The suspense about Hutchison Essar is finally over. Vodafone acquired 67 percent of the stake from Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecom Ltd. Vodafone paid $11.1 billion for the stake while the remaining 33 percent is held by Ruias of Essar Group.

Vodafone is in talks with the Essar Group ...

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the managing director of One97, a mobile value-added services company. One97 has many firsts to its credit, including India’s first short code sms service, 3030.

Vijay talks about how they started, the various offerings of One97, impact of 3G and the overall VAS market in ...

Last Monday, Veer Bothra (seen here on the left) asked me to join in the monthly mixer he organises, called Mobile Monday. It’s loosely tied in with an eponymous event held around the world, an opportunity for mobile platform stakeholders to meet and talk about change … and more of the same.

Veer wanted me to talk about podcasting, not the nuts and bolts, but where it’s at and its relevance to the radio paradigm. That’s a juicy opportunity, I thought to myself, and so found myself making the difficult journey to North Mumbai (needs planning and a sort of instinctive feel for which combination of segments and modes of transport make it the least painful overall).

San Francisco, August 7, 2006 (PodTech News) Apple Computer Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs kicked off the World Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) at Moscone West in San Francisco before a packed convention hall expecting major announcements regarding the company’s line of computers, software and the iPod. The proceedings began with ...

In the second of three podcasts, Jorma Ollila (Chairman and CEO of Nokia) says IP networks offer amazing opportunities for industry growth. But he warns that simple products, like SMS services, that work well should not be forgotten.

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Yahoo announced back in July that they were working with Motorola, but now they are showing podcasting with Motorola. Yahoo and Motorola are showcasing the future of how consumers access entertainment on the go.

Podcasting is going everywhere. Great stuff. There is a ...