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Don’t know about you, but I was amazed to learn that Dubai got a metro. And now I’ve learned one more thing – it’s fitted out with WiFi coverage both on trains and stations!
Mobile operator Du and UK-based Nomad Digital are two companies behind the WiFi coverage. The trick is in the following: trains run along a corridor of wireless coverage linked to trackside wireless base stations, with WiMAX radios located at frequent intervals along the route. Neat don’t you think?
For the record, Nomad installed the first-ever rail broadband system on the UK’s Brighton Express in 2005, and is currently working on the world’s longest broadband corridor from London to Glasgow.
[Via: CellularNews]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
