Tata Teleservices Ltd, CDMA-based telecom service provider has entered into a partnership agreement with mobile commerce provider PayMate to enable its subscribers book flight tickets using a mobile phone.
The service enables real-time flight bookings across all domestic airlines at the best available fares. The service is targeted at frequent fliers on low-cost and full-service airlines who value the convenience of flight ticketing anywhere, anytime via the mobile phone, instead of being limited to Internet access on a computer.
Customers need to download this application (one-time) from Tata Zone to experience the user-friendly service. The charges for the application vary from Rs 10 for a three-day trial up to Rs 30 a month.
Announcing the launch of the service, Mr Pankaj Sethi, President, Value Added Services, Tata Teleservices Ltd, said: "Ticketing has been one of the most popular m-Commerce applications in the mobile telephony space—this is because convenience and flexibility on time are big pull factors. We are excited to partner with PayMate and add flight ticketing application in bouquet of value-added-services."
Commenting on the partnership, Mr Ajay Adiseshann, Founder and Managing Director, PayMate, said: "Considering the rapid proliferation of mobile handsets in the country, the cell phone is emerging as the premier device for conducting transactions. Partnering with a leading player like Tata Indicom will just make this facility available across several million handsets in one go and provide an extremely convenient ticketing channel for customers."
Tata Indicom and PayMate also plan to offer a range of ticketing applications in the near future—with PayMate built in as a mobile payment option.
PayMate has also partnered with Kingfisher Airlines and launched an SMS-based ticketing service. |
