By: MarkJ - 16 January, 2008 (9:30 AM)
Scottish Citylink has announced the deployment of Moovera mobile (wireless) broadband services on its long-distance intercity coach routes in Scotland. The first route to receive the new technology operates between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and delivers broadband speeds up to 1.8Mbps throughout the 75 minute journey.
Scottish Citylink will leverage the high-speed connection to provide an Internet service for passengers and to track the location of each vehicle in real-time:
Scottish Citylink is headquartered in Glasgow and coordinates intercity express coach services throughout Scotland to Fort William, Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee, Perth, and Edinburgh. The Moovbox M100 delivers connectivity to the coaches at broadband speeds in conjunction with the next-generation HSDPA (High Speed Download Packet Access) mobile broadband network from Vodafone UK. Scottish Citylink staff can monitor the exact position of the fleet’s vehicles and assess the usage of the
Wi-Fi service via MoovManage, Moovera’s secure online management service.
It is not know how much Scottish Citylink will charge customers to access the service.
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