India approves foreign investment plan by Telcordia Technologies
India has approved a proposal by U.S.-based Telcordia Technologies Inc. to invest in a local JV to provide MNP.
MNP Interconnection Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a JV between Telcordia and New Delhi-based DTC Pvt. Ltd., is one of the two companies that have been given licenses to launch MNP services across India.
On July 23, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board cancelled Telcordia’s initial proposal to invest in MNP Interconnection. But the board reviewed the cancellation of the proposal at a meeting on Nov. 3.
MNP soon to become reality in India
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The much awaited service of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) will soon be implemented in India as the Union home ministry has finally agreed to give a conditional security to the Telcordia Technologies’ proposal to implement MNP.
Any staff of the US-based telecom firm, who has worked in Pakistan at any point of time, will not be employed in the Indian operations.
MHA’s conditional nod to Telcordia’s MNP venture will be conveyed in written to FIBP. The final FIPB nod will clear the decks for the introduction of MNP. Through this service the mobile subscribers will be allowed to switch to another service provider, while retaining their numbers.
Telcordia, mPortal team on MVNO content solution
Telecom software and services provider Telcordia Technologies announced a partnership with mobile content and applications provider mPortal, bolstering its hosted services for MVNOs with mPortal’s Springboard content delivery manager platform and related content catalog. Promising its MVNO customers an efficient and cost-effective solution for launching mobile content services, Telcordia will also add mPortal’s smart client, which resides on subscriber handsets to improve content access and discovery.
“The partnership with mPortal helps us broaden our hosted services offer,” said Telcordia’s executive director of global solutions marketing Patrick McCarthy in an interview with FierceMobileContent. “The more we can put in the tin, the easier it is for MVNOs to work with us.”
Telcordia now boasts 13 hosted MVNO customers worldwide, delivering prepaid and post-paid mobile services. Its off-the-shelf content catalog includes ringtones, wallpapers and games, as well dynamic content like real-time news feeds. ”With this partnership, we’re reducing MVNO complexities by offering a single point of contact,” mPortal founder and CEO DP Venkatesh told FMC. “From a provider perspective, we have the entire mobile content solution you need.”
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