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Articles tagged with: Gprs and Railway
Nortel Wins Czech GSM-R Expansion Contract
Czech Railways has selected Nortel GSM-R technology to provide wireless communications to the 207 km Czech section of the International Railway Corridor IV between Austria and Poland. Nortel partner Kapsch CarrierCom will supply and deploy the network. The project began in June 2009 and is scheduled for completion by end of 2009. more
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Victorian Railway modernizes communications for increased safety
The Department of Transport in Victoria, Australia has decided to upgrade the existing analog communication system of its urban railway network with a Nokia Siemens Networks' supplied GSM-R facility. more
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Wi-Fi Access on High Speed Trains Traveling Across National Borders
Thalys, the European high speed train operator, has selected a consortium to provide wireless broadband Internet access to passengers traveling between Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne by 2008. The consortium will combine satellite, gprs and UMTS technologies with wireless networks similar to WiFi Hotspots to provide a continuous Internet connection on board trains traveling across the borders at the speed of 300 km/h. more
Related Tags: satellite, trains, telenet, wlan
Huawei has announced that Algeria Societe Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires (SNTF) has selected Huawei to provide a GSM-R communication solution for the 220 kilometer-long Tabia-Mecheria railway line, an important passenger transport route in Algeria. more
China Selects GSM-R for Railway Communications
China's Ministry of Railways (MOR) and Nortel have signed a framework agreement for Nortel to provide GSM Railway (GSM-R) switching centers to enable digital mobile signaling and operational communications along passenger lines spanning 20 of China's 31 provinces. The Nortel GSM-R switching centers will cover nearly half of MOR's national railway footprint, serving both conventional railway lines as well as planned high-speed lines. Seven switching centers will be deployed at key locations nationwide, supplementing two switching centers previously deployed in 2005. more