Dear Friends,

Check out the all New VASJobs.com – the Jobs & Career platform for the Mobile VAS, Mobility & Telecom industry with an amazing design and excellent features. Now you can post your CV and get founded by global employers.

If you are a Recruiter you can now post your Jobs for FREE , and option to opt for premium posting and Branding/Advertising opportunities are also available.

In the coming days you will see more exciting things happening. We are shortly launching a Developers Zone and a Start up Zone to help the developers community and the Start up community to excel in their respective areas. Host of other things in the available road map.

The telecommunications industry is laying huge potential upon the growing value-added services (VAS).

During the recently concluded VAS Asia 2010 conference, held in New Delhi, industry experts have estimated that the prospect of Value Added Services becoming a huge industry. They believe that  VAS will have a turnover of Rs 100,000 crores annually by 2020.

According to OnMobile Chairman and CEO Mr. Arvind Rao VAS would be a “transformational force” and even by 2015 when its turnover would rise from Rs. 15,000 crores now to Rs 50,000 crores it would be a larger industry than advertising or media.

Spread the word. Tell a friend or your HR to start using the VAS Jobs platform.

For any queries regarding job postings, cv posting, branding & advertising opportunities .. you can get in touch with us.

If you like the site ..simply click the Facebook Like button and become a Fan in Facebook.

Cheers !

There are lot of opportunities for a content /copy writer. Specially for SMS based VAS services as well as WAP based services like WAP/Content portals.
Copy/Content writers are required for creating catchy crispy copy for

- Mobile Advertising,
- Mobile content like Jokes, Greetings, Quotes, Astrology etc,
- Mobile Graphics,
- Mobile Games,
- Voice based services,
- Mobile Web sites etc.

For getting a job in this industry you should look at content publishers,aggregators/providers in their content team. Like Hungama.com, Indiatimes Mobile, Hindustan Times Mobile, One97, Go Bindas Entertainment etc. The list is exhaustive.

East Africa Com 2010  was a great success this April with 775 attendees and 300+ companies present to share and network. VASJobs was the media partner successively for the 2nd year and we had a great time.

Have a look at the video.

Video Courtsey : Informa

VASJobs.com has become Media Partner at the 4th Annual Mobile VAS Summit 2010, to be held on April 27 – 28, 2010 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The 4th Annual Mobile VAS Summit 2010
April 27 – 28, 2010 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

With the launch of 3G, the quantity and quality of VAS offerings have greatly improved, and many subscribers are starting to actively use what is being offered by operators. Propelled by the need to bring in service differentiation, operators are bringing new value added services in order to satisfy the growing demand of subscribers – whether they are individual consumers or corporate enterprises – VAS is increasingly a growth area which helps the operator to maximize revenue and grow their ARPU.

Presently Mobile VAS accounts for 10% of the operator’s revenue, and even in a difficult economic climate, it is obvious that the right portfolio of VAS offerings can be the difference between a loss-making year versus a profitable one.

Discover a new paradigm of profit creation at 4th Annual Mobile VAS Summit 2010

The event will gather representatives from leading wireless operators, handset manufacturers, content developers, music & film companies, cartoon artists, game makers and musicians for ring tones, music, gaming, sports, mobile imagery, WAP, wall papers, logos, SMS based contests and streaming audio & video.

What’s new for 2010?

The 4th Annual Mobile VAS Summit 2010 represents a senior level, interactive conference experience. The 2-day information packed event promises to explore future developments and provide valuable insights into the hottest topics surrounding Mobile VAS.

With the promise of dedicated round table discussions for network operators, handset manufacturers and content owners, interactive panel discussions , and unlimited networking opportunities The 4th Annual Mobile VAS Summit 2010 is an event that will provide you with the best VAS revenue generating strategies and insights. Don’t miss it!

Key issues we will explore in 2010 include:

* Generating ARPU in a maturing subscriber market
* Exploiting the opportunities created by technology convergence
* Positioning yourself in light of new market entries
* Capitalizing on the changing business model for VAS
* Understanding handset capabilities in 2020

Impressive Speakers line up.

Register by 22 January 2010 and receive up to $400 off!

According to market reports Indian employers have started hiring. Although at slower pace but they have started saying bye to recession and layoffs and are now shaking hands with new employees.

VAS companies have started hiring for replacements and started filling up 2-10 years experienced positions.Middle-Senior level recruitment’s have also gone up. Mobile VAS Companies like IMI Mobile,ComViva,One97,Hungama,Mauj,Nazara, OnMobile, Phoneytunes have started recruiting. Some of these companies are expanding globally majorly in Middle East & Africa markets and hence recruitment activities have started.

With new Telecom operators aggressive on rolling out, requirement for Telco’s have gone up and there is a huge requirement in this sector.

This quarter has started showing lot of job postings at VASJobs.com and we are hopefully Job postings are going to go up gradually as the market opens. More and more candidates are now looking to apply for fresh positions and its a very positive sign.

Salaries are going to be stable at this moment and companies have lot of options to pick the right professional. I expect the January quarter to be more action oriented as hiring goes up.

The WEEK magazine , published an interview of me in the print edition, on Jobs & Careers in Telecom (VASJobs.com) – Telecom Jobs, dated 15th November, 2009. Following is the scanned interview. The full story is available online in The WEEK’s website here.

VASJobs.com was recently reviewed by IndianWebStartups.com

” An exclusive job portal for the fastest emerging market in India, the Mobile Value Added Services, is certainly a great initiative.

VASJobs has almost all the routine features available on a typical job portal, its uniqueness lies in its target base. As the website is exclusive, it will help attract only serious VAS professionals and other domain people will stay away. This will help the employers receive only the valid candidate applications.

One of the other features is the ‘upcoming events’, which certainly will attract many eyes. ”

Read the full review at  :
VASJobs.com – Exclusive Job Portal for Mobile Value Added Service Professionals

VASJobs.com has launched the mobile version of the site . Please visit http://m.vasjobs.com on your GPRS enabled mobile handset. As off now you can only view the site but cannot apply. We will soon be launching a full fledged mobile site with rich features. Keep a track of our blog.

visit  >>  http://m.vasjobs.com

AfricaCom closes for another year – hailed as the best telecoms event. Our representative attended the show and we will soon be posting photos and videos of the event.

With 4,000 attendees from 120+ countries attending over the 2 days, the AfricaCom congress held this week in Cape Town provided a great showcase of the continent’s dynamic telecommunications market.

Now in its 12th year, the event has grown to become the annual meeting place for market leaders and innovators from the whole telecommunications sector:

established and alternative operators from the fixed, mobile and wireless sides, network infrastructure vendors, telecoms solutions providers from across the world and locally, investors, consultants and more.

“AfricaCom is the best event we’ve been to, said Angela Gahagan of MTN; the attendance has been great and MTN is proud to be associated with this kind of event which allows people to show what Africa has to offer”.

The 200-stand exhibition provided opportunities for participants to learn about the latest technologies and new products, while the high-level conference brought together CEOs and senior executive of the leading companies to share their expertise and strategies for their markets:

operators such MTN, Zain Africa, Orange, Vodacom, Etisalat, Safaricom, Comium and solutions provider from international infrastructure vendors to local companies offering specialised solutions for the African markets. The strategies to major points of discussion over the two days were strategies to continue growth, innovative services for the local markets, cost-effective strategies and broadband connectivity.

“The high attendance and the level of the debates held this week at AfricaCom is testimony to the continent’s great opportunities, said Julie Rey of organisers Informa Telecoms & Media; while most of the world is facing challenging economic conditions, African companies are leading the way with innovative models and services which enable continued growth”.

For the second year, the AfricaCom Awards were held at the end of the opening day to celebrate the achievements of Africa’s telecommunications players, with a glittering ceremony hosted by comedian David Kau. Special guest Yvonne Chaka Chaka delighted the audience with an impromptu song to help raise funds for Unicef. “We are delighted to support Unicef as the official charity of the event, said Emily Cottam from Informa Telecoms & Media; this year, the event helped us raise 225,000 rand for their worthy cause, even more than last year”.

Welcome to VASJobs.com’s Blog. Finally we decided to let you all know whats going on at VASJobs.  Through this blog we will bring News, views , feature launch, guest posts, the career scene in the VAS industry, HR related issues and all updates that concerns VASJobs.

Do feel free to write to us. Both me and Sharada will be regularly posting updates on the blog.

So watch out and let us know what would you like to see at VASJobs.com