Press Releases
August 10th 2010 - Icomera Names Roger Sandén as New President and CEO.
Icomera, the world's leading provider of cellular broadband gateways for mobile applications, announced today that Roger Sandén has been named as the company's new President and CEO.
"We are very excited to have someone with Roger Sandén's record of achievement join Icomera," says Lennart Svantesson, Chairman of Icomera. "Icomera is continuing to expand into existing and additional geographic areas and the demand for Icomera's innovative connected vehicle solutions is growing. Roger's vast experience in the transportation industry is an ideal match to lead Icomera through this next stage of company growth."
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August 3rd 2010 - National Express East Anglia Selects Icomera for On-Train Wi-Fi.
Icomera, the world's leading provider of broadband gateways for transport, announced that National Express East Anglia (NXEA) has awarded the company a multi-year contract to install and maintain Internet connectivity on inter-city services between London's Liverpool Street Station and Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich, in the East of England. NXEA plans to introduce Wi-Fi services for passengers on these routes at the end of 2010. The initiative has been partly funded by a £346,000 ($576,000) grant from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils. The investment will enhance perceptions of the mainline service, by offering commuters, business travelers and leisure users access to Wi-Fi which is now increasingly seen as a key component of an intercity-style rail service. NXEA awarded the contract to Icomera following a competitive tender process.
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February 2nd 2010 - Icomera delivers integrated advertising for in-vehicle Wi-Fi hotspots.
Icomera has launched a new service that brings advertising to mobile Wi-Fi hotspots on trains and buses, and enables hotspot operators to generate revenues by offering targeted messaging to their customers. MoovManage Ads, an optional component of Icomera’s MoovManage web-based hotspot management service, allows operators to create and manage advertising campaigns and track their success. Advertisements are presented to hotspot users during their online session. It is estimated that hotspot usage increased in 2009 by 47%, bringing total worldwide connections to 1.2 billion [source: In-Stat]. MoovManage Ads provides a path for hotspot operators to increase usage by switching from paid to free Wi-Fi services, while retaining a way to generate income via targeted advertising.
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September 28th 2009 - Icomera Connects US Fire Department Vehicles for Nuclear Emergencies.
Maple Grove Fire Department in Minnesota has chosen the award-winning Moovbox M200 to provide real-time, secure communication services on emergency response vehicles at broadband speeds. The Fire Department will take advantage of the dual redundant high-speed cellular links available in the Moovbox M200 to connect vehicles to a central command facility in the event of nuclear emergencies. The system was designed and provisioned by Icomera US distributor SinglePoint Communications of Portland, OR and included specialist public safety grade antennas and amplifiers to maximize signal quality and data throughput to the vehicles.
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September 8th 2009 - Greyhound launches UK inter-city services with free Wi-Fi from Icomera.
Greyhound has selected Icomera's award-winning Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway to provide Wi-Fi connectivity and GPS tracking on inter-city coach services in the United Kingdom. Greyhound, owned by Scotland-based transport giant FirstGroup plc, launched direct services from London to Southampton and London to Portsmouth with forty journeys each way, each day. The free Wi-Fi hotspot service will provide passengers with Internet access at speeds up to several megabits per second, using a 3G HSPA network connection from Vodafone. In addition to free Wi-Fi, passengers will benefit from at-seat power sockets, reclining leather seats and complimentary newspapers.
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August 11th 2009 - British Airport Coaches Launch Free Passenger Internet.
Excel Passenger Logistics has selected Icomera's award-winning Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway to provide Wi-Fi connectivity and GPS tracking on buses and coaches serving British airports. 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. Excel's 'airportbycoach' service offers luxury road transport from Ipswich to Stansted Airport, and between Manchester and Liverpool Airports, the latter operating every hour, 24 hours a day.
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July 7th 2009 - Stagecoach expands Icomera Wi-Fi on board UK bus fleets.
Stagecoach Group plc, one of the UK's largest transport operators, has expanded its in-vehicle Wi-Fi services for passengers across multiple fleets in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Wales. Stagecoach already utilizes Icomera's award-winning Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway to provide mobile Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity to passengers at speeds up to several megabits per second on bus services in London, Oxfordshire and Scotland.
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June 23rd 2009 - Texas Bus Fleet Gets Connected with Icomera.
TX-based charter provider Executive Coach Inc. has selected Icomera's award-winning Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to passengers on its fleet of charter bus vehicles. Established in 1985 Executive Coach is the largest privately owned charter company in Texas, and one of the fastest growing bus companies in the United States. With a fleet of over 120 vehicles, the company provides luxury motor coach charter services nationwide, including entertainer coaches with sleeping quarters and lounge areas.
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June 10th 2009 - Wrexham & Shropshire Select Icomera for On-Train Passenger Wi-Fi.
Wrexham & Shropshire railway will offer free Wi-Fi services to rail passengers on all trains running between Central London and the UK Midlands. The train operator will install Moovbox M200R mobile broadband gateways to provide Internet connectivity to passenger carriages, while also provisioning power outlets for laptops, netbooks, phones and other devices. The Icomera Moovbox will connect the trains to the Internet using multiple next-generation 3G HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) connections from Vodafone and Orange, at speeds up to several megabits per second.
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May 6th 2009 - Icomera introduces rugged Wi-Fi cellular router for rail and road vehicles.
Icomera has announced the introduction of a ruggedized, industrial cellular router and Wi-Fi access point designed for demanding transport applications. The Moovbox M200R mobile broadband gateway is targeted at markets where high-specification equipment must endure harsh environments; these include light rail, commuter trains and buses, and first responders such as fire, ambulance and police.
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March 17th 2009 - Manchester United gets connected with Icomera on-board Internet.
Eavesway Travel has equipped luxury team coaches for football clubs including Manchester United and Wigan Athletic with Icomera's award-winning Moovbox M200 mobile gateway that provides in-vehicle Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity at broadband speeds. The Moovbox will allow Premiere League footballers access to the Internet and email on the move, while also enabling Eavesway to communicate with drivers and send operational information such as schedules and itinerary amendments.
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February 10th 2009 - Arriva selects Icomera in-vehicle Internet for Luton Airport express buses.
Arriva plc, one of the largest transport services organisations in Europe, has chosen Icomera technology to provide free Internet access and real-time vehicle tracking on the Green Line express coach service between Luton International Airport and Central London. The fleet of buses has been equipped with Icomera's award-winning Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway that provides Wi-Fi connectivity on the move with actual download speeds in excess of two megabits per second. The Green Line vehicles also leverage the Moovbox for GPS-based location, enabling Arriva staff to monitor and track the fleet's vehicles in real-time. The Green Line airport express operates a direct 24-hour service between Britain's fourth largest airport and London's Victoria Station terminus. Luton Airport serves almost ten million passengers a year to international destinations, with a year-on-year growth rate of over 5%.
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January 13th 2009 - West Midlands school buses get connected with Icomera Wi-Fi and GPS.
Icomera and The Green Bus, the emerging market leader in school transport thinking in the UK, have announced the deployment of free Internet access for students and real-time vehicle tracking on twenty-three routes served by the Birmingham-based school transport operator. The vehicles utilize Icomera's award-winning Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway that provides Wi-Fi connectivity on the move with actual download speeds in excess of two megabits per second. The Green Bus vehicles also leverage the Moovbox for GPS-based location, allowing parents to track a bus's progress in real-time from any web browser.
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December 2nd 2008 - FirstGroup launches Icomera on-board Wi-Fi for Heathrow Airport coach link.
Icomera and FirstGroup plc, the UK's largest bus and coach operator, have announced the availability of free Wi-Fi Internet access on the RailAir coach service linking Heathrow Airport with Reading in the heart of the UK’s technology corridor. The fleet of RailAir coaches has been equipped with the Icomera Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway that offers Internet access to passengers throughout the 50-minute journey at actual download speeds in excess of two megabits per second. The award-winning Moovbox M Series also provides GPS-based vehicle location enabling FirstGroup to track their vehicles in real time. RailAir is a non-stop service operated by First Berkshire with departures from Reading for Heathrow terminals up to every twenty minutes. FirstGroup has approximately 9,000 buses operating in 40 towns and cities across the UK, carrying 3 million passengers every day.
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November 12th 2008 - Icomera connects live CCTV trials on London buses.
Icomera has announced that its Moovbox technology has been selected to provide real-time communications for a major trial of live CCTV on London buses to improve public safety. 21st Century CCTV, a division of TG21 plc, has equipped twenty-one double-decker buses in North London with the technology, which allows live images to be transmitted to a central control centre shared by officers from TfL and the Metropolitan Police's Transport Operational Command Unit. The six-month trial on behalf of Transport for London (TfL) will monitor and analyse the use of the technology to decide whether it can help deal with incidents on buses more effectively.
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November 5th 2008 - Over 3.5 million Wi-Fi sessions on Icomera public transport hotspots.
Icomera has announced that usage of its mobile Internet access systems deployed on passenger transport worldwide has exceeded three and a half million sessions. By the end of October 2008, over one million passengers had used Wi-Fi services across these fleets approximately 3.72 million times, a 272% increase in the last twelve months. Download the full press release as PDF (80KB).
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July 22nd 2008 - Icomera AB of Sweden to acquire Moovera Networks.
Icomera has agreed to acquire Moovera Networks, the award-winning manufacturer of fixed and mobile communications systems. As a result of the merger Icomera AB will become the foremost provider of in-vehicle, industrial-grade Internet access technology – encompassing trains, buses, coaches, trucks and ferries – with a global customer base including many of the world’s largest transport operators. Download the full press release as PDF (100KB).
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July 2nd 2008 - Swedish buses become Wi-Fi hotspots with in-vehicle Internet.
Swebus Express AB – the dominant long-distance express bus service in Sweden – has chosen the award-winning Moovbox M Series Mobile Broadband Gateway to deliver Internet connectivity on its fleet of over eighty buses that serve over two million passengers each year. The mobile Wi-Fi hotspot deployment, which is the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, will include routes with stops throughout southern and central Sweden as well as neighboring Norway and Denmark. Swebus Express, a subsidiary of Concordia Bus Nordic AB, will also utilize the Moovbox to connect ticket machines on each bus to the Internet, and provide GPS-based fleet location monitoring.
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May 26th 2008 - Arriva launches free Wi-Fi service on trains across Denmark.
Arriva Scandinavia A/S has selected the award-winning Moovbox M Series Mobile Broadband Gateway to deliver Internet connectivity on trains running across Denmark. Arriva has equipped an initial twenty-nine trains serving commuters traveling between Aarhus, Thisted and Tønder in Jutland, and will provide free Wi-Fi hotspot services to passengers. Arriva will also utilize the Moovbox for GPS-based automatic vehicle location (AVL) to keep track of the train fleet via Icomera’s MoovManage centralized monitoring system. Arriva is the top performing rail operator in Denmark, carrying more than 7 million passengers each year with 97% reliability.
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May 21st 2008 - Moovbox wins 'Best Wi-Fi Product' at the WBI Awards 2008.
The Moovbox M Series Mobile Broadband Gateway has won the 'Best Wi-Fi Product' category in the 2008 Wireless Broadband Innovation Awards. We celebrated with an extra supply of Red Bull for our engineering team to keep those award-winning products coming!
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May 15th 2008 - Trent Barton goes Wi-Fi with Moovbox in-bus Internet.
Trent Barton – one of the UK’s leading independent bus operators – has selected the Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway to deliver Internet connectivity on commuter coaches running between Nottingham and Derby in the UK Midlands. The award-winning 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 travelers and students. Trent Barton will also utilize the Moovbox for GPS-based automatic vehicle location (AVL) to keep track of the fleet via Icomera’s MoovManage remote monitoring system.
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May 8th 2008 - Malaysian luxury bus fleet introduces Moovbox on-board Wi-Fi.
Odyssey Prestige Coaches Sdn Bhd has selected the Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway to deliver Internet connectivity to its fleet of luxury business-class passenger vehicles in Malaysia. Odyssey operates a premier coach service between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore targeted specifically at the business commuter, offering wide leather reclining seats, tables, AC power for laptops, movies on demand and gourmet meals. With the introduction of the Moovbox, Odyssey will offer free Wi-Fi Internet access to passengers while also keeping track of the fleet via Icomera’s MoovManage GPS-based location service.
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April 14th 2008 - British ferries get Internet on-board with Moovbox.
Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries has chosen Moovbox technology from Moovera to provide in-ship broadband Internet connectivity. Wightlin has equipped ferries in the South of England running between the Isle of Wight and the mainland towns of Portsmouth and Lymington with the Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway, which provides Internet access at multi-megabit speeds, and real-time GPS-based ship location monitoring. The implementation of on-board Internet is part of a major modernization program that includes the commissioning of three new ships, recently constructed in Croatia and currently undergoing sea trials. With eight car ferries and three FastCats in the fleet, annually Wightlink carries over 5.5 million passengers, 1.2 million cars, and almost 200,000 coaches and freight vehicles.
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March 17th 2008 - Stagecoach targets motorists with free Wi-Fi on cross-Forth express coach services.
Transport group Stagecoach is targeting motorists with the offer of free email and web access on its cross-Forth express coach services in Scotland through the introduction of Wi-Fi technology. A total of 38 state-of-the-art vehicles in Stagecoach’s express coach fleet operating between Fife and Edinburgh are being equipped with Moovbox Wi-Fi technology. More than 40,000 passengers a week using the X54, X58, X59, X60, 53 and 55 services will benefit from the £36,000 investment in the new technology, which will be operation from 17 March. Business travellers in particular will benefit from Wi-Fi access and be able to use laptops, Blackberries, PDAs or mobile phones to access the internet while commuting.
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March 11th 2008 - Sydney commuters get in-bus Wi-Fi over 3G HSDPA.
Hillsbus Co Pty Ltd has selected the Moovbox M Series to provide in-vehicle broadband Internet connectivity and GPS-based tracking on bus routes in Sydney, Australia. Hillsbus – a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Cabcharge – has equipped buses running between Sydney’s Hills District and the Sydney Central Business District (CBD) with the Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway which provides free Wi-Fi Internet access to passengers at broadband speeds up to 2.6Mbps.
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March 6th 2008 - WiFi usage on train triples - when free.
Free WiFi access for passengers on the UK's East Coast main line has lead to a tripling in usage, according to reports from train operator National Express. The company, which inherited the pioneering system developed by Icomera and previous franchise incumbent, GNER, made "free WiFi for all travellers" an important part of their bid to take over services on the routes. Since taking the wheel, National Express reports that volume has jumped from 30,000 on-board WiFi users a month to over 100,000 in January of this year alone.___________________________________________________________________
February 25th 2008 - FirstGroup plc and Moovera launch in-vehicle broadband for commuters in Wales.
FirstGroup plc has chosen Moovbox technology to provide broadband Internet connectivity and GPS-based vehicle tracking on bus routes in Wales. First Cymru has equipped the Shuttle100 fleet running between Swansea and Cardiff with the Moovbox M120 mobile broadband gateway, which provides Wi-Fi Internet access to passengers at broadband speeds up to 1.8Mbps throughout the journey, and real-time GPS-based tracking for vehicle location and schedule adherence monitoring.
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January 21st 2008 - Moovbox selected for ‘Best of British’ showcase at Mobile World Congress 2008.
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has chosen the Moovbox to represent British technology innovation at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona. UK Trade & Investment is the Government organisation that helps UK companies succeed in an increasingly global economy. Mobile World Congress combines the world’s largest congress for the mobile industry with a leading-edge exhibition that showcases the very latest developments in mobile from around the world. The UKTI exhibition stand is anticipated to be the largest presence of any country at the event. Download the full press release as PDF (85KB)
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January 16th 2008 - Scottish Citylink deploys Moovbox mobile broadband on intercity coach routes.
Scottish Citylink has selected the Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway to provide Internet access and vehicle tracking on long-distance coach routes in Scotland. Scottish Citylink is a joint venture between Singapore-based ComfortDelGro and Stagecoach Group plc and is Scotland’s leading provider of express coach services. The first route to receive the new technology operates between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and delivers broadband speeds up to 1.8Mbps throughout the seventy-five 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.
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December 11th 2007 - Arriva plc chooses Moovbox mobile Wi-Fi for Glasgow Flyer airport shuttle.
Arriva Scotland West has chosen Moovbox technology to provide broadband Internet access on the brand new Glasgow Flyer shuttle service. The fleet of eleven low-emission luxury buses, recently commissioned at a cost of over £1.5m, operates between Glasgow city centre and Glasgow Airport under a contract awarded to Arriva Scotland West by the British Airport Authority (BAA). Arriva Scotland West has equipped the vehicles with the Moovbox M120 mobile broadband gateway, which provides Wi-Fi Internet access to passengers at broadband speeds up to 1.4Mbps throughout the journey.
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November 21st 2007 - Blackpool Council selects Moovbox in-vehicle Wi-Fi for mobile classroom.
Blackpool Council have chosen Moovbox technology to provide mobile Internet connectivity for its latest initiative to make vital health services more accessible to the city’s young people. The Buzz Bus is a vehicle equipped as a mobile classroom with computer stations, seating area, kitchen and clinic staffed by youth workers and health professionals. The bus will travel around the town visiting schools, community centers and teenage hangouts, providing advice on a range of topics including sexual health, contraception, substance misuse, alcohol and smoking. The bus is equipped with the Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway to provide Wi-Fi services that connect to the Internet over a high-speed cellular data network, enabling users of the bus to get online wherever they are in the city.
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November 8th 2007 - Icomera wins Railway Interiors award.
At yesterday’s inaugural Railway Interiors Gala Dinner at Cologne, Germany, Icomera was honoured with the “Innovation of the Year” award for Passenger Infotainment, pioneering the industry with Wi-Fi on trains.___________________________________________________________________
November 1st 2007 - First Swedish bus coaches with Icomera Internet access.
Passengers on coaches belonging to Swedish Botkyrka Buss are the first to have full internet access during their travel. Icomera has been asked to install wireless onboard internet on the company’s ten long-distance coaches.___________________________________________________________________
October 16th 2007 - National Express expands in-vehicle commuter Wi-Fi services.
National Express, the UK’s largest scheduled coach travel company, has announced the expansion of on-board Wi-Fi Internet services to additional routes following the success of earlier deployments between London and Cambridge. The latest route to be upgraded for Wi-Fi access is the popular commuter service between the city of Milton Keynes and the heart of London’s business district in Canary Wharf. National Express have deployed the Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway that provides Wi-Fi access to passengers, connecting to the Internet over cellular data networks.
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October 9th 2007 - Reading Transport deploys Moovbox passenger Wi-Fi.
Reading Transport has selected the Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway to deliver free Wi-Fi Internet access for passengers on commuter buses operating in the heart of the Thames Valley technology corridor. The deployment, encompassing multiple vehicles, serves commuters traveling between Reading town centre and rail terminus to the Thames Valley Park at the east of the town, and UK headquarters of major international corporations including Microsoft, Silicon Graphics, and Oracle.
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September 25th 2007 - Icomera Celebrates One Million Users.
Leading On-Train Internet Provider Icomera has registered its millionth Wi-Fi user on one of its customers’ trains. And the popularity of the service keeps growing with more than 23,000 users per week in the UK and Sweden.___________________________________________________________________
September 5th 2007 - GNER honoured with "Innovation of the Year".
At yesterday’s National Railway Awards celebration, GNER received the “Innovation of the Year” award in recognition of their commitment to take full advantage of having Wi-Fi enabled trains.___________________________________________________________________
July 30th 2007 - University of Southampton launches in-bus Wi-Fi service.
The University of Southampton in Hampshire, UK has deployed a trial of Wi-Fi services on their Uni-link bus network in downtown Southampton. Passengers using Uni-link’s popular U1 route between Southampton Airport Parkway and the city centre will now be able to check their e-mails, download music to their i-Pod™ or access the Internet, while on the move. The Moovbox M Series will also report bus location in real-time and collect statistics such as session length and data transfer to help the University analyse passenger use of the service.
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February 6th 2007 - Oxford Tube Wi-Fi service wins passengers from trains.
Around 4,500 users registered for the service during a three-month trial, which saw all 25 state-of-the-art vehicles in the Oxford Tube fleet equipped with Moovbox Wi-Fi technology. The trial was such a massive success – with more than 16,000 online sessions and an average duration of 42 minutes - that the service is being made permanent.
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June 14th 2007 - Sweden's First Internet-enabled Commuter Vessels.
Blidösundsbolaget’s passengers will be the first ferry passengers to surf the web during their commute in the Stockholm archipelago. The company’s two renovated commuter vessels have been equipped with wireless internet from Icomera.___________________________________________________________________
June 7th 2007 - Grand Central Chooses Icomera for Train WiFi.
The UK’s newest train operator will offer high speed internet access as part of its next generation passenger service offering.___________________________________________________________________
March 7th 2007 - GNER receives Rail Business Award.
When UK rail industry celebrated business success on Wednesday, 28 February 2007 at Grosvenor House Hotel, London one of the winners of the prestigious prizes was GNER, for its innovative use of internet onboard its fleet of high-speed Mallard trains.___________________________________________________________________
March 17th 2006 - 50,000 have used SJ's Onboard Internet.
Since the start in the autumn 50,000 users on board SJ's X 2000 trains have connected to the Internet. This confirms SJ's position as the world's most connected train operator.___________________________________________________________________
January 18th 2005 - Icomera signs world's largest onboard wireless Internet deal with SJ.
Icomera, the leading provider of wireless Internet solutions for trains, has today announced an 11 million Euro contract with leading Scandinavian train operator, SJ, to equip its fleet with Icomera's Wireless Onboard Internet Service. The deal consists of Icomera delivering their Intercity Edition for the current X2000 train type and Commuter Edition for the new X40 fleet; and will also mark the roll out of Icomera's 3G/Satellite-enabled Wi-Fi service - a world first for the rail industry. Download the press release as PDF (30KB).
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September 20th 2004 - Icomera On-board Internet Service is just the ticket - GNER enjoys fast return from new wireless Internet service.
Just three months after launch, UK train operator GNER is looking at a fast return on its new on-board wireless Internet service from Icomera. Not only are passengers using the service in ever greater numbers, the operator is also seeing an increase in the percentage of passengers travelling in first class where the service is provided free.___________________________________________________________________
April 6th 2004 - GNER, Icomera announce commercial agreement to deliver real-time wireless internet on trains.
First commercial agreement in UK concludes successful trials. Icomera today announces that it has been appointed by GNER to deliver real-time wireless Internet to GNER's fleet of trains, concluding the UK's first successful train-based trial. Download the press release as PDF (30KB).
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July 1st 2003 - Icomera selected as Winner of European IST Award.
Icomera has been selected as one of this year’s 20 European IST Prize winners. The European IST Prize, supported by the European Commission, is the most distinguished prize for innovative products and services in the field of Information Society Technologies. Icomera was selected among 420 applicants based criteria such as technical excellence, innovative content, strategic business planning, potential market value and capacity to generate employment.___________________________________________________________________
April 15th 2003 - NSAB-SIRIUS to provide satellite capacity to Icomera's Wireless Onboard Internet solution for trains.
Icomera AB, a wireless data communication company, and Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB-SIRIUS), a leading supplier of satellite services in Northern Europe, today announced a strategic satellite communication agreement. The agreement will have NSAB-SIRIUS providing satellite capacity in their territory to Icomera's "Wireless Onboard Internet" solution for trains.___________________________________________________________________
April 8th 2003 - Icomera wins five-year "Wireless Onboard Internet" agreement with Scandinavian train operator Linx.
Scandinavian train operator Linx AB and Icomera AB, a wireless data communication company, today announced a five-year agreement to fit Linx's fleet of high-speed trains with "Wireless Onboard Internet". Download the press release as PDF (30KB).
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June 24th 2002 - Fujitsu Siemens Computers Delivers Seamless Wireless Connectivity to market through OEM Agreement with Icomera.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European computer company today announced a strategic wireless communication OEM agreement with Icomera AB, a Swedish based company that develops wireless communication management software. The agreement offers mobile professionals seamless wireless connectivity allowing intelligent selection of the most appropriate wireless network and bandwidth, while relieving the user of troublesome connection issues and creating secure seamless handover and roaming between different wireless networks. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has chosen Icomera’s innovative technology after evaluation of other similar competing solutions, and has licensed the Icomera Mobility Gateway™ for integration into its portable product range including notebooks (LIFEBOOK), Pen Tablet PCs (Stylistic), and PDA’s (new Pocket LOOX).___________________________________________________________________
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