EdServ Nokia Worldwide tie up
Press Trust Of India, Wed-28-Sep-2011, Tiruchirapalli
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Tiruchirapalli, Sep 28 (PTI) Chennai based EdServ, India’s
largest mobile based education service support company, has
entered into an agreement with Nokia, the largest manufacturer
of handsets in the world to provide its education content on
Nokia Smart Phones Worldwide.
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"Nokia has approved our HumThum Apps for hosting the apps
in Nokia Ovi Apps Store and the apps is now available to run
inside all Nokia smart phones", S Giridharan, Chairman and
CEO, EdServ told PTI here today.
"This tie up will enable students to use our wide range of
Educational content including Tuition, Academics, Skill
Development, and Test Prep Services, that has till now been
available on our flagship education and career portal
www.lampsglow.com, quite comfortably on the Nokia smart
phones through the HumThum apps", he said.
This will help students to learn as well as tap career
opportunities by accessing the HumThum apps anywhere anytime
from their Nokia smart phone. EdServ’s HumThum apps even has a
PDF converter that will change the Nokia smart phone to a
mobile scanner or a photocopier. HumThum apps has a 'Talking
Dictionary' that will provide pronunciation and meaning of any
English word. Humthum also helps users to design, host and
update their own personal or business website from the mobile
phone.
Giridharan said that "EdServ has already garnered over
2.5lakh users on lampsglow.com, out of which over 50 per cent
was from mobile segment. EdServ is targeting a subscribed
user base of 1crore for its mobile apps by end of next year."
EdServ is also in talks with other leading mobile
manufacturers as well to expand its reach in the mobile
education segment. As a pioneer in mobile based education from
kinder garden to post graduate level, EdServ believes their
reach is seamless, he said.
EdServ, which is listed on the BSE and NSE, ended Q1 with
revenues of Rs. 26.69cr and Net Profit of Rs. 7.31cr, he said.
PTI
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