Press Releases 2005
OAG offers valuable new travel application on Verizon Wireless' Mobile Web 2.0 Service
18 November 2005
OAG’s Key2Travel Application Delivers Flight Status, Destination Travel and Mobile Concierge Services through Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Web 2.0 Service
Bedminster, NJ and Downers Grove, IL,– Verizon Wireless, the nation’s leading wireless service provider, and OAG, the global content management company specializing in travel and transport, have teamed up to offer a new mobile travel application to Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0SM customers. OAG’s Key2Travel allows busy travelers to receive updates on their flight status, access travel information for their destination and execute fulfillment of travel-related services and products.
OAG Key2Travel has multiple components that cover almost all the needs of today’s travelers. Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0 customers that subscribe to Key2Travel will be able to receive TXT Message updates that provide them with information about their latest flight status as well as the following information about their travel destinations:
- Hotels
- City Guides
- Limo/car rental companies
- Theatre
- Restaurants
- Concerts
For the benefit of the avid traveler, OAG’s Key2Travel also allows Verizon Wireless customers to request and manage travel-related products and services such as booking dinner reservations or a hotel room, ordering theatre tickets or limo service.
OAG’s Key2Travel is available now from Verizon Wireless on Mobile Web 2.0-capable handsets. Mobile Web 2.0 can be self provisioned, eliminating the need for customers to call customer service or visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store to sign up for the service. Customers simply register for Mobile Web 2.0 on their Mobile Web 2.0-capable handset and get access to information and content right from their wireless handsets. Mobile Web 2.0 is available for a $5.00 monthly access, plus airtime. Key2Travel is a premium application and is available for an additional monthly fee of $4.99 or $1.99 for a daily use purchase added to the $5.00 Mobile Web 2.0 monthly access cost. Standard TXT Messaging rates apply to all Key2Travel TXT Messaging updates.
For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.
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For further information please contact:
Jeffrey Nelson
Verizon Wireless
(908) 306-4824
Jeffrey.Nelson@verizonwireless.com
Kathy Marr
OAG
(630) 515-3240
Kmarr@oag.com
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless network, serving 49.3 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
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