Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s No. 1 mobile operator, launched a venture fund on Thursday with an initial 200 crore rupees ($44 million) to promote content and technology development.

Micro Technologies Ltd., a provider in IT services, today announced that it has launched the Micro Mobile Controller System, a software that helps to remotely manage your own mobile handset with the help of the add on recipient mobile number. The company statement reported that it is clubbed with basic security features of tracking the [...]

Qeep, the world’s largest mobile social community is all ready to capture the Indian market. The official launch of the free mobile application and its services was recently announced by Blue Lion mobile, based in Cologne, Germany.
Allowing users to stay connected with friends anytime anywhere, the social networking software developed on Java is completely free [...]

Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader in mobile internet solutions for network operators, today announced the appointments of Aman Khupsare as sales manager and Amaresh Sawant as sales engineer of the company’s new team in India. Based in Mumbai, Khupsare and Sawant are responsible for all new customer sales and management of existing Bytemobile accounts throughout [...]

Wire & Wireless (India) Ltd, Zee’s demerged cable TV distribution company, is planning to raise up to Rs 4.5 billion through a rights issue to part fund its expansion programme.
The company has a funding requirement of Rs 10 billion over four years, a large part of which will go towards digitalisation and last mile acquisition [...]

A Little World (ALW) the developer of ZERO, the platform for branchless banking, with focus on financial inclusion, has announced the appointment of Sonjoy Mohanty as its Chief Executive Officer.
In his new role, Sonjoy will be responsible for building the business while extending the reach of ALW and the partner network for ZERO. Sonjoy aims [...]

Clickindia.com, one of India’s leading classifieds website, has announced the launch of its mobile version. The mobile website can be accessed at wap.clickindia.com from all WAP capable and GPRS enabled mobile phones.
“Mobile phone space is very exciting and full of opportunities. There has been a remarkable increase in the number of mobile users who access [...]

MetroMela.com, India’s first multi-modal, multi-location Local Information Services Company that connects the city’s merchants with consumers today announced SMS Alerts and Recommendations service. This service allows all MetroMela users to receive instant and up to date information of over 1,600 deals, discounts, sale alerts and promotions in local stores across seven cities.
In addition, it [...]

Mobile network operators support the government’s decision to introduce sub-operators, they said at an open house discussion organized by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) here Monday.
Sub-operators or Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO), will offer mobile services but will not own any radio frequency, unlike the mobile network operator (MNO) - companies such [...]

PayMate India, a mobile payment company, has closed its second round of investment of $9 million led by Mayfield Fund and participation from existing investors, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures. Nikhil Khattau of Mayfield will join the board of PayMate. In July 2006, Sherpalo Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested [...]