BPL Mobile To Use InfoGin’s IMP

from the Press Release:

This makes BPL Mobile the first mobile operator in India to offer the Real Internet as a genuine service from its WAP portal. The new, easy to navigate, service is offered through WAP portal of BPL Mobile, “@Cafe” and enables users to quickly access any website on any mobile device and enjoy a PC-like surfing experience.
“India is one of the world’s fastest growing mobile data markets. BPL Mobile has clearly focused its efforts on innovative leadership by introducing its subscribers to state of the art advanced mobile data services,” said Eran Wyler, CEO & Founder of InfoGin. “We are very excited to make our first entry to the Indian market,

This announcement comes after InfoGin and Microsoft deal, BPL mobile currently operates in Mumbai city with more than 1 million subscribers, that is surely a small carrier, but is a good start for Infogin in India.

Vringo Application To Be Promoted On Sony Ericsson’s Walkman devices

from the Press release:

Vringo’, the next-generation ringtone pioneer, announced today that its free video ringtone application is being pre-linked on global shipments of Sony Ericsson’s Walkman phones and promoted via the manufacturer’s Fun & Downloads portal.
… This partnership with Sony Ericsson, which was established when Vringo took home a prize at last year’s Sony Ericsson Content Awards, is the latest step in Vringo’s continuing push towards global availability and monetization of video ringtones.

Qualcomm To Power Modu Devices-Technologically And Financially

The chip manufacturer will empower Modu devices.
The company also invested in Modu but the amount has not been disclosed, rumors speak about 7 million dollars of investment.
We hope the release date will not be changed (April 09)

Vringo, video ringtones service provider, launched today a service called “Vringo Channels” just in time for the presidential campaign.
Vringo’s team identified the difficulty in the frequent need of searching for relevant video ringtones, purchasing the ringtones and installs them.
The process takes time and initiative while most users do not refresh their content as often as they would have if it was easier to do.
Vringo channels is a push based service and resembles a lot technologies like RSS and media concepts like the YouTube Channels.
Basically you “subscribe” to a Vringo channel and your video ringtone updates on a daily or a weekly basis automatically.
The channel’s content is dictated by the channel managers but there is still no declaration on a personalized channel like in YouTube.

Vringo chose her campaign very wisely, trying to capitalize on the elections in the states with a very appealing content of a daily roundup about each candidate, Obama and McCain.
Once subscribed to the Obama channel, the user gets a free daily video ringtone edited and taken from multiple sources.
Because the video ringtones also play on the devices of other Vringo users who call you, it is a great way to give your hand to the campaign of your favorite candidate.
But it can’t all be good right? While Vringo pushes to support many relevant devices, at the moment they support mainly Nokia S60 based phones. It could be still relevant with worldwide share of around 40% to Nokia phones. In the U.S. this number drops dramatically and is located around 5.1%. So there is no real big market potential to the great service until more devices are supported and we get a real social enabler with a significant market penetration.

Our bottom line: Hey it is free, although not anyone can use it and you need to get your friends to install Vringo in order to make it really interesting.

Vringo Channels are available for free to consumers worldwide at www.vringo.com/channels.
for more details check out the video below:

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