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WIRE:10/26/1999 16:15:00 ET
Motorola, Sprint to offer
wireless travel planning
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Have cell
phone, will travel.
Motorola Inc. and Sprint PCS Group,
two big names in the wireless telephone
industry, each hooked up with partners
Tuesday to offer travel services over
wireless phones.
Motorola said it forged an agreement with online travel
reservation system WORLDSPAN, while Sprint PCS
separately said it linked with GetThere.com, which was
formerly known as Internet Travel Network.
Both agreements allow the companies to offer travel
information on wireless phones that have Internet access.
Terms were not disclosed for either deal.
Starting in the first quarter of 2000, Motorola said people
using its phones will be able to check airline flight
availability, buy airline tickets and change itineraries
through WORLDSPAN, the Atlanta-based travel
reservations system.
A spokeswoman for Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola
said it would be up to each carrier to determine how
much to charge for the service.
Under the Sprint PCS deal, Wireless' Web customers can
track flight departures and arrivals and other travel-based
information from a mini-browser on their Internet-ready
phones, Sprint PCS said.
Kansas City-based Sprint PCS said the service would be
available immediately, and there was no extra cost for
wireless Web subscribers. Wireless Web prices start at
$9.99 per month, a spokeswoman said. |
