National Express customers boarding coaches on the 010 London to Cambridge route now have access to broadband Internet on the move via their Wi-Fi enabled laptops, PDAs and other handheld devices. Each coach on the route will carry Telabria's mSystem MobilAP-3G, a multi-radio system that combines an 802.11b/g access point with 3G data network backhaul in a unit that weighs just 3 lbs (1.4kg). Passengers on vehicles equipped with the MobilAP-3G can check e-mail and surf the Web over Wi-Fi at speeds up to 300 Kbps wherever there is 3G network coverage.
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Passengers on vehicles equipped with the MobilAP-3G can check e-mail and surf the Web over Wi-Fi at speeds up to 300 Kbps wherever there is 3G network coverage
National Express, Europe's largest scheduled coach company, and Telabria, a developer of wireless access systems, last week announced the launch of a trial which has seen Telabria's mSystem mobile Wi-Fi hotspots installed on coaches between London and Cambridge.
National Express customers boarding coaches on the 010 London to Cambridge route now have access to broadband Internet on the move via their Wi-Fi enabled laptops, PDAs and other handheld devices. Each coach on the route will carry Telabria's mSystem MobilAP-3G, a multi-radio system that combines an 802.11b/g access point with 3G data network backhaul in a unit that weighs just 3 lbs (1.4kg). Passengers on vehicles equipped with the MobilAP-3G can check e-mail and surf the Web over Wi-Fi at speeds up to 300 Kbps wherever there is 3G network coverage.
National Express customers boarding coaches on the 010 London to Cambridge route now have access to broadband Internet on the move via their Wi-Fi enabled laptops, PDAs and other handheld devices. Each coach on the route will carry Telabria's mSystem MobilAP-3G, a multi-radio system that combines an 802.11b/g access point with 3G data network backhaul in a unit that weighs just 3 lbs (1.4kg). Passengers on vehicles equipped with the MobilAP-3G can check e-mail and surf the Web over Wi-Fi at speeds up to 300 Kbps wherever there is 3G network coverage.
