Reliance Infocomm, the CDMA mobile phone operator, has joined hands with Indian Railways to offer for the first time train reservation facility on its Reliance IndiaMobile.
RIM subscribers across the country would be able to book train tickets through the R-World on their mobile phones once this service was launched within a few weeks, Mahesh Prasad, president (application solution group), told PTI in Kolkata.
He said Reliance Infocomm was working with the Indian Railway's wing, which offers train reservation via Internet, to make this service work on the RIM and the process was in advance stage of implementation.
"We will be using the existing Internet platform for train bookings but the user interface will be further simplified so that the subscribers can book a ticket in two to three screens operation," Prasad said.
The soft test of the new service has already been done and after a few more tests the system will be ready for launch, he said, adding the payment can be made through credit cards for which discussions with banks were on.
He said the R-World application, which has already become hugely popular with RIM subscribers, has several services and "we are working furiously to add more interesting services in the days to come."
To a query Prasad said R-World, which is currently available free to the RIM subscribers, is generally getting hits upward of 1 billion every month and expressed confidence that its popularity would not decrease once it becomes a paid service in a few months.
He said currently more than 120 applications are available on R-World which include current events and news, travel and city guide, video clippings and movie trailers.
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