Trent Barton, an independent bus operator, has selected the Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway to deliver wireless Internet connectivity on commuter coaches running between Nottingham and Derby in the UK Midlands.

The operator has Wi-Fi-enabled eight Scania Irizar vehicles on the Red Arrow service, which departs every fifteen minutes during rush hour and is popular with business travellers and students. Trent Barton will also utilize the kit for GPS-based automatic vehicle location (AVL) to keep track of the fleet.

The Moovbox M Series delivers Wi-Fi Internet access on the Red Arrow vehicles at speeds up to 3.6 Mbps by creating a bridge between the coach and a next-generation 3G HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) cellular broadband network from Vodafone. The system also offers Ethernet connectivity for in-bus systems such as CCTV and telematics data.