MuniWireless

Icomera AB is acquiring Moovera Networks, a UK company that sells wireless access points used by buses, trains and ferries to deliver Wi-Fi service to passengers. The deal makes a lot of sense because Icomera installs wireless networks in public transport for Wi-Fi access, CCTV, vehicle tracking or streaming entertainment and both companies go after the same type of customer: public transport firms.

“For some time now Moovera and Icomera have been addressing the same markets from different directions,” said Jim…

Swebus, a long-distance bus operator in Sweden, is now offering Wi-Fi access to its passengers. Swebus has over 80 buses and transports two million passengers every year. According to the press release, this Wi-Fi deployment is the largest in Scandinavia since it will be available in buses that go to Norway and Denmark. Swebus is using wireless access points from Moovera; the backhaul is Hutchison 3’s (HSPA) cellular network. In addition to providing Wi-Fi access, the bus company will use…

Arriva, a train operator in Scandinavia, is offering free Wi-Fi service to passengers traveling across Denmark, starting with the trains that run between Aarhus, Thisted and Tønder in Jutland. Arriva carries more than 7 million passengers each year.

The backhaul for Arriva’s Wi-Fi service is 3G HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) from 3 (www.3.dk) (which is 60% owned by Hutchinson, a Hongkong based telecommunications company). Because almost all of Denmark has HSPA coverage, the Arriva trains will not use satellite as…

Wi-Fi on public transport is hot these days. The high-speed TGV service between Paris and Brussels will be launching Wi-Fi service on May 14 for trains traveling between those cities, expanding the service later to trains going all the way to Amsterdam.

On the other side of the world, Malaysian luxury bus operator, Odyssey Prestige Coaches, is adding free Wi-Fi service to the buses that run between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore (350 kilometers, 4 hours). The buses are equipped with wide…

Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries will soon be offering Wi-Fi access to passengers on ferries in the South of England running between the Isle of Wight and the mainland towns of Portsmouth and Lymington. In the beginning, Wi-Fi access is limited to the crew of the ferries who will use it for their own operations and fleet-tracking.

According to the press release, “the implementation of on-board Wi-Fi is part of a major modernization program that includes the commissioning of three new…

Moovera Networks will deploy wireless broadband Internet access on the new Glasgow Flyer shuttle bus service at the Arriva Scotland West airport. Moovera Networks will deploy wireless broadband Internet access on the new Glasgow Flyer shuttle bus service at the Arriva Scotland West airport.

Eleven luxury buses that operate between the airport and Glasgow city center will be equipped with Moovera’s Moovbox M100 mobile broadband gateway to provide access at speeds of up to 1.4Mbps.

Click here to read the press release.