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RSS undergroundBerlin gets smart transport system
News Travellers will be able to purchase credit units for the smartcards and then swipe them through readers on buses, underground trains, trams and ferries in the Berlin region. BVG - Berlin's public transport authority - is... [12 Mar 1999]
Euro preparations go smoothly despite Underground strike
News International financial institutions in London are confident that the switch to the euro on 1 January will be handled smoothly, even though industrial action at that time by London Underground (LU) workers now looks... [14 Dec 1998]
Signing up the competition - have digital signatures met their match?
Comment US start-up, FutureVision, which boldly asserted earlier this year that network attacks of the future would be based on quantum theory, has gone underground. Take hacker detection, which has become a crucial business... [12 Nov 1998]
London Transport upgrades ticketing system
News London Underground's smartcard ticketing contract has gone to TranSys - a consortium of the Cubic Corporation, EDS, ICL and WS Atkins. One hundred and thirty London Underground staff will be transferred... [14 Aug 1998]
CityLink to supply London Underground network
News CityLink Telecommunications has been revealed as the only contender for the £1bn contract to supply London Underground with an enhanced network-wide radio and transmission service. A spokesman for London... [04 Aug 1998]
Herts launches smartcard scheme for job seekers
News A London Underground spokeswoman conceded that not having access to electronic transactions poses problems. Hertfordshire County Council has launched a smart card scheme to encourage bus operators to offer discounts to... [03 Jul 1998]
