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Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment As broadband becomes pervasive, so have business travellers' expectations that they will be able to access it. High-speed wireless networks are meant to make life easier for business travellers. In fact, the biggest challenge for business... [12 Jun 2008]
Computing on the go
Comment Business travellers may feel they are being bombarded with new technology. Although the technology market is saturated with different devices and technologies, the main tools used by business travellers appear to have remained fairly consistent... [04 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to futuristic shopping
Photo Possible benefits could be for travellers who arrive in a foreign country only to find their phone doesn't work. This is a contactless payment point similar to the ones that have been rolled out across London for use with contactless payment cards... [04 Jun 2008]
Mile-high wi-fi takes off on US airlines
News In-flight broadband is coming soon for travellers on some American Airlines and Virgin America flights. But will the companies hit the right price point to attract customers? Both of these companies use Wi-Fi routers inside planes to provide... [13 Mar 2008]
3G vs wi-fi: Let battle commence
News Fogg said: "Vodafone is hoping that for business travellers the much greater coverage of 3G will prove attractive. He added: "From Vodafone's point of view, [tariff reduction] makes a huge amount of sense. [18 Jun 2007]
Editor's Blog: You're not travelling, you're atlarge.com
Comment Through my work at silicon.com I have come across literally thousands of frequent business travellers. These range from uber-travellers - such as our columnist Peter Cochrane - to those of us who go through the usual slog of planes, trains and... [19 Dec 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport security frustrations
Comment So far I have been lucky in that my checked baggage has not gone astray and at my distant destination the unloading has been well-ordered with first class and business travellers' luggage arriving first, which is in complete contrast to the... [25 Sep 2006]
Best practice: Making life easier for business travellers
Comment If you have at least half a dozen regular business travellers that could benefit from being connected on the move, there really is no excuse for not using a multimode, multifunction dialler. Recommend the use of mobile and desktop IM so teams can... [14 Jun 2006]
Analysis: The 3G world map
Comment For UK business travellers the range of options for fast connectivity over cellular networks abroad - distinct from wi-fi and other connections - can be confusing. Once again, GSM is the major standard here, although business travellers in the... [08 Jun 2006]
Business Traveller: Staying connected on planes, trains and automobiles
Comment Business travellers desperate to stay in contact at 30,000ft can always use the on-board satellite telephone system. While communications in trains and planes are focused on enabling business travellers to work more productively, the developments... [02 Jun 2006]
Photos: The top 10 gadgets for business travellers
Photo Just as you like a polite seatmate on a plane or train, you have to be courteous to your fellow travellers too. Another point to bear in mind: 3G data cards are fiendishly useful abroad but also fiendishly expensive. [26 May 2006]
Cuba travel sites embargoed by US
News Once licensed, travellers must make travel arrangements with an organisation chosen from a list of OFAC-approved agencies. The site mandates that customers pay online and claims to be "not only Cuba's number one agency for American travellers but... [11 Jul 2005]
Business travellers 'have laptop, will surf'
News But a fifth of business travellers' first point of contact with the internet would still be in an internet cafe or using a public desktop or terminal in their hotel. Almost two thirds of business travellers will connect to the internet using their... [19 Apr 2005]
Wireless: The new hotspot for VoIP
Comment Voice over IP is likely to become particularly useful for business travellers. Another challenge for VoIP over Wi-Fi is a user making a phone call strutting down a hospital corridor needs to be able to switch seamlessly between one access point and... [18 Jan 2005]
The Ovum View: How IP VPNs threaten mobile operators
Comment Virtual private networks (VPNs) based on internet protocol (IP) can be a huge money-saver, as long as business travellers get used to double-dialling, writes Ovum senior analyst Henning Dransfeld. But these include people who traditionally generate... [19 Aug 2003]
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