To avoid misuse it also discourages continuous calling to the same number.Although it excludes any disclosure regarding the use of information provided by users . The surprising element is the banner advertising which reliance is using for this campaign on various news site such as Indiatimes, IBNLive & NDTV and is on the similar line of strategy deployed by No...
By: WATblog
Exclusive: Bharat Student Looking To Sell Out - Reliance ADAG & Deccan
2009-06-04 07:30:00 You are reading it first here- According to a reliable source Reliance–ADAG along with Deccan chronicle holdings is in preliminary talks with Northgate Technologies, a listed company to acquire Bharatstudent, social networking portal owned by Northgate . The talks are said to be in preliminary rounds and buyers are possibly looking for a distress sale looking at cheap valuation at which the company as a whole is trading. The market seems to have already sensed this as volume and price of Northgate in recent days has seen tremendous upside movement. Northgate currently has a market cap of 170 crores much lower than 2400 crores touched at the height of 2008 boom. Bhartastudent is owned by Social Media India Ltd. ,a wholly owned subsidiary of Northgate. It may have been separated into a subsidiary at the first place to facilitate its independent sale.Promoter last fiscal acquired 4% minority interest in Social Media India for Rs 10 million although it may not reflect the true value...
By: WATblog
Reliance Industries's German Unit Goes Bankrupt
2009-06-03 17:14:00 The global economic downturn has hit India's most valued company Reliance Industries, forcing it to today to declare as insolvent its German unit Trevira, a specialty polyester manufacturer.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Value Investing to Investing Values: Reliance Naturally Resourceful Limited
2008-06-07 20:17:00 Good example of how overvalued some stocks are.2 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
INVEST IN RELIANCE DIVERSIFIED POWER SECTOR FUND ? GROWTH
2008-06-07 18:00:00 BY: BHARAT RATNA OBJECTIVE OF THIS SCHEME The primary investment objective of the Scheme is to generate consistent returns by investing in equity / equity related or fixed income securities of power and other companies associated with the power secto9 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
INVEST IN RELIANCE DIVERSIFIED POWER SECTOR FUND ? GROWTH
2008-06-07 17:14:00 BY: BHARAT RATNA OBJECTIVE OF THIS SCHEME The primary investment objective of the Scheme is to generate consistent returns by investing in equity / equity related or fixed income securities of power and other companies associated with the power sector. FEATURES read more Click on the Title to read more...
By: The India Street
Reliance signs MoUs with nine firms for KG basin gas sale
2008-06-07 14:00:00 Reliance Industries has signed agreements with nine fertiliser and power companies for gas sales from its field in the Krishna-Godavari basin over the past three months. India's largest private sector company has signed memorandums of understanding w9 Vote(s)
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Sell Reliance Capital at Rs 1265: Manghnani
2008-06-06 08:38:00 Anil Manghnani of Modern Shares Stock Brokers is of the view that one can sell Reliance Capital at closer to Rs 1265.3 Vote(s)
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Reliance Communications Limited
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Reliance Retail winning battle against Bharti- Walmart !
2008-06-05 15:19:00 Last year I had written about interesting Test match between 2 8 Vote(s)
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