Icomera Provides Mobile Wi-Fi Service for Airport Coach Transfers
British airport passengers travelling to airports by local coach services will now have complimentary on-board Wi-Fi services after the coaches were fitted with Icomera's Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway.
Passengers travelling on Excel ground transport connections to Stansted, Liverpool and Manchester airports will benefit from free hotspot Internet access at broadband speeds up to several megabits per second. The Moovbox gateways will also provide real-time GPS tracking of the vehicles, helping Excel monitor schedule adherence and improve overall service performance.
"Coach and bus services play an extremely important role in providing travelers with fast and cost effective connections to and from British airports," said Graham Hayden, Managing Director at Excel Passenger Logistics. " For international passengers, the presence of free Wi-Fi avoids expensive data roaming fees that make using 3G connections aboard so unattractive." The Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway acts as a bridge between a vehicle and cellular data networks or WiMAX, providing Wi-Fi access and an Ethernet-based local area network (LAN) for connecting on-board systems such as CCTV and passenger information systems. The M200 also has integrated GPS receiver for real-time automatic vehicle location (AVL) via the web-based MoovManage service.
All five major UK transport operators - Stagecoach, Arriva, FirstGroup, National Express and Go-Ahead - have deployed Icomera Internet systems on key routes, serving over 50,000 Internet connections every week.
Passengers travelling on Excel ground transport connections to Stansted, Liverpool and Manchester airports will benefit from free hotspot Internet access at broadband speeds up to several megabits per second. The Moovbox gateways will also provide real-time GPS tracking of the vehicles, helping Excel monitor schedule adherence and improve overall service performance.
"Coach and bus services play an extremely important role in providing travelers with fast and cost effective connections to and from British airports," said Graham Hayden, Managing Director at Excel Passenger Logistics. " For international passengers, the presence of free Wi-Fi avoids expensive data roaming fees that make using 3G connections aboard so unattractive." The Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway acts as a bridge between a vehicle and cellular data networks or WiMAX, providing Wi-Fi access and an Ethernet-based local area network (LAN) for connecting on-board systems such as CCTV and passenger information systems. The M200 also has integrated GPS receiver for real-time automatic vehicle location (AVL) via the web-based MoovManage service.
All five major UK transport operators - Stagecoach, Arriva, FirstGroup, National Express and Go-Ahead - have deployed Icomera Internet systems on key routes, serving over 50,000 Internet connections every week.