~First ever Indian shopping portal to deliver mobile devices directly from manufacturers to users~

Nokia India in association with Indiatimes Shopping announced the launch of Nokia’s online store- NokiaShop, the first online shopping portal in India to deliver mobile devices directly from the manufacturer to the users. Nokia Shop will offer the entire portfolio of Nokia devices as well as accessories across price points to the consumers along with the convenience of online shopping.

The association between the two leading organizations will serve as a game-changer in the growing Indian e-commerce space as users can now buy handsets directly from the manufacturer as a branded experience, without needing any dealer or reseller in between. For the online space this is an unprecedented initiative and will bring about a major shift in consumer behavior in the mobile phone category. (more…)

Army Chief launches “Eyewatch” a state-of-art mobile phone application for the Indian Army on Army Day

Indianeye Security Private Limited, a Delhi based technology driven Security Company, is honoured to present this state-of-art mobile application for the Indian Army Personnel’s families, Veteran and Ex- Servicemen to connect with their loved ones at the time of distress. Eyewatch – a world class application- has been launched by the Chief of Army Staff, Gen. V.K. Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, and ADC for the safety and assurance of Army families, Veterans and the Ex-Servicemen on the auspicious occasion of Army Day, 15^th January 2012.

Eyewatch is an emergency alert system on your mobile phone, which at the press of a button sends multiple messages, images, videos, sound bites and your location status to your near and dear ones automatically alerting them of one’s emergency situation. (more…)

Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd., a Mini Ratna Category-I PSE under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, has announced important leadership changes at the Board level.

Mr. Viren Sinha has taken over as Chairman & Managing Director (C&MD) of the Company with effect from January 1, 2012.  He succeeds Mr. S K Mukherjee. Prior to his appointment as C&MD, Mr. Sinha was Director [Service Businesses], overseeing the Tour & Travel and Logistic businesses of the Company. In his 31 years of experience, 2 years were outside Balmer Lawrie. During his tenure in the company, he has successfully handled diverse leadership roles in Sales & Marketing, Operations and Materials Management, including 11 years as the Head of Company’s operations in UK. (more…)

Bangalore based MetricStream, the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, and US  head-quartered Qualys, Inc., the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IT security, risk and compliance management solutions, has announced the integration of MetricStream IT-GRC Solution with QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM).

The joint solution provides a single robust framework to automatically monitor and capture all asset and network vulnerabilities, and route them through a systematic process of investigation and remediation. This integration enables customers to quickly identify and report on the vulnerabilities affecting business critical assets, map security issues to business applications, and aggregate and rollup risk information across their enterprise for proactive mitigation. (more…)

For the 18-million people who travel by Delhi Metro every day*, the boredom of the commute is now a thing of the past. On Saturday, the 14th of January, commuters across various Delhi Metro stations were pleasantly surprised by a unique new publication, HT Mini. Created especially for people on the move by HT Media Limited (HTML), HT Mini, an innovative new product and the first of its kind in Delhi, packs 24 pages of light, snippety content in a convenient-to-carry half-tabloid size. In the launch period, HT Mini will be available in select areas of Delhi-NCR and will be sampled heavily outside Metro stations.

HT Mini will be published Mondays to Saturdays. (more…)

~ INR 1280 Crore raised through issuance of Non Convertible Debentures~

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand with over 15 million wireless customers, today announced the raising of a loan amounting to INR 1280 Crore through Non Convertible Debentures (NCD). Deutsche Bank is the lead banker of the issue.

According to Sergey Savchenko, Chief Financial Officer of Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd. “It was quite challenging to raise such significant funds with such long tenor under current uncertain regulatory environment in India, but business has to continue and grow. This is the next step after raising INR 920 Crore loan from Barclays Bank and ICICI Bank in September last year and we currently have several other facilities in pipe-line. We are planning to utilize the proceeds to further scale up our telecom operations and repayment of maturing loan. Adding further, Sergey said “We are very thankful to our banking partner – Deutsche Bank for its trust and support.”

The entire amount of INR 1280 Crore has been received by SSTL. The 8 year Debt is payable by 2019.

~Free one year subscription of Go BBM service plan with purchase of a BlackBerry Curve 8520 or BlackBerry Curve 9300 smartphone, available exclusively for Vodafone subscribers

Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, ushered in the New Year with a new BlackBerry service plan – Go BBM for its prepaid and postpaid customers. This unique plan to be launched next week offers unlimited access to BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), one of the largest mobile social networks in the world, for Rs 5 per day or Rs 129/- per month for prepaid and fixed price of Rs. 129/- per month for postpaid subscribers.

Additionally, as part of the introductory offer, subscribers who purchase a BlackBerry Curve 8520 orBlackBerry Curve 9300 smartphone by the end of February 2012 can avail one year of unlimited access to the BBM service from the date of purchase. (more…)

-Students can now fill one application form online for multiple institutions-

Shiksha.com, India’s leading education portal introduces a common application form to facilitate MBA aspirants applying to multiple B- Schools. It is modelled along the lines of ‘The Common App’ which is accepted by over 400 college/universities for under-grad admissions in the USA. There are approximately 4 lakh MBA aspirants in the country every year and about 2.15 lakh of them appearing for the CAT this year. This platform seeks to help these students avoid the tedious and time consuming process of sourcing and filling up multiple application forms for different colleges. MBA aspirants can now create their profile on Shiksha.com and thereafter use that profile to conveniently apply to MBA colleges of their choice. The platform enables aspirants to track their application form status, correspond with institutes and pay the application fees online. (more…)

Bharti Airtel, leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced that starting today, its postpaid mobile customers using BlackBerry smartphones can subscribe to the all new “BBM Plan” on Airtel. Now available @ Rs 129 per month, this plan will allow customers to enjoy unlimited use of *Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and free 300 local + national SMS in a month.

Airtel’s all new “BBM Plan” for postpaid customers (more…)

• One-of-its-kind Awards for digital industry in India will be formally held on 18^th January 2012 in New Delhi
• The awards have 6 main categories and a total of 33 sub-categories

The Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), a not-for-profit industry body registered under the Societies Act 1896 with mandate to expand and enhance the online and mobile value added services sectors, is organizing the 2^nd edition of India Digital Awards coinciding with the India Digital Summit. The comprehensive Awards under different categories will felicitate the achievement and efforts of all those individuals and companies who have contributed towards the development and enhancement of online and mobile value added services in India. The one-of-its- kind awards will be held on 18^th January, 2012 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. (more…)