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RSS virgin trainBT's wi-fi router turns biz into hotspots
News V is for Virgin Those vouchers can also be used at other Openzone hotspots, such as those found in airports and train stations. The latest version of the BT Business Total Broadband hub, unveiled on... [10 Feb 2009]
Paper-free train tickets on track
News The Department for Transport is demanding train operators adopt the smart ticketing system as they renew their rail franchise but operators such as Virgin and FirstGroup are already voluntarily looking... [04 Jun 2008]
Virgin Trains passengers to chatter for longer
News Travellers on Virgin Train could soon be chattering for longer. Repeater technology, which retransmits 2G and 3G, will be installed on all 52 of Virgin's high speed Pendolino trains on... [07 Apr 2008]
High speed TGV trains get online
News V is for Virgin The system automatically switches to the wi-fi terminals - with a transmission range tweaked to cope with the high speeds - when the antenna on the train loses its line of sight with the... [26 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment V is for Virgin Written on the London-Ipswich train and sent via a wi-fi signal picked up at the bottom of a field in a remote part of Suffolk, UK. First it was the floppy drive, then the IrDA port,... [28 Jan 2008]
Eurostar links up with UK train operators
News The first seven UK rail operators to be linked are Chiltern Railways, East Midlands Trains, First Capital Connect, Hull Trains, London Midland, National Express East Coast and Virgin Trains. International... [04 Jan 2008]
Rail passengers to get free on-board wi-fi
News National Express will take over the rail route from GNER in mid-December this year after beating off competition for the franchise from Arriva, FirstGroup, Stagecoach and Virgin. V is for Virgin A server... [14 Aug 2007]
BlackBerrys and PDAs bad for work/life balance
News V is for Virgin Alan Shrimpton, IT director at Avon and Somerset Constabulary, said: "I can now use down-time - waiting to collect daughters, train journeys - to continue to read and action emails,... [18 Jul 2007]
CIO Essentials: DIY IT, virtualisation and WFH
News Virgin trains kitted out with mobile signal boosters Not great news for those looking for a little 'think time' while travelling on the train. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO... [22 May 2007]
Remote and mobile working tech "essential"
News V is for Virgin Responding to silicon.com by email - while on on the train from Paddington to Bath - Kevin Fitzpatrick, CIO at Sodexho UK, said: "One of the crucial items is a culture that understands... [18 May 2007]
Virgin trains kitted out with mobile signal boosters
News Virgin's cross-country trains are being fitted with equipment that will boost mobile signals. Because of the design of Virgin's Voyager trains - the windows are made out of glass containing metal... [16 May 2007]
From CIO to consultant: The first month
Comment Luckily my brother is a pilot with Virgin so he got me a cheap flight from Heathrow to JFK otherwise it would have been an online trawl to find the best fares, economy class of course. In the past, I would book a cab... [20 Mar 2007]
Editor's Blog: All communications in one place
Comment Virgin Media. Virgin Media is basically the combination of four ventures - NTL, Telewest, Virgin Mobile and VirginNet - and the launch literature talks a lot, and I mean a lot, about... [09 Feb 2007]
Done and dusted: GNER wi-fi trains rollout
News Several other rail routes, such as Virgin's West Coast service and Southern Trains' Brighton Express, have opted instead for WiMax backhaul, which theoretically provides better speeds and lower latency and is based on... [27 Oct 2006]
Virgin Trains goes wi-fi
News Virgin Trains has announced a planned rollout of onboard wi-fi in all its carriages is to be completed by 2007. David Ewart, communications manager for Virgin Trains, said the introduction of wi-fi is... [21 Sep 2006]
