Track your bus by text in India

Link: » Now track Kerala private buses via Internet, SMS – Thaindian News

Commuters in Kerala will by next month be able to track any of the 30,000 private buses that ply on the state roads either via the Internet or through mobile phones. Chennai-based Dhanus Technologies Ltd, an alternative telecommunications service provider, earlier this month inked a memorandum of understanding with the 20,000-strong Kerala State Private Bus Operators Federation and has finalised a deal with the 10,000-strong All Kerala Bus Operators Organisation.

People will now be able to know where one’s bus has reached and how long it will take to reach their stop just through a simple SMS.

This is already available in the UK*. It was really easy for the developers to create. If you text STATUS to 81011, the system simply replies — right-away — with:

There will be one along in a minute.

*OK so I’m being a bit rude. That last bit was made up.