An Average Indian spends more than 100 hours per year to buy movie tickets

Published August 30th, 2006 - 12:49 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

We seldom plan in advance to watch a movie in our busy lifestyle, which results in an impulsive decision to watch a movie. We travel all the way to the movie theatre, stand in long never ending queues only to find that no tickets are available for the movie of our choice.

Go, watch a movie screened in FAME Cinema and you no longer need to waste time in long queues or face last minute uncertainty. You can book the movie tickets from anywhere on your mobile – just call the number 505 3263 from any GSM Phone.

You would be guided by an interactive voice based system that helps you to choose the movie, the show timing and the no. of tickets required. An easy 3 step process helps you to even make the payment through credit card and receive an SMS confirming the booking. You can collect the tickets from the counter by showing the confirmation SMS and the Credit Card used for booking the ticket.

Soon, bar-code based ticketing solution would be in place wherein you get the tickets as a bar-code (via SMS) on your mobile screen. You just need to visit the Kiosk, scan your bar-code, swipe your credit card and collect your ticket.

On successful deployment of this service, Mr. Shravan Shroff, Managing Director, Shringar Cinemas said, “It is our constant endeavour to improve and innovate every aspect of our theatres, in order to make it a truly distinctive experience. The early technology adopters are already enjoying the benefit of this service and we are already seeing Patrons enjoying this mobile ticketing experience.”

 

He further added ‘This service has been enabled across Fame Cinemas in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata & Surat.”

The FAME Cinema voice based ticketing service using your mobile phone is managed by OnMobile, the leader in the fast growing telecom value added services market. OnMobile manages the Voice application, real-time integration with Movie Ticketing systems & payment systems and Customer Care for Movie Patrons.

Mr. Balachandran Unni, Head-Mobile Commerce, OnMobile, said, “It gives us great pleasure to facilitate Fame Cinemas to launch innovative mobile services. We have successfully implemented an innovative Mobile Commerce product which enhances the booking experience for Fame Movie Patrons”

He further added, “The spirit of innovation is second nature in OnMobile and we have big plans to reinvent the way commerce is done in our country.”

 

About OnMobile Systems Asia Pacific Pvt Ltd.
OnMobile, the pioneering telecom Value Added Services (VAS) leader is a spin out of the Bangalore based Infosys Technologies (NASD: INFY) and was incorporated in 2000. OnMobile offers end-to-end, turnkey solutions including platforms, applications, content and professional services to deploy and operate high-margin, high revenue telecom Value Added Services for telecom operators, media houses and content providers. Headquartered in Bangalore, India OnMobile has a large development centre and a research and testing lab. It has offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore and Sydney. OnMobile has team strength of over 250, and draws on Infosys’s technical and delivery resources whenever and wherever required globally.

About FAME Cinemas
Shringar Cinemas made its foray into the world of multiplexes with Fame Adlabs, which was launched in Mumbai in 2002. In quick succession, within the next 2 years, doors of Fame Malad, Fame Nashik, Fame Surat, Fame Pune and Fame Kolkata were opened to the public. Not only did these multiplexes change the landscape of Mumbai and Nashik, they also set unparalleled benchmarks as the cities finest entertainment destinations. In near future, Shringar Cinemas will have presence across the country with Fame properties opening in – Aurangabad, Allahabad, and Hyderabad.

Entertainment an Experience - Fame Cinemas constantly endeavours to bring in the highest quality of entertainment to Mumbai’s film going audience. Fame has transformed the experience of cine goers into a pleasant, very user-friendly and delightful experience. Given the commitment to the quality of service & films being screened, there is little wonder then that, Fame has a burgeoning set of loyal customers who love getting pampered here.

 

 

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