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Broadreach Raises Cash To Push Train Wi-Fi
News UK wireless operator Broadreach plans to take a larger role in the emerging market for Wi-Fi enabled trains. Some of this money will be used to set up a subsidiary called Broadreach Train Services, which will offer train operators the chance to...
[July 15, 2004, 17:55]
Skype Revisits Rabbit With Free Wi-Fi Deal
News Broadreach, which operates wired and wireless public access networks around the UK, has agreed to allow free access to Skype's voice-over-IP service. The deal, announced on Monday, means that Skype subscribers will be able to access the service at...
[March 4, 2005, 12:15]
IPass Gets Onboard With Train Wi-Fi
News IPass teamed up with Wi-Fi operator Broadreach on Wednesday, adding another section of the UK's public Internet access market to its 'global broadband roaming' network. The deal means that a mobile worker with a subscription to iPass will be able...
[September 22, 2004, 15:15]
London Gets Monster Wi-Fi Hot Spot
News The goal of ubiquitous Wi-Fi coverage in the UK has moved closer, with Broadreach unwiring a chunk of London's West End. Wireless Web access will be freely available in the area from Broadreach until the end of this year.
[November 10, 2003, 14:55]
Virgin Takes Wi-Fi Up The West Coast
News Wi-Fi operator Broadreach Networks is installing wireless hot spots at 20 stations along Virgin's west coast main line, and is already working on ways of extending the system to allow wireless access on trains near these stations.
[August 19, 2003, 9:39]
Survey: Give Us Wi-Fi Trains
News Independent research commissioned by Internet access supplier Broadreach shows Brits are already working when they're travelling by train -- and they reckon Wi-Fi would give them a business edge. That, according to Broadreach chief executive Magnus...
[May 21, 2004, 11:05]
Wi-Fi Trains Are Steaming Down The Track
News Wireless operator Broadreach Networks has signed deals with Virgin and four other unnamed rail operators to install wireless hot spots on their trains. Magnus McEwan-King, Broadreach's founder, is confident that at least two of these operators will...
[August 20, 2004, 14:40]
Virgin Leaps On Board With Wi-Fi
News The rollout is being conducted in partnership with Broadreach Networks, following a trial at London's Euston station earlier this year. We are very excited about launching the first seamless and secure Internet access service at railway stations...
[June 3, 2003, 11:38]
UK Train Operators Expand Free Wi-Fi Offers
News Virgin Trains has partnered with wireless service provider Broadreach to offer Wi-Fi to first class passengers on its North-Western routes. Philip Bates, business development manager at Broadreach, told ZDNet UK that the Virgin service uses a...
[March 17, 2004, 16:30]
Wi-Fi Sends Train Passengers Rushing To First Class
News Train Wi-Fi is a fast-growing sector, with companies such as Broadreach and 21Net also targeting the UK's train operators. Magnus McEwan-King, chief executive of Broadreach, told ZDNet UK last month that his company had raised enough cash to Wi-Fi...
[September 21, 2004, 9:10]
Free Wi-Fi Goes Beyond The Fringe
News A Wi-Fi hot spot has been installed at this "Unwired" mobile experience zone, based on 3Com hardware and branded a "Broadreach ReadytoSurf" site. We see a strong future for public Internet access, and Wi-Fi is one of the technologies that will play...
[August 13, 2003, 13:15]
London Gets Monster Wi-Fi Hot Spot
Talkback Though the Broadreach London hotzone is commendable, it should be noted that the largest hotzone in the UK went live in July of this year in Bristol City. The 3 km hotzone, providing free email access both outside and within over 100 cafes, pubs...
[December 1, 2004, 18:28]
Virgin Won't Be Rushed Over Wi-Fi
Talkback Interesting story, i'd heard broadreach went bust last year having to sell out to Quinetic, having only installed into 5 Virgin lounges and a handful of london stations. Not sure that the single train trial they have done is working yet either...
[March 13, 2006, 15:30]
T-Mobile Uses WiMax For Train Wi-Fi
News Several other companies, such as Broadreach and Icomera, are already operating train Wi-Fi services in the UK. Broadreach's system uses a combination of 3G networks and a satellite link to connect back to the Internet.
[February 16, 2005, 16:55]
Eurostar Rolls Out Wi-Fi In Stations
News Wireless Internet access will be available in the departure lounges and business areas of the terminals, with Broadreach Networks providing the service. Eurostar has announced its two UK terminals have gone wireless -- with Wi-Fi being introduced...
[December 14, 2004, 14:30]
IPass Still Waiting For A BT Connection
News The company appears to be light on deals with UK Wi-Fi providers, beyond an agreement with Swisscom Eurospot and one with Broadreach. Wireless hot spot aggregator iPass would like to land a deal with BT to give itself a larger stake in the UK's...
[November 15, 2004, 15:10]
IPass To Offer ID Detection Of Mobile Devices
News Last month, iPass added Wi-Fi operator Broadreach to its 'global broadband roaming' network. IPass is set to offer mobile device recognition for IT managers that is designed to allow only trusted users onto their networks.
[October 6, 2004, 17:25]
Canary Wharf Gets The Wi-Fi Treatment
News Over time, though, operators have looked to construct increasingly larger networks, such as Broadreach's Wi-Fi hot zone in the West End of London, which stretches for 500m, or the mile-long hot zone created by Islington Council earlier this year.
[August 22, 2005, 13:15]
Britain's Biggest Wi-Fi Hot Spot Rides The Waves
News The Hamble hot zone is thought to be the largest area of commercial Wi-Fi coverage in Britain, an unofficial title that was previously held by Broadreach, which has unwired a chunk of London's West End.
[January 13, 2004, 14:45]
Massive Free Wi-Fi Hot Spot Lands On Paris
News Broadreach has unwired a 500m stretch of London's West End, from the western side of Piccadilly Circus to the Odeon at Leicester Square. A wireless network is being deployed in the business district of Paris that will give high-speed Internet...
[July 28, 2004, 17:40]
