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Axis Bank is in advanced stages of beta testing a new method of using mobile phones to make payments. The service is expected to be fully launched in just three months. A pilot study involving 500 customers of Axis Bank is currently being conducted at various locations. If this mobile payment method is implemented, users [...]

Airtel and Affle announced the launch of SMS2.0 - the world’s first upgrade to SMS. Airtel is the first in India to offer this innovative service to its 55 million customers.
SMS2.0 enables an interactive and non-intrusive platform on the mobile phone that allows Airtel users to discover a host of relevant content services along [...]

Yahoo India has partnered with Reliance Communications to offer its mobile search product Yahoo oneSearch to Reliance Mobile users on both CDMA and GSM networks across India. Through Yahoo oneSearch, Reliance Mobile users will be able to access news, financial information, weather conditions, flight status information and Flickr photos.
Reliance Mobile users will also [...]

PayMate a leading mobile commerce company has launched a revolutionary new mobile gift voucher, Gift Mate, which offers the flexibility and choices that are not available with traditional vouchers. With Gift Mate, the user can shop from over 3000 online merchants that PayMate has partnered with. The flexibility of this product allows them to use [...]

HTC announced the launch of the HTC Touch Dual, a new member of the Touch family that integrates 3.5G wireless connectivity with a sleek and innovative sliding keypad design.
The HTC Touch Dual is the second device to feature HTC’s TouchFLO, the same gesture-recognition technology as that in the HTC Touch, but now the new functionality [...]

An Oriya news portal is offering free news briefs to all its readers through SMS.

The portal, www.odisha.com, has introduced the service after a tie-up with SMSGupShup, a free group messaging service provided by Mumbai-based Webaroo Technology India Pvt Ltd.
The portal already introduced last month a premium local breaking news service for mobile subscribers. [...]

Mobifusion, Inc., a global developer, publisher and distributor of mobile applications and technologies, is expanding its mobile content portfolio in India, bringing some of the countries most trusted and best-selling brands to the mobile phone.
“India is one of the world’s most dynamic mobile markets, and we’re seeing mobile content and applications playing an increasingly important [...]

Consumer electronics major Videocon today said it will roll out its mobile services by the end of this year and is expecting 10 million subscribers in 3-4 years of the launch.
Videocon is also planning to rope in a global service provider as the partner at an appropriate time, the company said in a statement here.
“The [...]

Obopay, a US-based two-year-old mobile payment service provider, is set to offer its service in the Indian market, starting February-end. Obopay intends to tap the Indian market through the debit route, instead of the credit card route, which other players such as JiGrahak and mChek are presently offering in India.
“It is like extending an ATM [...]

Samsung plans to produce more low-priced phones to compete with market leader Nokia, according to Korean press reports.
The world’s second largest mobile phone maker will expand its cheapest product line by releasing up to six models retailing at $30. “This is our ‘ultra low-end’ strategy to chase up Nokia,” an unnamed Samsung official [...]