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© SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 1 Wireless Travel Management October 1999
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© 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.
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© 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).
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© SMART, Ericsson 1999 Commercial-in-Confidence. All rights reserved Wireless Travel Management 4 WTM General Architecture
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© 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)
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© 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)
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© 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
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© 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
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© 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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