Booked Railways Tickets at IRCTC Site-Get a confirmation SMS.

In this era of Online Travel Booking, a wonderful site is the

Indian Railways Online booking site i.e IRCTC.

Many of the Rail Travelers are familiar with this user friendly
Site.

The Personal Data in the Individual IRCTC Accounts is of utmost

importance, and the users need to be aware of any unauthorized
transactions in this account.

Surprised? Than read on:-

1) In case of any accident, the Booked Ticket History and the

Address mentioned in the Account are of immense use, to
authenticate the family members.
2) The Booked ticket history provides an insight to the
Traveling plan, which can be misused by fraudulent persons.

To avoid misuse of the Individual IRCTC accounts, IRCTC has tied

up with Spice Digital, to shoot a SMS once a ticket is booked in
the Users Account.

This SMS will consist of the booking details, such as the PNR
(Passenger Name Record) number, the date of journey, class of
travel, and originating & destination stations.

More details on this new launch by IRCTC and Spice Digital can be
viewed @
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/25/stories/20091
12550440500.htm

Highlights in Brief:

1) An SMS can contain a maximum of 160 characters. 80

characters will be used for the ticket information and
another 80 characters will carry an advertisement.
2) The advertisement revenue will be shared between SPICE
and IRCTC.
3) Spice has set up an SMS gateway server at its own cost at
IRCTC’s physical site.
4) IRCTC insisted on this to reduce the chances of data theft.
5) SMS Alerts will be received only when the mobile phone
number is registered at the IRCTC Site.

This is a win-win situation for the Indian Railways, Spice and Rail
Travelers.

I am sure Indian Railways/IRCTC has taken an undertaking from

Spice Digital
01) Not to misuse the Rail Travelers Phone Numbers for any
other purpose, than sending SMS for IRCTC Transactions.
02) Not to access the telephone numbers for any marketing
purpose.

Where is the relation to ePayments in this whole new service?

Simple, once folks are sure of the safety of information on
IRCTC, more and more folks will book tickets via IRCTC. This will
surely increase the numbers of ePayment Fans.