Moving to improve internet links on trains (From The Northern Echo)
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Moving to improve internet links on trains
10:14am Thursday 7th February 2008 in North-East Business News
A GROUP of European internet experts will visit a North-East company today to learn about broadband connections to moving trains.
The Challenged Internet Access Network Technology Infrastructure (Chianti) is a research group developing internet technologies where getting a signal is difficult.
Delegates from Europe will meet experts from Newcastlebased technology company Nomad, which has developed a system that allows a highspeed broadband signal for moving trains.
Chianti is a two-year project carried out by German research institute Technologiezentrum Informatik, Berlin communication software company Lyastiq, The Helsinki University of Technology and Nomad. It has been awarded more than £720,000 funding by the European Union.
Nomad chief executive Graeme Lowdon said: "We are delighted to welcome this group of experts to the North-East, it's a great opportunity for us to showcase the technology we have developed."
