10 April 2017
Translink Group, the main public transport provider in Northern Ireland, will offer Wi-Fi on its buses and coaches following a renewed partnership with Nomad Digital.
Translink is made up of three companies: Metro, Ulsterbus and Northern Ireland Railways. Fleet connectivity specialist Nomad Digital already provides Wi-Fi on board the firm’s trains. Under the latest deal, it will also introduce Wi-Fi on buses, coaches, and Translink’s new, rapid transit vehicles.
Nomad says its R4500 series of routers will be deployed across the firm’s trains, buses and coaches to create a “common and consistent product family, generating operational efficiencies and cost savings”.
It reckons this will allow Translink to take full advantage of the “very latest” Wi-Fi router architecture, incorporating new technologies such as integrated next-generation modems and APs, providing the transport company with a scalable, future-proofed solution.
Founded in 2002 and based in the UK, Nomad was recently acquired by France-based transportation company Alstom (see News, Jan 2017).