NEW DELHI, INDIA: Indian telecom service provider Aircel today announced that it has signed a pact with India's No. 2 software exporter Infosys Technologies to offer a range of mobile phone applications. As per the agreement, Infosys would implement Flypp, its new application platform, for Aircel's app store.

“We are the first telecom operator in India to launch mobile application store that will cater the needs of our customer from all walks of life,” said Gurdeep Singh, chief operating officer, Aircel, while launching the new offer.

Singh mentioned that most of the application in this store will be available free of cost but for higher level application there will be some cost. “There will be minimal charges based on the application being used by user,” he said.

Apart from conventional application like entertainment, weather, shopping, productivity, travel and utility, Aircel mobile application store will be available open for developers to develop new applications as well.

“This application platform will democratize innovation. In future, it is not the in-house labs that will develop best-in-class innovative applications but it will be users in the society, citizen of the country and others who will develop innovative application. We have left that space for developers on this platform to develop new and innovative application, ” said Subhash Dhar, member, executive council and head applications marketing, Infosys.

However, Flypp platform will not be an open platform for developers. Any new application developed by an independent developer will be his property but the Intellectual Property right of the application will be with Infosys Technologies.

“Flypp is a proprietary platform of Infosys. We are in the process of building norms for its usage but at present IP rights of any application developed at this platform will be with Infosys. We will share the revenue earned from the application developed with the developer, ” said SD Shibulal, chief operating officer and member of the board, Infosys Technologies.

A user will have access to this application store using voice, SMS, GPRS or the Internet.