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PointShot catches morning train to San Jose Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity, is a wireless standard that delivers high-speed data services to moving environments such as trains, buses and automobiles over satellite. PointShot's service provides passengers with access to e-mail, the Internet, corporate intranets, instant messaging and digital entertainment while in transit. Under the terms of the deal, California transit firm Altamont Commuter Express will use PointShot's technology in a three-month trial commencing in mid-September. ACE passengers will enjoy Internet access on their daily commute between Stockton and San Jose, Calif. During the trial the service will be free. Passengers only need a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop computer or PDA. PointShot's RailPoint system for trains is already operating in first-class VIA Rail cars running on the Montreal-to-Toronto route. In that four-month trial, which began last month, PointShot partnered with Bell Canada. Earlier this month, PointShot CEO and 20-year tech sector veteran Shawn Griffin told the OBJ the company wants to expand its trial service in Canada to Toronto's GO Train transit service. Griffin's long-term goal is to break into the European market, where train travel is far more popular than in North America. The company, which has about 12 staff, launched last year and secured a seed round worth $750,000 in March. Griffin expects to secure a follow-on round of financing worth US$2 million to $3 million this fall. |
Ottawa's PointShot Wireless said Monday its technology will be used in
the first ever U.S. trial to deliver Wi-Fi services to train passengers.