RelCom intros Mobile Application contest

Reliance Communications announced the launch of a nation-wide contest for developing rural mobile applications on November 20th. Conducted under the aegis of the Reliance Developer Programme, the contest aims to encourage young talent in the area of mobile applications development in India. The award winning applications will be deployed on its Reliance Mobile World platform and interactive voice services portal, RelCom said in a statement. Also, for the first time mobile applications will be developed for both GSM and CDMA technology and Interactive Services Voice Portal. Applications can be submitted for WAP, Java, Reliance Java, Brew, Brew Lite,, Symbian and VoxML environments, RelCom statement added Mahesh Prasad, president, Applications, Solutions and Content Group, said, “As we embark on our objective of covering over 600,000 villages by March 2008, there will be a huge market for rural applications. This initiative of ours will help us create a databank of exciting applications relevant in the rural context.” The contest is open between 15 October 2007 and 15 February 2008. Developers can register for the contest on the Reliance Developer Programme website before 25th December 2007.