operator travellers
Super scanners at UK airports
News The scanners, produced by the Smiths Group, allow laptops to be carried in bags and cut queuing times for passengers, with travellers delayed for less than five minutes at Heathrow security in June in 95 per cent of cases. [09 Jul 2008]
Free wi-fi arrives in York station
News Travellers using York railway station can now enjoy free wi-fi while they wait for their train. Station manager and train operator National Express East Coast has introduced free wireless internet across most of the station, which is used by more... [13 Jun 2008]
Paper-free train tickets on track
News Travellers will be able to get paperless rail tickets from the end of this year. Travellers will be able to buy smart tickets online using their mobile phone or PC and then download them onto a smartcard at home via a plug-in reader or at a station. [04 Jun 2008]
Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs
News The operator is also introducing a data roaming offer, called Travel Data Daily, aimed at occasional travellers with laptops, which Orange claims will cut prices by up to 90 per cent on standard data roaming rates. [20 May 2008]
Virgin Trains passengers to chatter for longer
News Travellers on Virgin Train could soon be chattering for longer. The train operator has joined forced with Vodafone UK to boost mobile coverage within carriages so fewer calls are dropped. Repeater technology, which retransmits 2G and 3G, will be... [07 Apr 2008]
'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi
News Gobi, which Qualcomm released in October 2007, is a chipset that allows travellers to connect to both High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Evolution-Data Optimised (EV-DO) networks. The disparity between HSDPA - part of the HSPA family - and EV-DO... [07 Apr 2008]
High speed TGV trains get online
News But despite the cost involved in designing and implementing the high tech wireless web infrastructure on its trains - SNCF has poured €19m into the venture to date - and the gamble of whether travellers will be willing to put their hands in... [26 Mar 2008]
In-flight mobile gets Ofcom thumbs up
News In-flight mobile phone calls may soon be a reality for travellers on UK airlines after UK telecoms regulator Ofcom gave its approval to the technology. Ofcom will amend the aircraft operator licences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 to allow... [26 Mar 2008]
London still wi-fi king of the world
News The index also shows up a trend for increasing use of wi-fi in restaurants - which conjures up images of lonely business travellers at tables for one.iPass found restaurant wi-fi usage was up 217 per cent year-over-year. [14 Mar 2008]
Rail travellers lapping up free wi-fi
News Standard class travellers had to fork out £4.95 an hour to get online. Rail operator National Express has seen wi-fi usage more than triple since it introduced a free service for all passengers in December last year, when it took over the franchise. [05 Mar 2008]
Heathrow T3 tackles lost luggage with RFID
News Heathrow airport is trialling RFID tracking technology that will help make the nightmare of lost and mishandled luggage a thing of the past for travellers. Airport operator BAA hopes this chip could save airport staff hours of time by slashing the... [13 Feb 2008]
Vodafone cuts mobile broadband prices
News Business travellers using Vodafone Connect Abroad in Europe west of The mobile operator said it sees "great market potential for consumer mobile broadband" and is spinning its latest price plan tweaks as improved value for money for customers - be... [01 Feb 2008]
The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group
Comment Wi-fi connectivity on buses and trains is another issue transport operators are being forced to look at to try and attract more passengers, especially business travellers. Lynch is also on mobile operator Orange's UK customer advisory council... [30 Jan 2008]
Eurostar links up with UK train operators
News He added: "What we want is really to have more travellers using the trains in the UK and really to maximise the opportunity created by this new high speed line in the UK. Chandoul explained that in the past many travellers in the other UK regions... [04 Jan 2008]
Roaming prices slashed in Euro vote
News She said in a statement: "Today is a good day for consumers and business travellers in the EU. Under the compromise agreement, the European wholesale rate - the price one operator can charge another for consumers who roam on their network - will be... [23 May 2007]
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