Download Paytm app on Lumia 535 and enjoy exclusive cash back offers

Download Paytm app on Lumia 535 and enjoy exclusive cash back offers
Win Rs.150 cash back on every transaction worth Rs.150!

Paytm, India’s largest mobile commerce platform, has introduced a special offer exclusively for Lumia 535 users. To avail the offer, users have to download the Paytm app on their smart phones and pay a bill or do a recharge through the Paytm application for Rs 150 or more. Using the code LUMIA535, they can win Rs 150 cash back per month for 4 months.

Shankar Nath, Senior Vice President, Paytm said, “At Paytm, we leave no stone unturned to serve our customers efficiently. We are constantly endeavoring to provide our patrons with the best deals and offers to attain top of the mind brand recall and enhance our credibility in the market. The Lumia 535 offer combines the best of these thoughts.”

Navdeep Manaktala, Head - Developer Experience, Nokia India Sales Pvt. Ltd. (A subsidiary of Microsoft Mobile Oy) says, “Paytm is a trusted partner and we are delighted with the Paytm offer on Lumia 535 as it testimonial of our shared commitment to provide innovative services that delivers value to our consumers.”

The cash back offer is available on recharges and bill payments on a minimum order of Rs 150. The offer is valid for four months only.

About Paytm

Paytm is India’s largest mobile commerce platform. Paytm started by offering mobile recharge and utility bill payments and today it offers a full marketplace to consumers on its mobile apps. In a short span of time Paytm has scaled to nearly 20 Million orders a month. Paytm mobile wallet is used by more than 18 million users to pay for various services.

Consumer brand of India’s leading mobile internet company One97 Communications, Paytm is head-quartered in Delhi NCR. One97 investors include SAIF Partners, Intel Capital and SAP Ventures.

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NTT Communications to Open Shanghai Pudong Data Center

NTT Communications to Open Shanghai Pudong Data Center
- Providing top level high power availability at a reasonable price in China -

Tokyo, Japan

NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT (NYSE:NTT) Group, announced today that its Shanghai Pudong Data Center in the Pudong Development Zone of Shanghai, China will begin operating on November 20. The center, NTT Com’s third data center in Shanghai, will offer approximately 2,600 m2 of server room, equivalent to 1,000 racks.

NTT Com expects its new facility to help meet the increasing demand for reliable, advanced data center services in the Chinese data center market, which grew 20% the previous year.

The Shanghai Pudong Data Center will be NTT Com’s first data center in China capable of total-service design, construction and operation for customers. With its full-scale capabilities, the facility will offer total management of service quality and cost for stable, global-scale and integrated services. Drawing on NTT Com’s expert technical know-how and strong track record of achievement, the data center will provide optimal data center services to customers in fields including finance, manufacturing and IT services. Please refer to the attached specifications sheet.

NTT Com is expanding its data center services in China to include not only colocation but also primary cloud services, such as its Enterprise Cloud. NTT Com offers next-generation data center services under the Nexcenter™ brand worldwide.

(1) High-performance data center offering 20% lower costs

The Shanghai Pudong Data Center is a highly disaster-proof facility featuring redundant power supply, air conditioning and communication route to deal with events such as power shutdowns, equipment failures or breakdowns during inspection. It offers 99.9999% power availability and 10kVA/rack high-density power provision. Highly efficient operation will enable the facility to lower its costs by approximately 20% compared to other data centers in the Shanghai area.

(2) High-reliability, low-latency and low-cost network environment

NTT Com’s new data center will utilize multiple networks of local communications providers under a carrier-neutral policy, resulting in network configuration with high availability. Customers will have access to NTT Com’s Arcstar Universal One™ data network service, a high-reliability, low-latency and low-cost global network environment that reaches 196 countries and regions. A stable communications environment built on direct network connections to communications companies across China will enable customers to avoid the problem of internet instability common in China due to inadequate connections among local carriers. Customers will also benefit from internet services using the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for optimal connections among internet webs of various locations in China, and within Chinese VPN connection service.

(3) Compliance with ISOs/IEOs, such as ITIL

The Shanghai Pudong Data Center will offer 24/7 support in Japanese, English and Chinese. On-site technicians will help customers achieve secure, efficient operations based on adherence to ITIL system operation management guidelines, as well as ISO 27001 ISO 9001 ISO 20000. ITIL, a library of best practices for ICT service operation and management, forms part of the BS 15000 foundation for global ICT domain standards.

About NTT Communications Corporation

NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the company’s worldwide infrastructure, including the leading global tier-1 IP network, the Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching 196 countries/regions, and 130 secure data centers worldwide. NTT Communications’ solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.

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High-Growth Datacenter Sector Drives Indian Rack and Rack Options Market, notes Frost & Sullivan

High-Growth Datacenter Sector Drives Indian Rack and Rack Options Market, notes Frost & Sullivan

Technology adoption among small and medium-sized businesses also spurs demand
The boom in information processing and data transfer activity in India has been encouraging investment in datacenters. Small and medium businesses/enterprises (SMBs/SMEs) in the country have been in expansion and transition mode. As information and communication technology (ICT) will play a vital role in their continued growth, captive and hosted datacenters are expected to account for a substantial portion of IT spending. This in turn will fuel demand for rack and rack options. In fact, the market prospects of rack and rack option suppliers will only brighten over the next five years as the Indian datacenter market gains momentum owing to steady domestic and international demand for IT services.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, India Rack and Rack Options Market, finds that the market earned revenues of INR 6.59 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2014 and estimates this to reach INR 10.31 billion in FY 2019. The study covers the end-user segments of datacenters, telecom, and SMEs/SMBs.

“With the increase in data usage among mobile users and rising tenancy ratio of towers, telecom infrastructure providers across India will also find use for rack and rack options,” said Frost & Sullivan Energy & Environmental Industry Analyst.

Nevertheless, the slow replacement rates of racks have contained the market’s pace of development. As a result of technical advancements in the components and raw materials used to manufacture racks, these products last for 15 years. Hence, end users rarely have to replace or upgrade rack units, a trend which has depressed market participants’ overall revenues.

The profitability of rack and rack option suppliers across India has also suffered due to the price sensitivity of the market, caused partially by the presence of a large number of unorganized suppliers in the country. Since the degree of technical change and product innovation are low in the market, the barriers to entry are also low and thus market competition is intense. Unorganized suppliers with sheet metal production capacities tend to offer basic racks at more affordable rates than organized suppliers, eroding the bargaining power of organized suppliers.

“Once new players enter the market, and technological development and product portfolio diversification gain pace among existing rack suppliers, competition will become even stiffer,” noted the Analyst. “Rack and rack option suppliers across India should position themselves as one-stop solution providers, who sell products ranging from power distribution units to cooling and management software, to succeed in the market.”

If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides a brief synopsis of the research and a table of contents, then send an e-mail to Ravinder Kaur/ Priya George, Corporate Communications, at ravinder.kaur@frost.com/ priyag@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, company e-mail address, company website, city, state and country. Upon receipt of the above information, a brochure will be sent to you by e-mail.

India Rack and Rack Options Market is part of the Power Supplies & Batteries (http://www.powersupplies.frost.com) Growth Partnership Service program. Frost & Sullivan’s related studies include: Competitive Strategies Benchmarking in Data Center Physical Infrastructure Industry, Global Programmable Direct Current (DC) Power Supplies and Electronic Loads Market, Global Industrial UPS Market, and European Rack and Rack Options Market. All studies included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants.

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Vodafone Creates a Virtual World for its Consumers

Taking the ‘BE SMART’ Mobile Internet initiative to a new height, Vodafone India has launched a 360 degree campaign aimed at engaging, educating and providing a better smartphone experience on the go to its customers. The campaign involves some very interesting and unique tools like augmented reality, RFID (radio Frequency Identification) etc to engage with the customers.

The ‘BE SMART’ campaign focuses on informing customers about relevant content, latest apps, and educating them how to get best from their smartphones through 3G. It involves an integrated multimedia approach and is running on radio, digital, print and outdoor. The key message - ‘Smartphones Can Do More with Vodafone 3G’, is driven in a stimulating and interesting manner, be it through videos & music, navigation, social networking or online gaming.

Vodafone has always been at the forefront of providing a differentiated experience to its customers. In an engaging approach, Vodafone has made use of Augmented Reality to transport its customers to the superfast world of 3G, giving them an extraordinary experience. To depict Vodafone’s superfast 3G internet speed, an experience zone was created at the Vodafone 3G world. It was a virtual smart world where a super fast flight was possible, a flight so fast that one could go around the world and return in less than 2 minutes. Fans were put into this virtual world with the use of technology. The Vodafone 3G world with live size augmented reality screens was on display across locations in Delhi and NCR.

In addition of Augmented Reality, the company took another step ahead to promote Vodafone 3G through an innovative mechanism called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). When the user wears the RFID tag and connects with Vodafone , the same is flashed on his/her Facebook profile highlighting that they were at the Vodafone 3G world and also trending along with the #tag - #WHYWAIT on Facebook.

Spread over a month and across 15+ mediums, this campaign is easily one of the biggest campaigns for Vodafone – Delhi. The campaign has already hit mediums like Radio, Digital, OOH , Wall paintings for the fringe areas and activations are just round the counter.

This ‘BE SMART’ initiative is in line with Vodafone’s overall strategy to democratise data and enhance awareness on the benefits of mobile internet to both current as well as prospective customers. The new ‘BE SMART’ initiative projects real life situations with popular mobile applications ranging from videos & music, navigation, social networking, online gaming, live stock market updates etc. It engages with the audience communicating the message of ‘Smartphones are incomplete without Vodafone 3G’, in a stimulating and interesting manner.

About Vodafone India

Vodafone India is a member of the Vodafone Group and commenced operations in 1994 when its predecessor Hutchison Max acquired the cellular license for Mumbai. The company has operations across the country serving over 160 million customers. This journey is a strong testimony of Vodafone’s success in a highly competitive and price sensitive market. Vodafone India in its long-term commitment to India has been providing innovative, customer friendly and reliable products and services by continuously differentiating itself with a strong brand, best quality network, unique distribution and great customer service.

Vodafone has been receiving several awards and recognition across different segments. The company was recently recognized as India’s ‘Most Trusted Brand in Telecom category’ in the Brand Trust Report 2014 by the Trust Research Advisory. Vodafone was also recognized as ‘Most Respected At the Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2013, the company was awarded for excellence in ‘Service Innovation’ and ‘Innovation in Training and Learning’ categories. The company also received the ‘Best 3G services operator’ at the recent tele.net Telecom awards. In a survey conducted by Nielsen; Vodafone India has been recognized as the ‘Most Likeable Brand’ in the consumer services category. Vodafone India has also been making significant strides with its wide retail presence in the country. The company won the award for innovation in Retail, at International women leadership forum for the concept of Angel (all women) stores across the country. The company has been recognized as one of the ‘Best Employer of Choice’ in telecom sector by ‘Great Places to Work’ and Vodafone Business Services has been awarded the “Best Enterprise Service Provider” at the Frost & Sullivan Awards for three consecutive years in 2011, 2012 and 2013. On the technology front, the company has also won the Enterprise & IT Infrastructure Global Excellence Award for its Business Intelligence (BI) transformation project.

As a value based organization, Vodafone is committed to achieving the highest standards of Health, Safety and Well-being not only for its employees but also for all its partners. For creating such a responsible culture in the organization, the company recently received the Golden Peacock Occupational Health & Safety Award 2013. At Vodafone, sustainability is an integral part of the company’s mission and strategy, shaping the conduct of business every day. ‘Vodafone Cares’ is a platform to showcase all the good that we do for the society and we have championed several projects and initiatives under the three pillars of Education, Environment and Empowerment. Through the Vodafone Foundation, we are committed to enable people and use technology to address some of India’s most pressing challenges relating to education, health, equality and access. All our activities focus on the 4Ms of empowering individuals – m Health, m Education, m Agriculture and m Women.

Vodafone is one of the world's largest telecommunications companies with over 419 million customers in its controlled and jointly controlled markets as of 31 December 2013. Vodafone has equity interests in telecommunications operations in nearly 30 countries and around 50 partner networks worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.vodafone.com. Follow us on twitter @Vodafone IN

For further information, please contact: Vodafone India Corporate Communications Team at indiacorpcomm@vodafone.com , Adfactors PR – Vikas Kumar | 9811054648 | vikas.kumar@adfactorspr.com

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Bharti Airtel launches 'Smart Pack' - World's First Paper Recharge with a QR Code

Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel”), a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today launched the World’s First Paper Recharge Coupon with a Quick Response Code (QRC).

An innovative product currently available for Airtel prepaid mobile customers in Andhra Pradesh, the ‘Smart Pack’ provides a never-before convenience factor for customers to recharge their phones within 2 seconds. Customers can now easily scan the QR code to recharge their phone and forget the hassle of entering the 16 digit PIN after scratching the coupon.

How it works:

1. On your android phone, install ‘QR Code Reader’ app

2. On the recharge coupon, scratch to reveal a QR code,

3. Scan the code with the app

4. Click ‘Ok’ to finalise and approve recharge

The Smart Pack is currently available on a Recharge Coupon of Rs. 25/- and will also offer customers an option to choose either 2G or 3G benefits on the same pack.

About Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 4 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 289 million customers across its operations at the end of January 2014. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com

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Airtel crosses 200 million mobile customer mark in India

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today said that it has crossed the 200 million mobile subscriber mark in India, further consolidating its leadership position in the world’s second largest mobile market. Airtel is the largest telecom operator in India, both in terms of customers and revenues. The Company ranks as the fourth largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers.
Gopal Vittal, Joint MD& CEO (India), Bharti Airtel said, “We are delighted to have reached this major milestone. It is gratifying to see the trust our customers have reposed in our brand and it will be our endeavor to continue delighting them with innovative and world-class services. We will also continue to invest towards building a robust data network of the future and be at the forefront of India’s mobile broadband revolution.”
Airtel has the largest bouquet of mobile services for customers in India, including 2G, 3G, 4G, Mobile Commerce and other Value Added Services. Its distribution channel is spread across 1.5 Mn outlets, with network presence in 5,121 census and 460,655 non-census towns and villages in India covering approximately 86.7% of the country’s population. Airtel has the largest rural mobile customer base in India with over 88 million mobile customers (from rural markets).

Airtel has India’s widest 3G footprint, offering customers high-speed internet access and a host of innovative services like Mobile TV, video calls, live-streaming videos and gaming. Airtel is the only mobile operator in India to offer 4G services using TD-LTE technology, providing customers the fastest wireless services with buffer-less HD video streaming and multi-tasking capabilities.
Airtel launched its mobile operations in India in 1995. Since then it has been at the forefront of India’s mobile revolution that has empowered millions across the length and breadth of the country. Airtel crossed the 100 million mobile customers mark in India in 2009.

BHARTI AIRTEL - KEY MILESTONES

1994 – Wins GSM licenses for mobile service in Delhi & NCR.
1995 – Launches services under the ‘Airtel’ brand name.
1997 – Becomes the first mobile service provider in the country to cross 100,000 customer mark.
1998 – Launches India’s first private fixed line service in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
2001 – Network i2i, India’s first submarine cable company launched with SingTel.
2002 – Goes public, completes India’s first 100% book building issue.
2002 – Becomes India’s first private telecommunications service provider to launch International Long Distance services.
2005 – First private service provider in India to have an All-India telecom footprint.
2008 – Crosses 60 million customer mark. Launches DTH services.
2009 – Crosses the magical 100 million customer mark.
2009 – Expands operation to Sri Lanka.
2010 – Expands operations to Bangladesh.
2010 - Announces acquisition of Zain telecom.
2011 – Launches 3G services and ‘airtel money’ in India.
2012- Becomes the first Indian telco to launch 4G services.
2014- Becomes the first Indian telco to offer 4G service on mobile phones.

About Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 4 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 289 million customers across its operations at the end of January 2014. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com

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Bharti Airtel appoints Manish Prakash as Director - Enterprise & Government

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the appointment of Manish Prakash as the Director for Enterprise & Government reporting into Gopal Vittal, Jt.MD & CEO (India), Bharti Airtel Limited.

In his role, Manish will be responsible for overall strategy and leadership for the company’s Business-to-business (B2B)in India. His focus will be to consolidate Airtel’s Enterprise and Government business, devise and execute growth strategies, lead product innovation and inject world-class process and service capabilities within the organization. He will also be a part of the Airtel Management Board (AMB).

Manish brings with him over 20 years of global executive leadership experience in building sustainable organizations from inception and driving growth across global markets. He joins Airtel from Accenture where he was the Managing Director - Infrastructure Managed Services (IMS) for Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ). Prior to Accenture, Manish was also associated with SK C&C, the affiliate company of SK Telecom in Korea as the Chief Executive Officer of the international business division and served on the Board of the affiliate organizations across China, India, Central Asia and US. He has also held leadership roles at Tech Mahindra, IBM and Hewlett-Packard.

Manish holds an MBA from INSEAD, France and an Electronics and Communication Engineering from NIT, Suratkal.

About Bharti Airtel:

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 4 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 283 million customers across its operations at the end of November 2013. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com.

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