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RSS trainDoCoMo reveals mobile that's your keys, train ticket, cash...
News The four new phones will be able to electronically take the place of everything from train tickets and virtual cash to an ID card and front door keys, using a smart-card system. DoCoMo has signed up various partners -... [17 Jun 2004]
Train passengers get T-Mobile Wi-Fi
News Several other companies, such as Broadreach and Icomera, have already been operating train Wi-Fi services in the UK. Whether the train travels through tunnels, under bridges or alongside high hedgerows,... [17 Feb 2005]
Train crash brings net to a halt
News A major train crash in a tunnel in Baltimore has brought the internet to a crawl for some users in the US. The CSX goods train involved is reported to have derailed and cut important fibre optic lines. [20 Jul 2001]
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. The first train... [07 Jul 2004]
Derailed train upstages Net debut of the Clinton report
News A derailed train in Atlanta created more disruption, as it cut through the national fibre-optic backbone. Web servers across the US came to a standstill on Friday afternoon, but not because of the publication of lewd... [14 Sep 1998]
Virgin to sell train tickets online
News Virgin chief, Richard Branson's latest venture is a Web site devoted to selling train tickets for any journey in the UK. Logging on to The Train Line (www.thetrainline.com), customers can book tickets... [25 Feb 1999]
CTOs to go the way of the steam train
News The report, which was published this week, said: "Just like the reduction in the status of train drivers since their advent in the Victorian age, we anticipate that organisations will place less value on their heads of... [26 Feb 2009]
Sema launches online train booking system
News Sema confirmed today that a ticket buying and reserving system developed for one of the UK's main train operators will go live in December. The computing systems developer refused to name the operator, but said it is one... [09 Nov 1998]
Lennon helps train operators get back on track
News The UK's train operators have awarded SchlumbergerSema an £80m, 17-year contract to design, build and operate the country's rail settlement system. The system will handle and allocate more than £3.5bn in annual passenger... [03 Apr 2002]
David Brent brought in to train Microsoft staff
News David Brent, the fictional boss of BBC 'mockumentary' sitcom The Office, has been employed by Microsoft to train its staff in personal development. Although the character's creator Ricky Gervais has previously shunned... [20 Jan 2004]
QoS-Enabled Internet-on-Train Network Architecture: Inter-Working by MMP-SCTP Versus MIP
White Paper Internet-on-the-train is a rising concept in the last few years. Several trials in different countries have proved the feasibility of offering Internet access to train commuters, but none of them... [18 Jul 2008]
Devil's Advocate: The train makes the connection
Comment Then the train’s Wi-Fi system connects them to the internet and their email. There is a well-established correlation between journey time on the train and passengers shifting from airlines to trains.... [19 Aug 2003]
Will staff 'Right to Train' boost skills?
News The government's skills minister, John Denham, said the 'Right to Train' proposal, which would apply to all employees who have worked for their employer for 26 weeks, could enable around 300,000 people per year to... [19 Jun 2008]
IEEE 802.20 Based Broadband Railroad Digital Network - The Infrastructure for M-Commerce on the Train
White Paper The broadband wireless access is emerging as a promising technology to meet the ever-increasing demand of M-commerce on the train. The traditional Railroad Communication System (RCS) is not only in charge of the... [24 May 2006]
On-train Wi-Fi gets satellite upgrade
News A British company claims to have conducted the world's first trials of a high-speed wireless network powered by a bi-directional satellite link on board a moving train. Train Wi-Fi isn't new, as... [09 Sep 2004]
