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Gartner: Business travellers snubbing Wi-Fi
Talkback I'm amazed that more business travellers aren't using WiFi. Cost varies wildly, but even at the high end seems negligible compared to the old days of dial-up over copper, watching a hotel phone bill stack up while your email crawled in.
[September 8, 2005, 17:06]
Gartner: Business travellers snubbing Wi-Fi
News The analyst firm found that only one quarter of business travellers use public access wireless networks in places such as hotels, airports or aeroplanes.business travellers in the United States and the UK were interviewed for the survey.
[September 7, 2005, 15:10]
Gartner: Business travellers snubbing Wi-Fi
Talkback It's very simple. WiFi hotspots are WAY too expensive and people don't like to be ripped off, even when it's the companies money. When DSL costs from 15 euros a month for 8 Mbits/s, being charged 7.50 an hour in a hotspot is just rediculous.
[September 8, 2005, 14:46]
Wireless Web to soar at US airports
News Global Digital Media.com is bringing the Internet to business travellers for use anywhere in the airport. It's a plan whose time is right, with a receptive target audience: business travellers willing to pay whatever it takes to get online...
[August 2, 2000, 9:45]
Is video conferencing really the answer to lowering carbon emissions?
Blog The discussion was around whether video conferencing can really do anything about the damage business travellers are doing to the environment. And according to Professor Peter James from the EED, its business travellers who are underpinning the...
[May 30, 2007, 17:24]
Nice try, Vodafone
Blog The release begins: "Vodafone today announces a price reduction of up to 45% to its monthly data roaming tariff for European business travellers. But hang on.doesn't Vodafone have a £95 (that's €130 thank you very much) per month tariff, offering...
[February 8, 2008, 10:00]
BMI promises in-flight mobile trials
News BMI hopes to target premium business and leisure travellers to destinations in Europe and the UK. Turner said in a statement: "The OnAir offering opens up an exciting new era for business travellers allowing them to use their own GSM mobile phones...
[September 21, 2005, 15:55]
Survey: Give us Wi-Fi trains
News Of those travellers queried across the UK, about 80 percent were already working during a train journey - making business calls, doing paperwork and so on -- with 85 percent agreeing that using Wi-Fi while they travel would make the time more...
[May 21, 2004, 11:05]
Lufthansa pilots in-flight broadband
News Analysts expect airports and airplanes to be a significant opportunity for broadband Internet access providers in the coming years because of the concentrated number of business travellers who often experience downtime in those locations.
[May 19, 2004, 16:40]
Marriott to double Wi-Fi coverage
News As hot spots proliferate in cafes, hotels, airport lounges and city neighbourhoods, companies from various industries have been seeking ways to provide Wi-Fi services to business travellers, who are more likely to be willing to pay for wireless...
[February 27, 2003, 14:27]
Spies target techies with honey traps, warns MI5
News Travellers are also warned to avoid discussing sensitive aspects of your business in areas where conversations could be overheard, or on the telephone. It said travellers should be aware of local laws on social and sexual behaviour and make sure...
[June 17, 2005, 15:15]
Airports face growing mountain of unclaimed laptops
News Business travellers are fuelling a growing mountain of lost laptops at UK airports which are increasingly being auctioned off as their owners fail to claim them. Heathrow airport, the busiest international airport in the world, serves millions of...
[September 4, 2006, 9:50]
BA and BAA should make Wi-Fi pay
News While BAA now offers Wi-Fi access at several of its terminals, many business travellers point to lack of blanket coverage. The thinking is that where the majority of travellers might be Britons going on holiday one brand will work best, while...
[April 11, 2003, 11:51]
Vista gets a cautious welcome
News While attempting to fend off Ryanair, it is trying to grow its market share among business travellers. As the video made clear, the company is not just testing Vista but using it to underpin its efforts to take market share among business...
[December 1, 2006, 14:50]
T-Mobile lands regional airport Wi-Fi deal
News The partnership with T-Mobile to provide wireless technology means that more than ever before, business doesn't have to stop when travellers reach our airports," said Martin Smith, head of group information services at Manchester Airport, in a...
[December 6, 2005, 16:35]
Is video conferencing really the answer to lowering carbon emissions?
Blog Comment I think most frequent business travellers would consider that living out of a suitcase, queuing in airports and putting up with identi-kit hotels is hardly a perk of the job. Rationally - video conferencing or telepresence has always made sense to...
[May 31, 2007, 9:14]
iPass gives green light to Wi-Fi roaming
News On Monday, the network software and service developer launched its Wi-Fi Roaming Service, which essentially allows business travellers to gain access to several Wi-Fi hot spots using a single account.
[September 23, 2003, 9:30]
Printer in your pocket? HP's got it
News Hotels that cater to business travellers, such as Hyatt Hotels, plan to use the technology on a trial basis, Joshi said. Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday unveiled software that allows wireless devices to print documents such as emails or email...
[October 17, 2002, 9:53]
Boeing's sky-high Net access takes off
News Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is gearing up to give that choice to business travellers. Connect to the Internet or read the duty-free gift catalog? Connexion by Boeing, the company's wireless technology subsidiary, is in the midst of rolling out its...
[February 7, 2003, 8:00]
The EC's position on data roaming
Blog This issue, as you will know, is a constant bugbear for business travellers and, well, anyone wanting to take advantage of the shiny new services'n' surfing that mobile content providers (and corporate IT departments) are so keen to promote.
[October 19, 2006, 16:43]
