business travel wi-fi
Photos: Road testing wi-fi at 320kmph
Photo French train operator SNCF is running a trial of a wi-fi internet service onboard three TGV trains that travel eastbound from Paris via the Gare de l'Est station. Orange Business Services has provided the wi-fi hotspots. [28 Mar 2008]
Free wi-fi wings its way to BA lounges
News BA lounges' development manager Emily Clark said lounges are an integral part of the travel experience for premium customers and the wi-fi service will enable business people to remain connected to the office right until they fly. [27 Mar 2008]
Heathrow Terminal 5 opens its doors
News Wi-fi at the airport BA CIO: 'Terminal 5 tech will revolutionise air travel' After taking five years to build at a cost of £4.3bn, Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport is finally open for business and is set to become one of the most technologically... [27 Mar 2008]
High speed TGV trains get online
News TGV trains can travel at a top speed of 320kmph, making the rollout of a viable onboard wi-fi internet service a "world first", according to SNCF. Bernard said SNCF is still developing its wi-fi business plan but the commercial service is likely to... [26 Mar 2008]
London still wi-fi king of the world
News According to the index, wi-fi hotspot usage by business users increased 89 per cent over the same period the year before, with growth in Europe outstripping that in the US. The index also shows up a trend for increasing use of wi-fi in restaurants... [14 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: Around the world in 80 minutes?
Comment I was at the World Travel Market show yesterday to talk about business travellers and wi-fi - which is why on my first official outing as silicon.com's new editor I was wandering between the stands featuring rain forests and exotic fare set up by... [14 Nov 2007]
Missing email tops business-travel worry list
News Wi-fi at the airport What can be done to make business travel more bearable? Read the top business travel tips from silicon.com staff and our favourite frequent fliers. Missing vital emails while on the road has topped a list of worries for... [17 Jul 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment Will Sturgeon explains why business travel by train within the UK is a far more beneficial and enjoyable experience than flying, thanks in large part to the installation of wi-fi on many routes. In standard class GNER's wi-fi would cost me £9.95... [04 Jun 2007]
Top execs crave internet on the move
News Two in five mobile workers said being in contact with people back at the office is more important than it was two years ago, and 55 per cent of the 511 business people surveyed have seen the amount of time they spend outside the office increase... [08 May 2007]
Photos: How Heathrow Express does wi-fi
Photo Wallbridge told silicon.com there are many other applications for wi-fi enabled trains including using live CCTV to warn the driver of any problems within the train's carriages and providing up-to-date travel information to passengers via... [24 Apr 2007]
Connectivity blues ground business travellers
News Despite the seemingly unstoppable rise of wi-fi hotspots in coffee shops, airports, metropolitan areas and even on-board trains, the annual silicon.com Business Traveller Survey found the number of travellers who "sometimes" have difficulty... [29 Mar 2007]
From CIO to consultant: The first month
Comment Admittedly the rooms were half the size and it had the smallest bath in the world but hey, it had a bed, a desk, a chair and wi-fi access so the essentials were covered. I also got to use the lounge at the airport and my communications while away... [20 Mar 2007]
Fair Wi-fi: Consumers getting raw deal
Comment Lending his support to silicon.com's 'Fair Wi-fi' campaign Adam Raphael, editor of influential hotel bible The Good Hotel Guide, explains why the days of rip-off charges must be numbered. Yet over the past year, in my position as editor of The Good... [20 Feb 2007]
Leader: Roaming rates - more work needed
Leader Who knows, we might even stop looking for wi-fi in overseas hotels too, just as we gave up hotel room phones years ago. The view is that business travel isn't a choice, almost any time it takes place, and businesses are hit harder than most. [14 Feb 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.02.07
Round-Up This is why silicon.com has launched its Fair Wi-fi campaign this week to iron out some of the iniquities in the industry which still sees business travellers hit with outlandish and entirely unjustifiable charges for internet access. [02 Feb 2007]
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