Sunday, August 19, 2007

Wi-Fi in Trains

Wi-Fi Networking News reported here that Icomera, a Swedish company is rolling out Wi-Fi in UK Train Operator GNER's trains. I called up the Icomera people and spoke with a nice gentleman named Jan Lindberg who said he was in charge of International Business. I asked him whether Icomera was interested in coming to India to roll out Wi-Fi in Indian trains. His answer completely blew me off! He said very apologetically that Icomera was a very small company (about 20 people) and did not have enough bandwidth to go out of Europe. So they don't have any business anywhere except Europe in the "foreseeable future" as he put it.
I really wish some Indian giant takes cognizance of this and goes out and buys these guys out so that we can benefit from their technology. We have after all bought out Corus and Arcelor havent we?

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Dear Jaggs

Make your site more interesting
having some fun.

All the best

Deori

Ines said...

there are other companies like Nokia Siemens Networks providing these type of solutions. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/global/Press/Press+releases/news-archive/Thalys_selects_Nokia_Siemens_Networks_21Net_and_Telenet.htm

Shiv said...

Hi,
Thanks for that input. I will try to contact 21Net which is the actual solutions provider. Nokia-Siemens is the SI.