By Business & Finance 
Mobile parking operator parkbytext, has officially launched parkbytext 2Bill, a new mobile parking payments service that enables payments to be taken directly from customers’ mobile phone bill or pre-pay credit.
Customers can pay for parking by texting the parkbytext number, in the same way they would text to donate to a charity. Users don’t need to register an account as the parking charge is conveniently deducted from their phone credit or added to their phone bill.
The new service was launched in Iarnród Éireann’s Connolly and Heuston Stations, Dublin, Kent Station in Cork and Ceannt Station in Galway.
Jim Moore, CEO of parkbytext said: “parkbytext aims to make parking payments easier for customers and 2Bill offers the most convenient and quickest method of parking payment in the Irish and European market. We strive to be innovators and leaders in the parking industry and with this product we are first to market in Europe. The new service is already proving popular with commuters in Ceannt train station in Galway city. We already accept payments online, via text messaging, app and through interactive voice response technology.”
Michael Power, head of Strategy, Train Operations for Irish Rail said: “parkbytext has been servicing Iarnród Éireann’s car parks nationally since 2010, offering commuters a convenient parking payment solution. parkbytext 2Bill goes one step further as it also serves once-off and unregistered customers. It is a seamless service that makes parking and travelling by train more convenient for all users.”
parkbytext operates over 200 car parks in Ireland, the UK and the US including Irish Rail’s nationwide car parks and college campus sites, including Limerick Institute of Technology and Dundalk Institute of Technology.
