m-commerce

Ngpay an m–commerce tool provider, allowing customers secure fund transfers through mobile phones; it works on phones with GPRS across all telecom networks.

I have been in UK since a few days, and am using Vodafone 3G service on Sony Ericsson phone. Recently they have launched Mobile TV, which means mobile users can entertain themselves on the move. The quality is just about decent with a wide variety of channel choices including CNN, SKY, MTV, DISCOVERY, CARTOON NETWORK and another 30 odd channels. Free until 31st Jan, after which the access charge will be around £10 per month for all the channels. Not bad at all.

I believe there is lot of scope for innovative content which will emerge specific for the mobile tv media such as short musicals, short comedy clips, cartoons and perhaps in future will also get integrated with adverts and m-commerce.

My colleague Manish Nakar and myself are attending this 2 day event addressed my luminiaries from the Indian E-commerce Industry at Hotel Grand Maratha in
Mumbai, organized by IAMAI.

Addressing the keynote session, Union Minister for Communication and
Information Technology, Mr. Dayanidhi Maran, asked MTNL and BSNL to link
cable networks of television viewers in Mumbai and Chennai with phone lines.

Speaking at the Digital Summit, Mr. Maran said, "I have asked MTNL and BSNL
to opt for IPTV. The cable network of the two metros will bE connected to the
phone lines very soon."

The Minister said that server farms of international standards will be set