The train has been sitting outside the station for the last 30 mins and shows no signs of moving. Buy another cup of coffee? Read the paper? Pretty soon you will be able to make a sykpe call, book or holiday or aimlessly surf without racking up a hefty mobile phone bill: Ofcom today made a new type of spectrum licence available that will allow broadband access on trains via a satellite link.
Some trains already offer Wi-Fi, which is delivered though a series of terminals located alongside the train tracks. This new type of licence will allow to deliver broadband to trains via satellite, which would provide faster and more reliable connections for customers.
Full details of the new type of licence can be found at:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/satellite/proce
dure_manuals/ofw342.pdf
