Bharti Airtel has announced its foray into the mobile advertising (m-Advertising) segment, in India. With this, Airtel will equip advertisers to connect with their potential customers in a targeted and personalized fashion via their mobile phones.
The platform is designed to meet all the essential demands of advertisers such as inventory management, campaign management, reporting and analytics.Through Airtel’s m-Advertising platform, advertisers will be able to leverage multiple communications outlets and tools such as mobile internet (WAP), Messaging services and Airtel digital TV to engage their audiences.
K Srinivas, President – Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel, said “Airtel’s m-advertising platform will enable advertisers to land their message in a simple, effective manner in an increasingly complex media environment”.
Airtel also said that they have capability to deliver massive reach in a high impact burst which could be delivered in just a few hours using touch points such as end of call notifications, recharge notifications & Digital TV guides.
It will not only create opportunities for increasing brand saliency but also conversions using technologies such as mobile couponing for segments such as youth, upper SEC, smartphone users etc. With this platform, companies can also extend their access to the rural audience with voice solutions.