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Now brands pay back cash to their customers instantly, No gimmicks!
MUMBAI: VivaConnect brings yet another service to elevate brands engagement with its customers over mobile. This time it delivers it through a captivating package – MORE, an acronym for Mobile Recharge. The service is designed especially for brands to offer Instant gratification marketing schemes, by delivering instant mobile talk-time refill to its customers in return of a product purchase or on engagement with brands marketing activity. The service empowers instant redemption simply over a missed call and short text messages (SMS).
MORE exhibits absolute simplicity as its developed bearing in mind the characteristics of urban and more importantly rural user base of Indian population. It magnificently overcomes the challenge posed by these diametrically opposite user base. Considering that urban population is always in rush and needs instant services, while the rural population is at ease but not tech savvy.
MORE not only saves time and hassle for customers that they often suffer while claiming rewards but it also gifts them something valuable. This service supports every mobile handset in the market and it works equally great for prepaid as well as postpaid customers. Moreover it works seamlessly for subscribers of every telecom operator in India, which means anyone and everyone can enjoy the rewards without any gimmicky condition. Moreover, integrating MORE in promotional & marketing campaigns would build up brands credibility among its user base and lead to brand loyalty.
‘More than 90% of the Indian Mobile Users consist of prepaid users with a majority of users falling in the rural geographies. Today a lot of brands want to engage and re-engage with this rural audience to build awareness for their products and what better way than building awareness and brand salience by rewarding these audiences with instant recharges. Mobile Talktime and recharges has also seen the highest percentage of redemptions in the mobile coupons category. The next phase of MORE would see the implementation of Mobile Internet Data Packs which according to us in the next big gratification service urban audiences are looking at. This is based on a internal research done by Vivaconnect in 6 tier 1 and tier 2 cities.’ imparts Bharatesh Salian, Chief Strategy Officer at VivaConnect.
MORE platform provides detailed analytics and consumer behaviour insights to the brand on an integrated real time dashboard which helps the brand measure the campaign dynamics too.
This service is brought by VivaConnect, a Mobile marketing solutions company that operates from Mumbai & Delhi, holding the largest reach for voice and missed call services in India. Their doors are always open for brands interested in discovering innovative ways for building interaction over mobile with their customers. They offer customised solutions over Voice calls, Missed Calls, Mobile Apps, SMS & Email services to brands and enterprises.
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Magellanic Cloud names Syed Ameeruddin CEO of e-surveillance arm
Keeping a sharper eye on the future, Magellanic Cloud is putting a seasoned watcher in charge.
MUMBAI – Magellanic Cloud Ltd. has elevated Syed Ameeruddin as Chief Executive Officer of its e-surveillance business, bringing its iVIS and Provigil operations under a unified leadership to accelerate growth in intelligent monitoring and infrastructure solutions.
Ameeruddin, a nearly two-decade veteran of the company, steps into the role after leading the e-surveillance vertical. His career trajectory—from Business Development Manager to the top of the vertical—reflects a steady climb built on operational depth, client engagement, and strategic execution across multiple subsidiaries.
Over the years, he has played a central role in expanding the company’s footprint, strengthening client relationships, and streamlining operations. He has also been instrumental in integrating acquisitions, helping align new businesses with Magellanic Cloud’s long-term strategy while stabilising performance across diverse domains.
More recently, Ameeruddin has contributed to securing key mandates spanning railways, the National Highways Authority of India, and the BFSI sector—wins that have bolstered the company’s order book and deepened its presence in critical infrastructure.
Commenting on the move, Joseph Sudheer Thumma said Ameeruddin’s leadership has been “pivotal in shaping the e-surveillance business,” citing his ability to drive growth, build teams, and deliver strategic wins as key to the company’s journey. His elevation, Thumma added, is expected to further accelerate expansion in AI-driven surveillance and infrastructure solutions.
The transition comes as demand surges for AI-enabled monitoring, centralised command systems, and large-scale deployments across mission-critical environments. Magellanic Cloud’s e-surveillance segment—anchored by iVIS and Provigil—has emerged as a significant growth engine, delivering projects across banking, transport, highways, and public infrastructure.
In his new role, Ameeruddin will focus on scaling platform capabilities, expanding deployments in complex environments, and developing integrated solutions that enhance real-time intelligence and operational resilience. He will continue to serve as Chief Operating Officer of the company alongside his new responsibilities.
With this leadership shift, Magellanic Cloud is doubling down on its ambition to stay ahead in India’s rapidly evolving surveillance ecosystem—where seeing, increasingly, is not just believing, but predicting.
