5 December 2013

parkbytext launches new smartphone App

parkbytext have today launched a new mobile phone app that is set to make it easier to pay for parking across the country's streets and carparks, writes Trish Whelan.

parkbytext is a mobile parking operator which provides cashless and cost effective parking by text, IVR, phone, app and web.

Using the App, registered users can top up their account, create monthly and weekly parking permits, search nearby and favourite car parks and view their parking history.

After launching the App in beta mode last April, some 4,570 Apple users and 2,410 Android users have downloaded the App, equating to 23 percent of all parkbytext customers.

parkbytext operates over 200 car parks in Ireland and the UK, including Irish Rail's nationwide car parks and college campus sites, including both the Limerick and Dundalk Institutes of Technology.

Payments are already accepted online, via text messaging and through interactive voice response technology, and the company say an App was the obvious next step for their customers.

Pictured are Jim Moore, CEO of parkbytext; Mr Parker, and Managing Director Jason Ballard at the new app launch in Dublin today.