Spice launches software development venture

NEW DELHI,INDIA: Spice Televentures, a provider in mobile ecosystems, announced on Thursday the launch of its mobile software development venture Mobisoc Technology Pvt Ltd to offer Internet enabled valued added services for mobile phones.

It also launched a flagship product Mitr (friend), a development platform that allows fast paced development of Mobile applications for multiple phone platforms.This offers development of mobile applications for varied platforms like Java, Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile and Blackberry.

“Mobisoc will enable rich internet experience on all mobile phones. Today, 70 per cent of the phones sold are GPRS-enabled but the usage of value-added services is yet to pick up,” said Dilip Modi, chairman, Spice Televentures, while addressing the media.

“We expect to grab 10 per cent share of the total GPRS phones sold in the country by December 2009, he added.

It has also partnered Naukri.com, Jeevansathi.com, makeMytrip.com, FinancialExpress.com and Sulekha.com to launch their applications on its platform.