Ticketvala.com introduces mTicket - Will IRCTC Follow?
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I remember once being fined Rs 120 by a ticket collector just because I was too careless to sleep off with the ticket in my hand. Please tell me this happened to you too ‘coz I’m desperately in need for some company, here 
Okay, on a serious note, here comes the opportunity of finally going paperless, as far as bus tickets are concerned. Thanks to Ticketvala.com, all you need to do is pay for it online and get the ticket delivered straight to your mobile. For more details on the process, you can check out this post by Mobiletor.
What gets me intrigued is how closer we are moving towards a paperless society that I had talked about, yesterday, on my post regarding RBI taking up mBanking. Although the service looks very promising, here’s a glitch that I shall love Ticketvala to solve, and fast! Ticketvala says you canpay for the ticket either online or by cash, at your doorstep. My concern is, what if I suddenly wish to travel from point A to B in a bus but do not use GPRS? I think, Ticketvala should come up with an option to book tickets either by a VAS enabled system or by texting.
Moreover, I shall expect IRCTC to take a leaf out of Ticketvala’s pages and use the same system for its ticketing services. Rather than asking travellers to produce a printed e-ticket, just a mTicket and authorized ID proof should do. Already, Railways has the option of issuing you an extra ticket at a charge of Rs 50 if you possess just the ID proof and not the print out. Unless they wish to earn a little extra buck, I think this idea of mTicket will surely kick off in a big way! If only we got the idea during Proto. We would have surely suggested Sanjay Agarwal about it. 
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This has been around in Bangalore for over a year now.
http://mobile.broadbandindia.com/2007/01/bangalore-railways-starts-sms.html