“This
summit was a fantastic opportunity for SL and Connex to discuss
strategies with our European colleagues and initiate collaborations
around multimodal information”. He added “We looked beyond technical
requirements of Wi-Fi, WiMAX, UMTS and related broadband wireless
technologies in order to focus on how to really use these
technologies to drive efficiency gains, yield cost savings and
generate additional revenues”.
Björn Dalborg,
Director at Stockholm Public Transport Authority and
President of the Association of European Metropolitan Transport
Authorities (EMTA)
“It was a great event. We genuinely didn’t realize
there was so much innovation out there, and being used, not just for
the sake of being innovative, but to deliver real competitive
advantage and cost savings. It was really eye opening".
Matt Crayton, Head of IT Infrastructure, English, Welsh and Scottish
Railways
“This event provided a forum to collaborate on important issues
facing transportation operators deploying wireless broadband
technologies today. We believe the WiFi@Transportation Hubs Summit
is the first step towards the creation of a Wireless Broadband
Transport Association in Europe.”
Xavier Aubry,
VP EMEA Operations at Appear Networks
“The WiFi@Transport Summit has
clearly demonstrated the positive impact and importance of industry-wide
collaboration on deploying new and innovative wireless technology.”
Pieter Zylstra, Head of
Capgemini’s Global WiFi Initiatives
"With Go-Ahead's broad range of experience in the transport
sector, we are at the forefront of the integrated transport debate.
We are particularly interested in the @Anyplace Access approach
because it has the potential to improve the link between public and
private transport and to span across our existing operations
in the bus, rail and aviation sectors, in order to increase the
number of passengers travelling annually with Go-Ahead.
Dave Lynch, Group
Technology Director at Go-Ahead Group plc
