Articles tagged with: Virgin Trains and Mobile Email

Vodafone Warns About Indiscrete Public Conversations

Vodafone UK says that it has teamed up with rail operator, Virgin Trains to deliver improved mobile phone coverage within train carriages. The new 'repeater' technology, which retransmits 2G and 3G within carriages, will be installed on all 52 of Virgin's high speed Pendolino trains on the London to Glasgow route by November 2008 and has already improved the number of calls completed without interruption by around 60%.  more

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Orange Improves Coverage Inside Train Carriages

Following a successful 12-month trial, Orange UK says that  that it has extended its partnership with Virgin Trains and is working exclusively with the operator to improve onboard network coverage for mobile voice and data services. 18 Voyager trains have already been upgraded, but the solution will ultimately benefit passengers on all 78 trains operating on the Cross Country and North Wales routes. more

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