The long waiting in the queues for, fear of not getting the tickets, wastage of time and physical effort are all over now. With BEAM anyone can book the tickets of their favorite movie shows, IPL via Beam’s website www.beam.co.in or Bookmyshow’s WAP site and mobile application (http://m.in.bookmyshow.com).
The facility is available for over 500 movie theatres and matches of 4 IPL Teams ( MI, DD, KXIP AND RR). The mobile website and application is available for iPhone, Blackberry, Android and other mobile phones as well. The mobile website and WAPsite application is available for iPhone, Blackberry, Android and other mobile phones as well.
“BEAM is all about enabling, empowering and enriching its customers with varied services across the sectors.” Says Mr. Anad Shrivastav, CMD, BEAM. “We have been serving various services ranging from mobile recharges, travel tickets to utility bills payments and now with this new venture BEAM enters into the entertainment segment. WE are already getting sound response from all our existing customers and hope this will interest more and more people towards BEAM services” he added.
About Beam
BEAM is a revolutionary cashless financial transaction system that allows unbanked as well as banked to transact with anyone, from anywhere and at anytime and is agnostic to telecom operator, bank, technology or equipment. There is no SIM card to change, software to download or requirement of special technologies viz. USSD, platforms, high end equipments or enhanced connectivity viz. GPRS and above. The customer can use mobile phone, WAP site, mobile application, internet, landline to transact themselves, and persons can also visit Beam Sahayaks (facilitator) who would be glad to help and provide these services. Beam, Simple Money Service, was launched on 5th December 2009 after receiving regulatory approval from RBI as well as from DOT. Visit www.beam.co.in for more details.
BEAM mobile payment system endeavors to:
• ENABLE: its customers the convenience of performing an ever increasing range of transactions at anytime, from anywhere with any one through any mode
• EMPOWER: the unbanked and banked to benefit from nation’s economic growth; and
• ENRICH: lives by providing opportunities to people to supplement their household income.
International Recognition
It is not surprising that Beam is a Case Study at Columbia University; was selected by HRH Princess Maxima of the Netherlands (UN Advisor on Poverty Alleviation) as one of the 10 companies from around the globe (the only one from India) for its expansiveness, and impacting developments in the world of microfinance and empowering unbanked population and bettering their lives and also a GSMA global award nominee service for the unbanked in 2010.
