Saturday 9 August 2014

CQ-COAI inducts Facebook as associate member

India’s largest mobile communication association-Cellular Operators Association of India has inducted Facebook India Online Services as an associate member.
Associate membership of COAI comprises companies that manufacture or support the functioning, promotion, research development and evolution of mobile communications services.
Commenting on induction, Facebook Public Policy Director-India & South Asia Ankhi Das in statement said “Joining COAI as an associate member reflects our focus on mobile technologies, access and our continued desire to work in collaboration with the industry to increase connectivity. We look forward to playing an active role as a member.” 
She further added, “Joining COAI as an associate member reflects our focus on mobile technologies, access and our continued desire to work in collaboration with the industry to increase connectivity. We look forward to playing an active role as a member.”
COAI’s other associate members include Alcatel Lucent India, Cisco Systems India, Ericsson India, IBM India, GTL Infrastructure, Huawei Technologies, Indus Towers, Intel Corporation, Nokia Solutions and Networks, Qualcomm India  and ZTE India.
Commenting on the induction COAI director general Rajan S Mathews said, “We welcome Facebook India Online Services to the COAI family. Social networking, especially Facebook, has changed the way Indians work, play, communicate, socialise and do business. We believe this will further grow to become a crucial part of and influence the socio-economic culture in the country. We feel that Facebook’s active participation in COAI activities will result in mutual value addition and bring the much needed synergy of functioning between the service providers and the content/VAS players.”


Source: http://cablequest.org/news/new-media/item/5658-cq-coai-inducts-facebook-as-associate-member.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/new-media/item/5658-cq-coai-inducts-facebook-as-associate-member.html

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