Travelport announced a deal with WorldMate to offer mobile technology to travel management companies and corporate travelers in the United States and Canada.

In addition to real-time travel updates, alerts and other mobile travel services, the arrangement will enable TMCs to "private-label the application and provide special features, including direct click-to-call, which offers customers a simple way to connect to their designated travel representative," first via Blackberry devices and "soon" with iPhones and Nokia devices, according to Travelport. WorldMate CEO Jean Tripier said the deal will provide "real-time information and transactional capabilities that were never seen before on a smartphone."