Gatwick Airport implemented Splunk last year and claims to have already seen a number of improvements with passenger processing and aircraft turnarounds
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Inmarsat Satellite In-Flight Wi-Fi Boosted By LTE Ground Network
Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom partner for European Aviation Network, with Lufthansa committing to trials for satellite-LTE in-flight broadband service
Boeing To Install In-Flight Wi-Fi As Factory Option For New Aircraft
Boeing will allow airlines to order new planes with satellite Wi-Fi installed at the factory with ViaSat deal
Finnair And IBM Sign Five-Year Cloud Services Deal
Customers and employees to benefit from in-flight services and IBM Watson access
Electric Charging Motorway Trial For England
The quest for low-emissions continues with trial of under-the-road charging system for electric cars
BMW i3 Could Be Template For The Apple Car
Tim Cook heads to Germany to evaluate using the BMW i3 as basis for ‘Apple Car’, reports say
Flying High: How IT Helps Gatwick Airport Beat The Queues
Gatwick Airport CIO and Fujitsu tell TechWeekEurope about how improved communications make all the difference in processing passengers
Huawei And Alstom Hold 4G LTE Railway Signal System Trials
Huawei and Alstom says French trials pave the way for LTE to make train operators more efficient
TfL: London Loves Contactless Payments
Over 1.2 million contactless transactions now made every day on the TfL network
Google Self-Driving Cars Involved In Eleven Accidents
Prototype vehicles have been in only a handful of accidents in six years and over a million miles of testing, Google reveals
You Can Now Hire Boris Bikes Using Your Smartphone
Free iOS and Android app shows the location of your nearest stand
EE Has Best Mobile Internet At London City Airport
RootMetrics finds EE has best mobile data at London City, Heathrow and Gatwick airports
In-Flight Wi-Fi Could Be ‘Hacked’ To Control Aircraft Systems
US government watchdog says more steps should be taken to prevent unauthorised access to avionic systems
EE Offers Fastest Mobile Data At Heathrow And Gatwick
Regular travellers get the best 4G service from EE, according to RootMetrics research
British Airways Loyalty Accounts Hacked
The airline has confirmed that tens of thousands of user accounts were accessed by hackers using credentials from other websites
Finnair Soars To The Cloud To Cut Costs And Empower Employees
Finnair's architect in corporate information management explain's how the airline has benefited from a Microsoft Office 365 implementation
Ordnance Survey To Release OS OpenMap To Help Developers Build Mapping Apps
Ordnance Survey says it wants to help developers create new kinds of application through open data and better licences
Government Pledges £50m For Train Wi-Fi From 2017
Government invites four operators to apply for funding and will make train Wi-Fi a condition of any future franchise bid
Northern Rail Offers Free Wi-Fi Thanks To Government Funding
Commuters in Leeds and Bradford to benefit from Super Connected Cities funding
Eurostar Takes The Cloud Under The Sea With Box Deployment
Eurostar says Box will make its workforce easier to manage and mobile across the UK, France and Belgium
Ryanair Considering Free In-Flight Wi-Fi For Business Travellers
Ryanair could offer ad-subsidised Wi-Fi in a bid to attract more business travellers to its low cost fares
Computer Glitch Grounds Flights Across London
Yet another technical fault results in airspace above the capital being restricted
Network Rail Could Offer Wholesale Fibre Services To Telecoms
Network Rail applies to Ofcom for powers that would allow it to extend its fibre infrastructure
Heathrow Learns From T5 Mistakes As Tech Powers Bid To Become World’s Best
Heathrow and Fujitsu hope the new network at Heathrow Terminal 2 will power greater automation and drive efficiency
London Tube Wi-Fi Network Reaches 150 Stations
Virgin Media adds six new stations to the tube Wi-Fi network, claiming 3TB is being downloaded each day
Cisco Wants IoT To Solve UK’s Transport Challenges
Cisco invites startups and SMBs to submit solutions for transport challenges, with funding and mentoring offered to finalists
Payment Providers Have High Hopes For Contactless Tube
Barclaycard says contactless payments on tube will be easier, quicker and encourage customers to use their cards for other items too
IT Life: Hailing Taxis By App
Rorie Devine says it's fun to deliver stuff on time
Analytics Proves Ride-Sharing Could Cut Taxis’ Road Time By 40 Percent
Data scientists say sharing cabs would have little effect on the quality of service, but it would ease congestion and reduce pollution
Quiz Of The Week: Google Cars And Other Tech Transport
Google's driverless cars can break the speed limit. What else do you know about tech transport?