Comviva powers India's first-ever solution to record TV programs through mobile phones

Enables Bharti Airtel to offer an industry first feature of recording live TV from anywhere in the world

Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS, today announced that it has provided an innovative solution enabling customers who own an Airtel digital TV recorder, to record live television through their mobile phones.  The solution replicates the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) on the mobile for Airtel digital TV customers. With this, customers can set reminders or even recommend a program to a friend, besides being able to view their current account balance.

Working closely with the Airtel digital TV team, Comviva developed and delivered this solution in a very short span of time by integrating two of its proven products Adagium A-Live, which is a carrier grade self care solution and WebAxn – a J2ME based client-server solution that helps deliver rich and engaging user experiences on a wide variety of handsets.

Speaking on the occasion Ajai Puri Director and CEO-DTH, Bharti Airtel said “At Airtel, we believe that the key to our brand is innovation and technology is one vital element of our innovation endeavors. Bring together the TV and the mobile screen, this product would be a lifestyle enabler that will significantly change TV viewing trends in India. The solution developed by Comviva is operator agnostic and can be accessed on over 225 popular Java, GPRS enabled devices. Comviva’s expertise in delivering carrier grade solutions helped Airtel digital TV create a clear differentiator in the personal video recorder (PVR) category in a very short time.”

Manoranjan Mohapatra, CEO, Comviva said, “Comviva believes in delivering innovative applications and easy-to-use services to its partners. We are delighted that Airtel has adopted this unique solution to enhance their customers’ service experience and bring greater convenience to their daily lives. Comviva, with its extensive experience in developing innovative mobile solutions that engage end-users, will continue to lead the market with solutions that go beyond VAS.”                                                                          

About Bharti Airtel Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is among Asia’s leading integrated telecom services providers with operations in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The company has an aggregate of around 137 million customers across its operations. Bharti Airtel has been ranked among the six best performing technology companies in the world by BusinessWeek.

Bharti Airtel is structured as four strategic business units - Mobile, Telemedia, Enterprise and Digital TV. The mobile business offers services in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The Telemedia business provides broadband, IPTV and telephone services in 94 Indian cities. The Enterprise business provides end-to-end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national and international long distance services to carriers. The Digital TV business provides DTH services across India. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand. Airtel’s national high-speed optic fiber network currently spans over 118,337 Rkms across India. Airtel's international network infrastructure includes ownership of the i2i submarine cable system and consortium ownership in five global undersea cable systems, SEA-ME-WE 4, EIG, I-ME-WE, AAG and UNITY. For more information, visit www.airtel.in.