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A while back we wrote about Redbus.in going regional – Redbus tickets can now be booked via your mobile phones. They’ve basically developed an application that’s available from multiple sources. Check this release for more.
 
They have partnered with ngpay – an m – commerce tool provider. The tool requires you to sync your bank account to your mobile phone and then [...]

Reliance Globalcom, the international arm of Reliance Communications, is planning to launch a global backbone to enable international inter-bank transfer on mobile platforms across 110 countries reports Business Standard.
 
Idea also announced a similar move last month by joining hands with Tata Communications and Etisalatof UAE. Their pilot will be tested only in the 1 country. Reliance on the other [...]

The Centre For Railway Information System (CRIS), the information technology arm of the Indian Railways, is working on mobile ticketing for Mumbai’s 65 lakh daily suburban commuters. CRIS has already begun field trials for the system and will be ready with the system by March 2009.
 
“The project will be implemented for suburban and unreserved tickets [...]

 
Brace up. After the 15th of June, you probably will be able to use your mobile phone as a debit card or a credit card.
 
 
The Reserve Bank of India, in its annual policy statement on Tuesday, said it was in the process of formulating the guidelines for a payment system using mobile phones. RBI is in [...]

The railways plan to tap some 100, 000 recharge vendors and mobile phone service providers to offer cellphone ticketing across India.
 
 
“When you go to a recharge shop for a top-up, all you need to do is to ask the vendor to also accept separate payment for the railway ticket. The money deposited for the ticket [...]

M Commerce is at a very early stage. Its about purchase and sale of goods and services through the mobile with the use of a financial institution. Purchase and sale of VAS content cannot be classified as M – Commerce.
 
 
The different areas that come under M – Commerce
 
 
a) Travel and Ticketing – convenience is [...]

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched IRCTCmobile which is gprs based, it is a graphical interactive interface for booking train tickets, for mobile phone users. For using this application, mobile users need to have Java-enabled handsets (to view graphics) and their handsets should be gprs enabled. The application is based on a patented technology of [...]