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RSS airports fIdentity crisis for £1.2bn e-Borders system?
News The rollout of e-Borders will start next month, with the system used to cross reference the names and other details of passengers travelling to British airports, rail and ferry terminals. Project Semaphore, a prototype... [30 Mar 2009]
Airlines fear delays from snooping tech
News Home Office plans to begin using the £1.2bn e-Borders system at airports, rail and ferry terminals from April risks delaying UK travellers, according to the British Air Transport Association (Bata), the trade body for UK... [11 Feb 2009]
BT's wi-fi router turns biz into hotspots
News Those vouchers can also be used at other Openzone hotspots, such as those found in airports and train stations. BT has launched a new wireless router for its business customers that allows them to wirelessly share their... [10 Feb 2009]
ID cards 'could replace passports'
News The secondary legislation includes a proposal to designate criminal record's certificate information as part of the National ID register for airside workers at London City and Manchester airports. From autumn 2009... [21 Nov 2008]
BT's wi-fi parts ways with The Cloud
News The deal's expiry could drastically cut the number of hotspots BT Openzone customers can use, particularly in business-centric areas - The Cloud has 6,500 live wi-fi hotspots in retail venues, hotels, airports and sports... [30 Sep 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News Smith insisted the Home Office is making good progress in talks with airport operators and unions about airside workers in airports being among the "trusted workers" first in line for the cards in 2009. [25 Sep 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment The ubiquitous wi-fi hotspot, present in hotels, airports and coffee shops the world over, has now been complemented by another array of mobile services. High-speed wireless networks are meant to make life easier for... [12 Jun 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News Smith will also set out plans to issue ID cards to people working in airports and other high security risk areas from next year - a plan that has come under fire from trade unions. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards [06 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Semaphore - which checks UK-bound passenger details against databases of banned individuals and passenger name records to assess risk - and Iris - which lets fliers use automated iris scanning gates at several UK... [21 Feb 2008]
Heathrow T3 tackles lost luggage with RFID
News Stephen Challis, head of product development at BAA Heathrow, said: "In effect the bag is travelling with its own passport… improving the certainty around the operation and reducing the manual intervention that's required, which we... [13 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News Biometric data is already in use for border control purposes at other airports in the UK, including Gatwick and Manchester Airport. Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric... [08 Feb 2008]
Vodafone cuts mobile broadband prices
News Vodafone said its UK network has a top downlink speed of 7.2Mbps - in London and major airports - and a maximum of 1.44Mbps uplink. But the 50 per cent price will only run for a limited 'promotional period'. [01 Feb 2008]
Intuit Mac bug creeps back through public wi-fi
News Users of a popular accounting package have been warned not to use the software at public wi-fi hotspots, such as those found in airports, coffee shops and hotels. Users of the 2006 Mac version of Intuit's QuickBooks... [04 Jan 2008]
Poll: The most expensive gadgets lost are...
News Recent research found UK business travellers lose up to 8,500 mobile devices in the country's airports alone every year. Asked which is the priciest gadget they've lost, mobile phones came top with almost two-fifths (37... [27 Nov 2007]
Work-related files go walkabout
News The research makes alarming reading, when an estimated 8,500 mobile devices are lost by UK business travellers in the country's airports every year. A survey has found 49 per cent of PC users store corporate files in... [13 Nov 2007]
