MBTA and Masabi to Launch First Smartphone Rail Ticketing System in the U.S. Apps will allow Commuter Rail customers to purchase and display tickets on iPhone, Android and Blackberry BOSTON, MA – 23rd April 2012 – Today, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Masabi US Ltd, the transit mobile ticketing pioneer, jointly announce that [...]
masabi video interview – mTicketing revolution on track A video interview with Masabi CPO, Giacomo Biggiero, was recently published on airrail NEWS. Appearing alongside Jonathan Williams from Cubic Transportation Systems, Giacomo talks about Masabi’s successes in launching our mTicketing technology in the UK, as well as how mobile innovations such as NFC could transform the [...]
masabi developer team invades mobile world congress It’s always nice to get out of the office from time to time, and what better way to do it than by going to Barcelona! Masabi’s development team flew out to Barcelona in February to attend Mobile World Congress 2012. The visit was designed to offer the Masabi [...]
masabi, chiltern railways & atos scoop rail business award A concerted effort from Chiltern Railways, Atos and Masabi saw the companies claim victory at the recent Rail Business Awards 2012 in the Information Technology Excellence category. The accolade was awarded for the trio’s work in delivering the first ever live mTicketing system for [...]
masabi ceo named as top transport innovator Masabi CEO Ben Whitaker was named by New Transit Magazine as one of the transport industry’s most influential innovators in their Power List 2012: Innovators & Pioneers, published on Tuesday 7th February. The list honours certain individuals across the transport sector who are introducing new ideas from [...]
masabi’s role in open source and the wider community At Masabi, we use open source software as a key part of our app production toolchain. One of the great things about open source is that you can inspect the source code to see exactly how the software works. And if it doesn’t do quite what [...]
how to make a windows phone 7 app in 5 minutes With a future release of the UK rail ticketing app for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) coming up, we wanted to familiarise ourselves with how to provide pre-release versions to clients for feedback. In addition, we wanted to find out in advance how to submit [...]
a guide to mTicketing – transport ticketing webinar Masabi’s CEO Ben Whitaker presented a live webinar about mTicketing technology on Wednesday last week (11th Jan) to hundreds of transport industry leaders. If you missed it live, you can still catch Ben and the rest of the presenters by clicking on the link below. Click here [...]
mticketing takes centre stage at flagship event Transport Ticketing 2012 kicks off the New Year as the first major event in the Masabi calendar and it really is a ‘must attend’ for those interested in mTicketing. This year, Masabi is exhibiting, speaking and sponsoring, and we’re looking forward to meeting some of the transport industry’s [...]
Masabi Appoints Owen Day as Director of Engineering London, UK. 8th December, 2011 – Masabi, the developer of mobile ticketing technology for the transport sector, today announced the appointment of Owen Day as Director of Engineering. Owen will manage a team of software developers and will be responsible for building the team as the company [...]