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has a related story on Pioneer PointShot Wireless, a Canadian company currently operating on-train Wi-Fi trials with three rail operators in North America.
The market opportunity in Europe, meanwhile, where distances are shorter and train travel is a bigger part of the business travel culture, is moving ahead faster. The big news recently was PointShot competitor Icomera, a Swedish company, announcing a $14.5-million deal with the Swedish rail operator SJ. Icomera will put Wi-Fi systems on the company's 85 trains.
"That's a significant chunk of change," Griffin says of the SJ deal. "It gives some idea of the scale of revenue that is possible." The Icomera deal is just "the tip of the iceberg," he adds. The market in Europe is hot. Griffin recently attended a conference in Germany devoted entirely to Wi-Fi on trains.
This articles gives you some hints as to when WiFi may become available on US trains as well.