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  • Mahindra Comviva strengthens global leadership team

    Mahindra Comviva strengthens global leadership team

    NEW DELHI :  Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile VAS and financial solutions, today announced the appointment of Patrick Allainguillaume as the new Global Market Unit Head and part of the management team. The appointment is announced at a strategic time when Mahindra Comviva is aggressively focusing on extending its footprint in Europe and Americas.

    Patrick will be responsible for the laying out and implementing the global sales strategy for the company. Ambar Sur, who was earlier heading the Global Market Unit, moves to a new role in innovation and strategic business.

    Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Manoranjan Mohapatra, CEO, Mahindra Comviva said, “I am delighted to welcome Patrick on board as we continue with our growth story. Patrick will be instrumental in consolidating our business across the key regions to achieve the next growth phase.”

    Expressing his enthusiasm at joining Mahindra Comviva, Patrick Allainguillaume said, “I am excited to be a part of Mahindra Comviva’s global leadership team. Mahindra Comviva is well poised to leverage its extensive portfolio of market leading solutions that enrich the lives of over a billion people across the globe.”

    Patrick brings with him 25 years of experience in Information Technology and Telecom industry. Patrick also has an extensive knowledge in venture capital, business strategy and developing organizations internationally. He has held several executive positions for VAS organizations in Europe gaining acumen in Sales, Customer Services, World Wide Support and operations.

  • Mahindra Comviva bets big on digital music growth around the globe

    Mahindra Comviva bets big on digital music growth around the globe

    MUMBAI: Mahindra Comviva, a mobile solutions provider is emerging its reach on digital music portfolio across video, voice and text. The company is aggregating its content across Asia and Africa‘s continent.

    Mahindra Comviva owns music rights for over 260,000 music assets, in addition to 300,000 other content assets (video, images, voice & text). It has more than 200 categories in SMS/USSD-based services with a very strong WAP catalogue, spanning multiple genres including movie classics, lifestyle tips, hip hop, inspirational, spiritual, rumba, hip life, sports, devotional, jazz, rock, reggae and retro in more than 90 languages such as English, Mandarin, Indonesian, Malay, etc.

    Mahindra Comviva digital services head Atul Madan said, “Over the last few years service providers in the Asia Pacific region have witnessed huge demand for digital music, especially in ASEAN countries. By offering content personalization options for end-users and multiple revenue models for mobile operators, Mahindra Comviva‘s range of digital services, spanning music, voice, video and text, drives service usage and ensures superior end-user experience whilst maximizing operators‘ revenue window.”

    Mahindra Comviva has also pioneered and launched “Infotainment Portal”, a mobile data-based app that allows subscribers to watch and download videos and even share, integrate content with social network websites. The mobile app allows the subscribers to access infotainment through a single app irrespective of the choice of bearer channel between mobile client, text or voice. “Infotainment Portal” is powered by its “Recommendation and Analytics Engine”, which recommends content based on the user‘s profile and his personal preferences rather than content preferred by the crowd as done in most conventional VAS services.