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RSS train gnerWi-fi trains arrive nine months early
News UK train operator GNER has announced that a project to equip all of its trains with wi-fi will be competed nine months ahead of schedule. GNER's wi-fi gives business travellers a competitive advantage by creating a fully mobile office, turning... [31 Mar 2006]
Exclusive: GNER to offer wireless broadband on trains
News Train operator GNER is planning a groundbreaking on-board wireless broadband access service for passengers using its east coast line. GNER is looking to enable a fleet of up to 40 high-speed trains with high-speed internet access on its London... [08 Aug 2003]
GNER takes aim at planes with wireless broadband
News Train operator GNER will trial wireless broadband technology on its trains from Swedish firm Icomera for three months starting in September this year. The service will be piloted on a GNER train on the London Kings Cross to Scotland service for... [11 Aug 2003]
GNER Wi-Fi train trial on track
News Train operator GNER is offering free wireless high-speed internet access from today to passengers as part of a three-week trial on one Wi-Fi-enabled train running from London Kings Cross to Scotland. As exclusively revealed by silicon.com back in... [01 Dec 2003]
Wi-fi trains get satellite broadband boost
News Ofcom on Tuesday made available a new type of spectrum licence that could allow train operators such as GNER to upgrade their on-board wireless services to two-way satellite links, similar to those already in use on airplanes and ships. [13 Sep 2006]
Eurostar joins on-board Wi-Fi bandwagon
News Train operator Eurostar is to begin trialling wireless internet access on its cross-channel services later this year, joining operators such as GNER and Virgin Trains who are already experimenting with the service. [09 Feb 2004]
Photos: How GNER's on-board wi-fi works
Photo That will mean GNER is the first UK train operator to offer on-board wi-fi on its entire fleet of trains across the full route of its east coast franchise, which runs from London's King's Cross to Inverness. [27 Jul 2006]
Train Wi-Fi no longer just for the rich
News Until this week, Wi-Fi has only been available to the first-class traveller but due to the enthusiastic reaction from the East Coast's train users, GNER has decided to expand the service. GNER has announced it has rolled out wireless broadband to... [07 Jul 2004]
GNER to expand Wi-Fi on east coast rail service
News Under the new franchise awarded last month, GNER said it plans to fit every train in its fleet with the wireless data communications system. East coast rail operator GNER is to embark on a major expansion of its on-board wireless internet service... [14 Apr 2005]
Done and dusted: GNER wi-fi trains rollout
News Rail operator GNER has completed the fit-out of all its trains with wi-fi broadband connectivity. Jonathan Metcalfe, GNER's chief executive officer, said: "Wireless internet has immense potential for both business and leisure users, and we're very... [27 Oct 2006]
Devil's Advocate: The train makes the connection
Comment GNER evidently hopes that this can be countered by encouraging people to settle down on the train with their laptops and handhelds. GNER has recently announced it will be among the first operators to offer passengers Wi-Fi access. [19 Aug 2003]
Devil's Advocate: RIP the internet year?
Comment I buy train tickets regularly for my journeys between London and Yorkshire, and I always 'choose' to travel with GNER because it is the only company that runs trains between London and York. Every GNER train has coach D designated as the quiet coach. [18 Feb 2003]
Wi-Fi tempts rail passengers into first class upgrade
News GNER's trial of high-speed wireless networks on selected trains has proved popular with mobile business workers, according to early figures released by the railway operator this week. Icomera, the company supplying the Wi-Fi service to GNER said... [21 Sep 2004]
GNER's on-board wi-fi arrives early
News The technology for GNER's wi-fi service is supplied by Icomera and consists of an antenna fitted to each train that provides a 2Mbps satellite downlink and links to Orange and Vodafone's 3G and GPRS networks along the route. [26 Jul 2006]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment Time, door-to-door (providing GNER doesn't succumb to it's own occasional delays): about five hours and 17 minutes (don't forget that coffee), during which there are at least four hours on the train when I can work, with wi-fi keeping me in touch... [04 Jun 2007]
