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T-Mobile to offer wi-fi broadband on trains
Richard Wray
Wednesday February 16, 2005
The Guardian
Commuters stuck on the 8.02 from Brighton to London will soon be able to fire off an email to the boss of Southern Trains complaining about the service or surf the web while trundling through Sussex.
Mobile phone company T-Mobile has put broadband internet access points along the line and has wired up a fleet of trains to allow laptops to use wi-fi broadband over the air service while on board.
In specially designated carriages anyone with a device that can use wi-fi, which is standard on most new laptops, will be able to connect to the web as if they were sitting at their desk. The company claims the service should even work in tunnels.
Wi-fi internet access is standard in many stationary locations such as coffee shops, bars, hotels and airports but the London-to-Brighton line will be Britain's first high-speed broadband route.
At the 3GSM world congress mobile phone trade show in Cannes yesterday, T-Mobile said it would start a free trial of the service next month with a full launch in the summer. If it is a success the company plans to introduce it on other routes.
For T-Mobile, wi-fi is part of its plans to persuade consumers and business people to stay connected and spend money while on the move.
The group outlined its strategy for the future and the chief executive, René Obermann, said the days of free or very cheap handsets for customers using pay-as-you-go are very limited. The company believes it should reward customers who stay loyal rather than encouraging churn by subsidising handsets to make them cheaper for new customers.
T-Mobile to offer wi-fi broadband on trains
Richard Wray
Wednesday February 16, 2005
The Guardian
Commuters stuck on the 8.02 from Brighton to London will soon be able to fire off an email to the boss of Southern Trains complaining about the service or surf the web while trundling through Sussex.
Mobile phone company T-Mobile has put broadband internet access points along the line and has wired up a fleet of trains to allow laptops to use wi-fi broadband over the air service while on board.
In specially designated carriages anyone with a device that can use wi-fi, which is standard on most new laptops, will be able to connect to the web as if they were sitting at their desk. The company claims the service should even work in tunnels.
Wi-fi internet access is standard in many stationary locations such as coffee shops, bars, hotels and airports but the London-to-Brighton line will be Britain's first high-speed broadband route.
At the 3GSM world congress mobile phone trade show in Cannes yesterday, T-Mobile said it would start a free trial of the service next month with a full launch in the summer. If it is a success the company plans to introduce it on other routes.
For T-Mobile, wi-fi is part of its plans to persuade consumers and business people to stay connected and spend money while on the move.
The group outlined its strategy for the future and the chief executive, René Obermann, said the days of free or very cheap handsets for customers using pay-as-you-go are very limited. The company believes it should reward customers who stay loyal rather than encouraging churn by subsidising handsets to make them cheaper for new customers.