Govt. of Karnataka signs mGovernance deal with OnMobile

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Centre for e-Governance, Government of Karnataka and telecom VAS provider, OnMobile has launched the first phase of the mobile Governance services for the citizens of Karnataka on a pilot basis.

In the pilot phase, OnMobile will launch more information based and interactive services under the Government to Citizen, Government to Government, Government to Business and Government to Employee categories.

OnMobile will provide the platform and services to help launch and manage the pilot phase of the project on m-Governance. This initiative is intended to enable citizen services on the mobile phone by means of an integrated mobile-enabled service delivery system.

OnMobile will work towards creating an ecosystem that will assist departments to offer their services to the citizens on cell phones.

OnMobile has provided the underlying technology platform for helping design, develop and manage different governance services over mobile, across channels such as Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and mobile browsers or WAP.

Some services introduced in the pilot phase include information services like Sakala services; utility services like electricity, water, and BSNL landline and mobile bill payments; traffic services like bus routes and timing information, and traffic alerts service and pending traffic fine payments.

The platform offers payment of utility bills through multiple channels including credit card, bank accounts using IMPS etc.