Singtel app to drive revenue and optimize Capex with Analysys Mason
DataSpark, Singtel’s data analytics subsidiary, in association with consulting firm Analysys Mason is developing a network planning application to assist global mobile operators to...
Airtel Payments Bank names Anubrata Biswas as CEO
Airtel Payments Bank announced the appointment of ICICI Bank veteran Anubrata Biswas as its managing director and CEO -- responsible for expanding digital banking services.
Prior...
Revenues from RCS messaging to jump to $9 billion
Revenues from RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging, supported by Google, will cross $9 billion by 2022 from an estimated $126 million in 2018.
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Operators in Japan launch messaging platform RCS
GSMA announced that KDDI, NTT DOCOMO and SoftBank, three mobile operators in Japan, have launched Rich Communications Services (RCS).
The + message service -- based...
Safaricom pilots messaging app linked to mobile money
Safaricom, a telecom operator in Kenya, is piloting a social messaging app that will link to its mobile money platform in an attempt to...
Airtel TV selects InMobi for video monetization as part of growth strategy
Airtel TV, a free mobile application for wireless customers, has selected InMobi platform for display and video monetization.
Brands will have a wider reach to...
Airtel TV offers free video streaming of IPL 2018
Airtel TV, the video streaming app from Airtel, will offer free streaming of all live matches and highlights of the IPL 2018 via Hotstar....
Airtel to offer digital content from ALT Balaji
Bharti Airtel will bring digital content from ALT Balaji’s portfolio to Airtel TV app users across India.
ALTBalaji’s original shows and hit movies available on...
RIL to combine Saavn and JioMusic creating $1 bn digital music co
Reliance Industries (RIL) will make investment as part of its strategy to combine Saavn, a global music OTT platform, with its digital music service,...
Ant Financial invests $185 mn in Telenor Microfinance Bank
Ant Financial will invest $184.5 million for 45 percent stake in Telenor Microfinance Bank (TMB), a subsidiary of Telenor Group, to develop TMB’s mobile payment...
Airtel Payments Bank faces INR 50 million penalty over KYC issue
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slapped a penalty of INR 50 million on Airtel Payments Bank for violating know your customer (KYC)...
Mobile money market increases 25% to 690 mn accounts: GSMA
Mobile Money has grown by 25 percent to more than 690 million registered accounts in over 90 countries, said GSMA.
Mobile money net subscriber addition...
Airtel offers free Hotstar video content as per mobile VAS strategy
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel today said it will offer free Hotstar video content to its pre-paid and post-paid mobile customers in India.
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Airtel achieves 75 mn Wynk Music app downloads
Indian telecom operator Airtel announced that 75 million music lovers have installed the Wynk Music, an OTT music app.
Indian regional music streams grew by...
Sacom Mediaworks selects Mahindra Comviva content platform
Mahindra Comviva has announced its deal with Sacom Mediaworks, a content aggregator in Middle East and Africa.
This tie-up with Sacom Mediaworks will provide Mooditt...
Ooredoo launches mobile money service M-Pitesan in Myanmar
Ooredoo has launched its mobile money solution M-Pitesan that enables mobile phone users in Myanmar to make instant money transfers and payments.
M-Pitesan mobile money...