AT&T Business Customers Stay on Track With Xora GPS TimeTrack
Posted on May 14, 2008
Filed Under Gadgets
SAN ANTONIO and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –
Small and large AT&T business customers now can keep their companies on the
right track with Xora GPS TimeTrack(TM). AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Xora Inc.
announced today the availability — on May 23 — of the award-winning
solution for workforce management for AT&T customers.
Xora GPS TimeTrack uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to
give businesses timesheet data collection, job/work-order management,
payroll integration and location tracking capabilities on AT&T-powered
smartphones. Xora GPS TimeTrack will be available via wireless download on
the BlackBerry(R) 8800, BlackBerry 8820, BlackBerry Pearl(TM) 8110 and
BlackBerry Curve(TM) 8310 handsets, as well as the AT&T Tilt(TM),
BlackJack(TM) II and MOTO Q(TM) 9h global smartphones, which use the
largest wireless data network in the U.S.
“With the addition of Xora GPS TimeTrack to our robust portfolio of
GPS-based offerings, AT&T business customers have access to one of the
leading mobile field-service solutions on the market today,” said Michael
Woodward, vice president, Business Voice/Data and Wireless Products for
AT&T’s wireless operations. “Xora GPS TimeTrack is easy to use but packs
several features that help keep mobile employees in the field rather than
in the office, so they can answer calls faster and make more customer
visits during the workday while generating significantly less paper. That
translates into increased efficiency, reduced costs and improved customer
service.”
“Xora GPS TimeTrack is an easy-to-use workforce-management solution
that delivers powerful ROI and scales well from a small and medium business
(SMB) to a large enterprise,” said Sanjay Shirole, Xora CEO and co-founder.
“We were first to market with workforce-management products in 2002 and
have leveraged this vast experience to provide more than 50
industry-specific templates to customers in construction, trades, field
services, transportation and government. Now, AT&T’s wireless business
customers have the ability to significantly improve productivity by using
this top-selling mobile workforce management product.”
Outstanding Solution
Xora GPS TimeTrack is an outstanding solution for any company with
service personnel in the field. Xora GPS TimeTrack acts as a mobile version
of the punch clock on which employees in the field can log starting and
ending times for shifts, breaks and specific jobs by using a simple
interface. A list of scheduled jobs for the day, along with relevant
information, is delivered right to the smartphone. Mobile workers also can
use the solution’s FlexFields(TM) feature to record specific job-related
data so that the company can more accurately bill customers, cost out jobs,
track inventory and servicing information and pay employees.
Back at the office, management can view all of the information on a PC
in near real time, including detailed maps showing the current location of
all workers, detailed location activity, landmarks and street addresses.
Xora GPS TimeTrack also interfaces with many popular accounting and
timekeeping programs.
Unique Features
Xora GPS TimeTrack also includes the following unique features:
— IndustrySmart(TM) automatically configures the solution for the
customer’s specific industry.
— JobPix(TM) allows photos of jobs taken with the smartphone to be
attached to specific job records.
— JobTalk(TM) gives the user the ability to use the smartphone to record
an audio clip of job notes that can be attached to a specific job
record.
— Smart Job Zones automatically records job start and end times when a
worker enters or leaves a specific job area.
— Xroutes with TrafIQ is an optional service that optimizes routes,
sequences the delivery stops and dispatches them to the phone to
capture planned versus actual delivery time information. TrafIQ takes
traffic into account and provides an additional level of fuel savings
and better on-time predictability for deliveries in the industries in
which “every day is different.”
— Early Warning System (EWS) detects any signs of declining usage in the
product and triggers proactive corrective action from Xora customer
support, which in turn leads to low churn levels.
Pricing and Availability
Xora GPS TimeTrack will be available through AT&T’s small business and
enterprise sales teams. There are three monthly subscription plans. Xora
GPS TimeTrack Standard is $16.99 for each device, Xora GPS TimeTrack
Premier is $24.99 a device and Xora GPS TimeTrack Supervisor, which allows
work crew leaders to clock team members in and out, is $29.99 a device. All
require a monthly AT&T smartphone data plan. There also is a one-time setup
fee of $25 for each subscriber. There also are two Xora add-on services
available: Xroutes with TrafIQ for an additional $28.99 a month and
EZNav(TM), which provides GPS-guided text and audible turn-by-turn driving
directions powered by Garmin(R), for an additional $6.99 a month for each
subscriber.
Small businesses may couple Xora GPS TimeTrack with AT&T’s new
BusinessTalk(R) voice plans and the new BlackBerry Professional Software(1)
solution. AT&T BusinessTalk plans start at $60 a month for five users and
700 Anytime Minutes and can be expanded for $9.99 a line to accommodate up
to 40 users and 20,000 Anytime Minutes. Companies may choose BusinessTalk
with either unlimited Mobile to Mobile or Push To Talk features. A
BlackBerry Professional Software package that supports five wireless users
out of the box is priced at $499, with a 10-user version priced at $849.
These packages include the server software along with client access
licenses CALs. Additional CALs can be purchased individually, in five-packs
and in 10-packs to grow the deployment up to 30 users as the small business
grows.
For more information regarding Xora GPS TimeTrack, please go to
http://www.att.com/locationbasedservices or http://www.xora.com or call
1-877-GPS-XORA.
For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit http://www.att.com.
(1) Separate terms and conditions apply for AT&T BusinessTalk and
BlackBerry Professional Software.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their
offerings are the world’s most advanced IP-based business communications
services and the nation’s leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In
2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America’s Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and
the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is
available at http://www.att.com.
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About Xora
Xora is a global provider of mobile resource management solutions that
enable businesses to easily locate and manage mobile workers, vehicles and
assets. Founded in 1999, Xora is headquarted in Mountain View, CA and has
raised more than $11 million in venture capital and is privately funded;
the lead investor is Dawntreader Ventures. Xora partners include Telstra,
Motorola, RIM, Garmin, Oracle, Teleatlas and Sun. For more information on
Xora, visit http://www.xora.com.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
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