The Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), is soon launching bus timetable on SMS. The project is being developed by an Ahmedabad-based software company. GSRTC would be the first among all state transport undertakings in the country to offer such SMS services to passengers.
The SMS services include the schedule of
One in every 11 Indians is accessing the Internet through a mobile phone. According to United Kingdom-based Bango PLC, India is the 4th country with largest population using mobiles to get data from cyberspace. The agency, which studied mobile use in more than 190 countries, found out that the United Kingdom had the largest number of people accessing the Net through mobiles.
The United States came next and was followed by South Africa. Indians made up 9% of the people browsing the Net using mobile phones. Bango said that in a couple of years mobile phone use in India would be greater than that of Europe.
Source: Deccan
Clickjobs.com is trying to make life easier for job seekers by offering 'Jobs on Mobile' service.
Registered users get alerts through the short messaging service (SMS) on their mobiles about relevant vacancies in their specific industry and sector of expertise. Candidates can view job descriptions and also apply for the postings using a short code. One million people have already registered for the service in less than six months.
By 2010, India is expected to have 400 million mobile users and the mobile telephony sector itself is expected to throw open half a million jobs.
Source:ET
