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  • Mobile Vas services could touch Rs 45.6 billion in 2007: study

    Mobile Vas services could touch Rs 45.6 billion in 2007: study

    MUMBAI: The mobile value added services (Mobile Vas or MVas) industry could be worth nearly Rs 45.6 billion by the end of 2007, from its current size of Rs 28.5 billion.

    These findings are a part of the Mobile Value Added Services Report, jointly prepared by the Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International.

     
    A break up of the total market size of Rs 28.5 billion reveals that P2P (person to person) SMS or text messaging, continues to dominate the industry with Rs 11.4 billion, followed by ringtones, including caller ring back tones (CRBT) at Rs 10.26 billion; Person to Application (P2A) and Application to Person (A2P) at Rs 4.28 billion; games and data at Rs 1.71 billion and others (MMS etc) at Rs 860 million.

    The P2P SMS revenue is accrued completely to the telecom operators. The remaining MVas revenues are distributed among content owners, developers and the telecom operators on a revenue sharing basis.

     
    In the case of MVas (except P2P SMS) the revenue sharing arrangement is heavily in favour of telecom operators. This model is significantly different from more developed markets such as China where typically the operators are entitled to 20-30 per cent only. In the case of enterprise solution services, the revenue share arrangement between operator and short code owner is typically 70 per cent and 30 per cent respectively.

    IAMAI president Dr Subho Ray says, “This is the first attempt at a market estimate for the industry and we are hopeful that government and industry will now look at the MVas industry with the attention that is due to it.”

    He adds that for the market to grow and come out with innovative solutions three issues must be set right at the outset: revenue sharing and schedule of payments which is currently heavily in favour of telecom operators; stable and long term enabling policies by the government; and intra industry issues such as intellectual property rights.

  • mobile2win, Saregama to distribute Rahul Sharma’s album ‘Ladakh – In Search of Buddha’

    mobile2win, Saregama to distribute Rahul Sharma’s album ‘Ladakh – In Search of Buddha’

    MUMBAI: mobile2win, mobile VAS platform company has partnered with Saregama for the wireless distribution of Rahul Sharma’s latest album ‘Ladakh – In Search of Buddha’.

    Mobile2win has been mandated to distribute mobile content around this album to all telcos and media houses in the country. They will be providing mobile content which includes imagery – wallpapers and music clips – ringtones in monotones, polytones, trutones. One can download ringtones by simply going through browser pages of their operator network. The Ladakh tones are live on the decks of operators to download and consumers are eligible for mobile phones as lucky draw prizes.

    The ‘Ladakh – In Search of Buddha’ content can be downloaded onto any GPRS enabled handsets via the Mobile2Win zone through major mobile operators like Airtel, Hutch, BPL, Idea, Spice, Reliance, BSNL, MTNL, Tata etc covering all circles across the country. This content has also been made available to leading media entities for downloads to their consumers.

    mobile2win India country head Rajiv Hiranandani says, “mobile2win is committed to bringing music and entertainment onto the fingertips of millions of mobile consumers. The demand for good content will always be there and we will make sure it is met via exclusive mobile content and applications.”