OnMobile looking for expansion

By agencies   |   Tuesday, 11 July 2006, 19:30 IST
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NEW DELHI: OnMoblie, a U.S. based integrated software and solutions provider is in stages of advanced discussions to raise about $100 million to fund its future expansion plans. CEO Arvind Rao announced that talks were on with some U.S. based investors to raise about $30-100 million and the process would be finalized in the next two months. Terming India as an emerging telecom market, he added that the company, which currently sees an annual revenue of $50 million, is focusing to cash in on the escalating mobile industry in India, also the world's fastest growing wireless market with the mobile industry is expected to touch the five billion mark here. Infosys, which funded OnMobile, currently holds a 14 per cent stake in the software company that has other Indian funded ventures including Agro Global Capital Partners. OnMobile provide mobile-based commerce using technologies like SMS, WAP and GPRS and have a varied list of Indian telecom customers like Hutch, Airtel, Idea BSNL and Spice.