How the latest vehicle connectivity technologies can create new competitive advantages for bus fleet operators

How the latest vehicle connectivity technologies can create new competitive advantages for bus fleet operators

For many years, bus fleet operators have been able to offer basic internet services to their passengers, based on 3G or 4G communications and, probably, Wi-Fi 5 (IEEE 802.11 ac) which was released in 2014.By now, offering such services is not enough to make a fleet operator competitive. Instead, failing to provide even this level of connectivity would become a competitive setback. And these...

read more
Open Data – contributes to Smart Cities

Open Data – contributes to Smart Cities

A few weeks ago, we blogged about the importance of Smart Cities to promote smart sustainable cities. Half the population worldwide now lives in big cities, and this figure is expected to rise over the next ten years. Recent UN studies show that urban centers consume as much as 78% of the world’s energy and produce more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions. This problem directly affects the...

read more
Wireless LAN in public transport in Northern Germany

Wireless LAN in public transport in Northern Germany

Surfing the Internet and mailing – this shall be quickly and simply possible on busses and trams within a main city in northwestern Germany. Passengers in busses within this city will be offered fast and free Internet access. The first vehicles will offer wireless LAN and pictograms will inform the customers that they can to get free Wi-Fi on the vehicles. The access shall be easy and without...

read more
Siri closes the blinds

Siri closes the blinds

Will a niche solution by manufacturers like Apple, using ALL-IP, be made available? Since the beginning of the 1990s, building automation systems in large industrial and office buildings have been an integral part of the construction industry. Intelligent and cost-intensive field bus systems from different manufacturers, provide via various sensors and actuators, a wide range of information, as...

read more