Press Releases
July 2nd 2008 - Swedish buses become Wi-Fi hotspots with in-vehicle Internet from Moovera.
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 Moovera’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 - Moovera wins 'Best Wi-Fi Product' at the WBI Awards 2008.
Moovera is proud to announce that 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 in-bus Internet from Moovera.
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 Moovera’s MoovManage remote monitoring system.
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May 8th 2008 - Malaysian luxury bus fleet introduces on-board Wi-Fi from Moovera.
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 Moovera’s MoovManage GPS-based location service.
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April 14th 2008 - British ferries get Internet on-board with Moovera Networks.
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 Wi-Fi technology supplied by Moovera Networks. 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 M120 mobile broadband gateway which provides free Wi-Fi Internet access to passengers at broadband speeds up to 2.6Mbps.
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February 25th 2008 - FirstGroup plc and Moovera launch in-vehicle broadband for commuters in Wales.
FirstGroup plc has chosen technology from Moovera 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 from Moovera, 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 - Moovera selected for ‘Best of British’ showcase at Mobile World Congress 2008.
Moovera Networks today announced that UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has chosen the company to represent British technology innovation at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona. UK Trade & Investment is the Government organisation that helps UK-based 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) Visit the UK Trade & Investment web site.
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January 16th 2008 - Scottish Citylink deploys Moovera 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 18th 2007 - Moovera merges Wi-Fi with FLASH-OFDM® and appoints Finnish distributor.
Moovera Networks has announced that its Moovbox product line of broadband gateways now supports FLASH-OFDM from Qualcomm Flarion Technologies for cellular wide area network connectivity. FLASH-OFDM (Fast Low-latency Access with Seamless Handoff – Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) is an innovative wireless technology designed to deliver advanced Internet services in the mobile environment. Broadband networks utilizing FLASH-OFDM have been deployed in various countries around the world, most recently in Finland. To address the market opportunity in Finland and other countries in Scandinavia and the Baltic, Moovera has appointed a new distributor Daimler Finland Oy who will develop sales and marketing activities throughout the region. Download the full press release as PDF (91KB).
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December 11th 2007 - Arriva plc chooses Moovera mobile Wi-Fi for Glasgow Flyer airport shuttle.
Arriva Scotland West has chosen technology from Moovera 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 from Moovera, 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 Moovera in-vehicle Wi-Fi for mobile classroom.
Moovera today announced that Blackpool Council have chosen Moovera 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 from Moovera 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 6th 2007 - Moovera introduces mobile Wi-Fi leveraging iBurst™ technology from Kyocera.
Moovera today announced that the Moovera family of Moovbox broadband gateways now fully supports HC-SDMA technology (more commonly known as iBurst™) from Kyocera Corporation as a high-speed wireless backhaul option. Moovbox gateways merge Wi-Fi with carrier-grade cellular backhaul in licensed spectrum, enabling service providers and local authorities to deliver Wi-Fi at street-level for municipal wireless applications, and on public transport for in-vehicle Internet access. iBurst is an ‘always-on’ IP-centric wireless broadband Internet access system deployed in ten countries including the Unites States, South Africa, Canada, Malaysia and Australia. Download the full press release as PDF (100KB).
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November 1st 2007 - Moovera powers in-vehicle Wi-Fi hotspot billing with HotSpotSystem.com.
Moovera Networks and HotSpotSystem.com, creators of the Instant Hotspot Wi-Fi service management platform, have announced a mobile hotspot-in-a-box offering that simplifies the deployment of free and pay-per-use Wi-Fi services for transport operators worldwide. Called 'Hotspot in Motion', the solution combines the HotspotSystem.com hosted billing service with Moovera’s Moovbox family of ruggedized cellular routers to create a hassle-free way of deploying commercial Wi-Fi hotspots for in-vehicle Internet connectivity. Download the full press release as PDF (105KB).
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October 16th 2007 - National Express and Moovera expand in-vehicle commuter Wi-Fi services.
Moovera Networks and National Express, the UK’s largest scheduled coach travel company, have 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 Moovera’s 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 passenger Wi-Fi with Moovera.
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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October 2nd 2007 - Moovera and IPWireless deliver Wi-Fi mobility over TD-CDMA.
Moovera and IPWireless, the world’s leading provider of UMTS TD-CDMA mobile broadband solutions, today announced that the Moovera family of Moovbox mobile broadband gateways will now fully support TD-CDMA from IPWireless as a high-speed wireless backhaul option. Download the full press release as PDF (88KB).
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September 12th 2007 - Moovera bridges outdoor Wi-Fi with 3G and WiMAX networks.
New from Moovera is the Moovbox F Series Fixed Broadband Gateway, an outdoor access point and cellular router that combines Wi-Fi access with cellular backhaul including 3G UMTS/HSPA and WiMAX. The Moovbox F Series supports a range of plug-and-play mobile data cards enabling quick deployment of outdoor Wi-Fi zones wherever there is high-speed carrier network coverage. Download the full press release as PDF (88KB).
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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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April 18th 2007 - Moovera and Vodafone collaborate on Wi-Fi for public transport.
Moovera and Vodafone UK have announced the successful commercial launch of high-speed Internet access on Europe’s most frequent express coach service, the Oxford Tube. Passengers traveling on the Stagecoach Group plc service between Central London and Oxford now have email and web access on the move at speeds up to 1.4Mbps thanks to the combination of Moovera’s mobile Wi-Fi equipment and Vodafone UK’s 3G broadband network, which now covers 80% of the UK population. Download the full press release as PDF (82KB).
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March 7th 2007 - Moovera appoints TR Telecom as Asia Pacific Distributor.
Moovera has announced the appointment of Australian TR Telecom as a key distributor in the Asia Pacific region. Melbourne-based TR Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TR Corporation, will represent Moovera’s Moovbox range of rugged wireless communications products that bridge Wi-Fi access with carrier-class networks. TR Telecom will develop a sales and support channel for Moovbox products via its regional offices in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Download the full press release as PDF (83KB).
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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 Wi-Fi technology supplied by Moovera Networks. 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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January 29th 2007 - Moovera launches moovTrac™ GPS integration for Moovbox M Series mobile broadband gateway.
The addition of built-in GPS functionality enables customers to track vehicles in real time via the browser-based moovTrac™ service.___________________________________________________________________
January 2nd 2007 - Moovera appoints new Vice President of Worldwide Sales.
Wireless broadband industry veteran Dave Palmer has joined Moovera to head up development of the worldwide sales channel for Moovbox products. Prior to joining Moovera, Dave was Senior Director at WiMAX equipment manufacturer Aperto Networks.___________________________________________________________________
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