Amtrak Launches .mobi Site to Provide Even Greater Online Access for Passengers
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WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Continuing in its role as a leader in online access, Amtrak today announced the launch of Amtrak.mobi, a new domain for Amtrak.com users. The .mobi domain is designed to guide mobile users to made-for-mobile Internet content and services that can be accessed with the confidence of knowing a site will work on practically any mobile phone. Because the Amtrak.mobi site is optimized for smaller screens, it provides easy access to the train reservation and information systems of Amtrak.com using most web-enabled mobile devices including cell phones and PDAs.
Amtrak.mobi is the first travel site in the United States to offer customers the ability to purchase a ticket using a mobile device. In addition, users may also access their booking profile and view up-to-date train status information. The site complements Amtrak Mobile, the mobile web- accessing system that Amtrak launched last summer. Like Amtrak Mobile, information viewed through Amtrak.mobi is available in both English and Spanish.
"With the growth of our online ticket sales -- which now total 42% of all sales -- providing our passengers with convenient access to Amtrak.com is a priority," said Kathleen Gordon, Senior Director E-Commerce. "Launching our Amtrak.mobi site ensures that we are able to reach the greatest number of passengers because our .mobi domain is accessible from practically any web- enabled phone and PDA."
About Amtrak
Amtrak provides intercity passenger rail service to more than 500 destinations in 46 states on a 21,000-mile route system. For schedules, fares and information, passengers may call 800-USA-RAIL or visit Amtrak.com.
About dotMobi
dotMobi (the informal name of mTLD Top Level Domain, Ltd.), a consortium based in Dublin, Ireland with offices in Washington, DC and Beijing, is leading the growth of Internet use from mobile phones with the .mobi domain name. Unique among domain name providers, dotMobi ensures that services and sites developed around .mobi are optimized for use by mobile devices. On-the- go consumers can have confidence that an Internet site or service will work on their mobile phones when using .mobi address.
dotMobi is backed by leading mobile operators, network & device manufacturers, and internet content providers, including Ericsson, GSM Association, Hutchison 3, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, TIM, Visa and Vodafone. dotMobi is also a sponsor of W3C's Mobile Web Initiative.
For more information on dotMobi domains and registration information, visit mtld.mobi/. Visit the dotMobi blog at blog.mobi/.
Source: dotMobi
CONTACT:
Vance Hedderel of dotMobi, +1-703-485-5563, vhedderel@mtld.mobi;
or Danielle Siemon of A&R Edelman, +1-650-762-2947, danielle.siemon@edelman.com;
or Sasha Manners of Edelman UK,
+44-(0)20-7344-1200, sasha.manners@edelman.com, both for dotMobi;
or +Karina Romero of Amtrak, +1-202-906-3860
Web site: www.dotmobi.mobi/
http://mtld.mobi/
http://blog.mobi/
http://www.amtrak.com/
