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Wireless Travel Management October 1999
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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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WTM Areas of Functionality

• WTM functionality can be divided into three
  areas
• 1. Travel Services
• 2. Mobile Office Support/Services
• 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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WTM General Architecture
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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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WTM Functionality Today

• Currently WTM supports the following
  functionality
• Timetable search (flight)
• Availability (flight)
• Booking (flight)
• Cancellation (flight)
• Booking Notification (SMS)(Not possible to
  demonstrate during Telecom99)

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WTM Future Development

• Some examples of new features in the future are
• Re-booking (in trial 2000)
• Flight information (in trial 2000)
• Location based services
• Personalised services
• Not only flight bookings. Also support for hotel
  and car rental bookings.
• More mobile office support

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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
• combine personal interests business travel
  (whats-on), keep in touch with friends family,
  local /national /international news...
• personal finance management

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WTM Contact Information

• Patrik LoberghEricsson Radio Systems AB
• Business Developer Europe and Africa
• Tel [phone]
  (cellular)
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail patrik.lobergh_at_era.ericsson.se