Nokia Siemens Networks Wins Bharti Airtel IVR Contract

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced that it has been awarded a pan-India contract from Bharti Airtel Limited for the deployment of a single Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform across all 23 circles. With the new IVR solution, Airtel will be able to deliver such services as Voice SMS, Televoting, Call Management Services (Reach-me service/Missed Call Advisor), Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT) and Voice Portal. [click heading for more]

Channel 4 is fined £1.5m by Ofcom


Channel Four has been fined £1.5m by media watchdog Ofcom for misconduct involving phone-in competitions on Richard and Judy and Deal or No Deal.
Viewers were urged to call a premium number after contestants had already been chosen on Richard and Judy.
Deal or No Deal selected competition finalists in a way which gave later entrants less chance of winning.
Eckoh UK, the company which ran Richard and Judy's You Say, We Pay phone-in, has already been fined £150,000. [click heading for more]