OAG announces the release of WorldMate® Professional Edition for BlackBerry
25 May 2005
OAG, the global content management company specialising in travel and transport; and MobiMate a wireless applications service provider today announced that the Professional Edition of WorldMate, is now available for BlackBerry® devices. WorldMate provides subscribers with a host of best-of-breed wireless content services for their travel needs, making it a valuable application for BlackBerry users on the go.
MobiMate have utilised OAG’s comprehensive airline data within WorldMate Professional to create a unique, user friendly flight schedule component, providing users with access to detailed schedule information on around 1000 airlines worldwide. Duncan Alexander, Managing Director, OAG Business Development commented “ This award winning application goes from strength to strength. Over 1 million BlackBerry users can now access this fantastic travel support tool.”
Nadav Gur, MobiMate's CEO added "BlackBerry users, who tend to be busy traveling professionals, are a natural match for our product. MobiMate is committed to supporting the BlackBerry platform and providing BlackBerry users with a full host of services".
WorldMate initiates a true marriage between the travel and business needs of business professionals in any industry. With emerging technologies in the mobile industry these professionals can stay connected to all the information they need, regardless of their location.
WorldMate is an all-in-one package for the frequent business traveler, featuring essential services including world time, global weather forecasts (provided by The Weather Channel – weather.com), comprehensive Flight Schedules (provided by OAG WorldWide), currency and measurement converters and more. WorldMate Professional Edition for BlackBerry is the first mobile version to offer the Travel Information Center. This service includes comprehensive travel information critical for business travelers, such as airline codes, reservation numbers and Web site addresses, 300 airport codes and locations, and hotel and car-rental agencies' contact information.
For more information about WorldMate Professional visit www.oagdata.com or alternatively www.mobimate.com
For further Information please contact:
Duncan Alexander, MD Business Development, on 01582 695 476 or e-mail dataservices@oag.com or Margareta Stanley at DBA on +44 207 930 8033 or e-mail info@nchl.demon.co.uk