To buy a ticket to ride public transport in the capital a mobile phone user would send an SMS message to a mobile service provider. The service provider would send a message back that would contain a code.
The passenger would show the code to the driver, and it would serve as a valid ticket. The price of a ticket would be added to the mobile phone user's bill.
Deputy Mayor Toivo Ninnas said the system would help cut down on cash transactions and the number of bus ticket sales outlets, which would save the city money. He said the system would not require any additional hardware and would reduce the workload on drivers, who would no longer have to sell tickets to passengers.
The system is similar to one in use in Helsinki, where 3,000 public transportation tickets are sold each day.
Ninnas said the idea was only being discusses and no concrete plans had been developed.
Tallinn became the first Baltic city to implement a system to pay for parking via mobile telephone.
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