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Spice introduces video tone services
MUMBAI: Spice Telecom launched the video tones service, which is a personalised mobile video service where the subscriber will be alerted of an incoming call by a video clip instead of the traditional ring tone or merely a musical tone.
Subscribers can personalise different video tones for different callers and also change the video tones when they want to. The service was launched amidst a select gathering by Spice Telecom Punjab general manager marketing Mukul Khanna.
Spice video tones service can be accessed by pre-paid as well as post-paid subscribers of Spice. To use Spice video tone service, customers need to download the video tone application on their handset from Spice’s GPRS portal www.spiceindia.com/wap.
Video tone application is handset dependent and will be installed only the handset has the configuration to support it.
After downloading the video tone application, subscribers need to choose a video they want to set as a video tone from the Spice GPRS portal. The categories of video from which subscribers can choose includes – Bollywood, Fashion, Cricket and Sports.
Subscriber can also set as video tone any video that they already have in their handset. Video tone application is available for free download for a limited period of time. On the other hand, each video download will be charged at Rs 30.
Spice subscribers can set SMS tones, which will alert them when they receive a SMS. To set SMS tones subscribers need to download SMS ring tones on their handsets. A choice of polyphonic and monophonic tones for SMS tones are available. Polyphonic SMS Tones are available at Spice’s GPRS portal and are charged at Rs 15 per download. A monophonic SMS tones can be downloaded by dialing *555# at a fee of Rs 8 per download.
Khanna said, “Ring tone services have come a long way from the days of the boring Tring-Tring to Mono Tomes, Sing Tones, True Tones and now Video Tones. We are pleased to present to our subscribers the latest technological innovation in Call Alert applications – the Video Tones. Spice subscribers will now be able to personalise their phone, and experience not only seamless communication but also entertaining video clips of their choice every time the phone rings.”
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
