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1 © SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 1 Wireless Travel Management October 1999

2 © SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 2 WTM Intro  A co-operation between Ericsson Radio Systems, SMART AB and Amadeus Global Travel Distribution.  The WTM goal is to support the mobile business traveller during his whole business traveller value cycle, from planning to expense reporting.  WTM involves the delivery to mobile professionals of value-added mobile travel services via mobile networks and mobile consumer devices.

3 © SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 3 WTM Areas of Functionality  WTM functionality can be divided into three areas: å 1. Travel Services å 2. Mobile Office Support/Services å 3. Travel Related Information (sometimes location dependant)  WTM is today optimised for WAP/WML (Ericsson MC218, Ericsson R320 and Ericsson R380) and HTML(IE, Pocket Explorer and Netscape).

4 © SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 4 WTM General Architecture

5 © SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 5 WTM Access  WTM shall be accessible from/optimised for different terminal types/software and access methods (HTML, WML or SMS): Mobile phones (WML, SMS) Smart Phones (WML, SMS) Palm sized PCs (HTML, WML) Handheld PCs, stationary and laptops (HTML, WML) PCs (HTML, WML)

6 © SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 6 WTM Functionality Today Currently WTM supports the following functionality: å Timetable search (flight) å Availability (flight) å Booking (flight) å Cancellation (flight) å Booking Notification (SMS) (Not possible to demonstrate during Telecom’99)

7 © SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 7 WTM Future Development Some examples of new features in the future are: å Re-booking (in trial 2000) å Flight information (in trial 2000) å Location based services å Personalised services å Not only flight bookings. Also support for hotel and car rental bookings. å More mobile office support

8 © SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 8 WTM Customer Proposition End user benefits:  Travel planning & booking convenience  Increased personal productivity & efficiency  Compliance with corporate travel policy  Simplification & automation of travel expense  Improvements in the quality of life on the road & in the air: å combine personal interests & business travel (what’s-on), keep in touch with friends & family, local /national /international news... å personal finance management

9 © SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 9 WTM Contact Information Patrik Lobergh Ericsson Radio Systems AB Business Developer Europe and Africa Tel:+46 8 585 301 88, +46 70 345 21 08 (cellular) Fax:+46 8 757 13 80 E-mail:patrik.lobergh@era.ericsson.se


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