Reliance Infocomm Contest Draws Strong Response

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Reliance Infocomm contest draws strong response 4/1/2004 1:21:24 PM IST

Mobile Application Contest 2003, the country's first-ever initiative for the mobile application developers, organized under the Dhirubhai Ambani Developer Programme (DADP) by Reliance Infocomm in association with NASSCOM was concluded with the recognition of outstanding developers.

The contest was for selecting the best mobile applications and the best mobile application ideas from thousands of talented software developers from across the country with cash prizes in excess of over Rs1.3mn. The contest was launched in October 2003 and was open till January 2004.

From over 20,000 valid entries received for the unique application ideas and 27 entries for wireless applications, ITIDA Cad Services won the grand prize of Rs5 lakh for their application called ‘My Palette’. This exceptional application allows users to create a cartoon or caricature on the Reliance IndiaMobile phones using their imaginations, with a few “click and select” options available on the menu and link the same to the respective caller ID or forward it as a multimedia (MMS) message to anyone, anywhere.

Gametrix Entertainment bagged the first prize of Rs3 lakh for its ‘Arena’ application, a software platform that enables multiplayer games on mobile. An independent developer duo - Mustansir Kaizar & Sumit Kumar, students from IIT Kharagpur received second prize of Rs1 lakh for their ‘Auction’ application that implements an auction system on mobile phone. Besides the above, there were 6 special prize winners and 6 consolation prize winners.

In the mobile application ideas category there were three prize winners viz. Akhil Mohan, Manisha Jha, and Tanujit Ghosh. The contest was judged on the parameters of service applicability/relevance, functionality of application, complexity and design of application, and quality of documentation.

The panel of Judges comprised of eminent personalities including Datta Subrahmanya, Head of Telecom Business - HP's Global Delivery India Center; Kapil Sood, Director - Telecom vertical, Sun Microsystems India; Christian Ligier, Client Executive, Sun Microsystems France SA; Rajiv A Vaishnav, Regional Director, Nasscom Mumbai and Prof. Prabhat Ranjan, Dhirubhai Ambani - Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ahmedabad.

Presiding over the prize distribution ceremony Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM said, "This unique initiative by Reliance Infocomm will provide the much needed push in mobile applications space - one of the fastest growing software product area globally. It has opened up new avenues for Indian software talent. The opportunity to develop, test and deploy in a live and world-class wireless network in India will open up new possibilities for the Indian developer community globally."

"We were very encouraged by the overwhelming response we got for th e contest from our developer community. Our DADP developers have demonstrated exceptional creativity in developing these market-relevant applications, which will enhance our R World portfolio. We hope this will open up innumerable opportunities, both nationally and internationally, for the large number of software and creative talents," said Mahesh Prasad, President, Applications and Solutions Group of Reliance Infocomm Ltd.

The contest was open to any individual or group of individuals including students, partnership firms or companies with skills in conceiving, designing, developing and testing mobile applications in Java (J2ME) environment. The winning entries may be launched on Reliance IndiaMobile's R World, a service that is currently used by over 6 million subscribers, all over India. R World offers a range of innovative services on Reliance IndiaMobile that helps its customers to access Information, Communication, Entertainment; Transaction based applications on the move.

The contest was organized as part of Dhirubhai Ambani Developer Programme (DADP), a pioneering initiative in India to nurture talented software developers in the mobile application space. Today the programme has more than 11,000 individual developers and 800 Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) / small and medium enterprises.

[gdi123 0]

boy i barely look at those contests.

[Chirag 5]

boy i barely look at those contests.

didn't get u?

Anyways, i see all those applications coming onto R-World in the near future! would be so much fun using them! Kudos to REL !

[Greens 21]

itz goood na. even independent developers cash their creative ideas.

[niket 0]

Dhirubhai Ambani Developer Programme Mobile Application Developers Contest 2003 sets new tone for the developers community

· First ever mobile application developers contest by Reliance Infocomm in the country draws phenomenal response

DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City), Navi Mumbai March 31, 2004

Mobile Application Contest 2003, the country's first-ever initiative for the mobile application developers, organized under the Dhirubhai Ambani Developer Programme (DADP) by Reliance Infocomm in association with NASSCOM was concluded with the recognition of outstanding developers. The contest was for selecting the best mobile applications and the best mobile application ideas from thousands of talented software developers from across the country with cash prizes in excess of over 1.3 million rupees. The contest was launched in October 2003 and was open till January 2004.

From over 20,000 valid entries received for the unique application ideas and 27 entries for wireless applications, ITIDA Cad Services won the grand prize of Rs.5,00,000/- for their application called 'My Palette'. This exceptional application allows users to create a cartoon or caricature on the Reliance IndiaMobile phones using their imaginations, with a few "click and select" options available on the menu and link the same to the respective caller ID or forward it as a multimedia (MMS) message to anyone, anywhere.

Gametrix Entertainment Pvt. Ltd bagged the first prize of Rs.3,00,000/- for its 'Arena' application, a software platform that enables multiplayer games on mobile. An independent developer duo - Mustansir Kaizar & Sumit Kumar, students from IIT Kharagpur received second prize of Rs.1,00,000/- for their 'Auction' application that implements an auction system on mobile phone. Besides the above, there were 6 special prize winners and 6 consolation prize winners.

In the mobile application ideas category there were three prize winners viz. Mr. Akhil Mohan, Ms. Manisha Jha, and Mr. Tanujit Ghosh. The contest was judged on the parameters of service applicability/relevance, functionality of application, complexity and design of application, and quality of documentation. The panel of Judges comprised of eminent personalities including Datta Subrahmanya, Head of Telecom Business - HP's Global Delivery India Center, Kapil Sood, Director - Telecom vertical, Sun Microsystems India Pvt. Ltd, Christian Ligier, Client Executive, Sun Microsystems France SA, Rajiv A Vaishnav, Regional Director, Nasscom Mumbai and Prof. Prabhat Ranjan, Dhirubhai Ambani -Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ahmedabad.

Presiding over the prize distribution ceremony Mr. Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM said, "This unique initiative by Reliance Infocomm will provide the much needed push in mobile applications space - one of the fastest growing software product area globally. It has opened up new avenues for Indian software talent. The opportunity to develop, test and deploy in a live and world-class wireless network in India will open up new possibilities for the Indian developer community globally."

"We were very encouraged by the overwhelming response we got for the contest from our developer community. Our DADP developers have demonstrated exceptional creativity in developing these market-relevant applications, which will enhance our R World portfolio. We hope this will open up innumerable opportunities, both nationally and internationally, for the large number of software and creative talents," said Mr. Mahesh Prasad, President, Applications and Solutions Group of Reliance Infocomm Ltd."

The contest was open to any individual or group of individuals including students, partnership firms or companies with skills in conceiving, designing, developing and testing mobile applications in Java (J2ME) environment. The winning entries may be launched on Reliance IndiaMobile's R World, a service that is currently used by over 6 million subscribers, all over India. R World offers a range of innovative services on Reliance IndiaMobile that helps its customers to access Information, Communication, Entertainment; Transaction based applications on the move.

The contest was organized as part of Dhirubhai Ambani Developer Programme (DADP), a pioneering initiative in India to nurture talented software developers in the mobile application space. Today the programme has more than 11,000 individual developers and 800 Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) / small and medium enterprises.

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So, some exciting new entries in R-World we can see in upcoming days.