Milestone for Train Wi-Fi Services: Icomera Celebrates One Million Users


GOTHENBURG, Sweden and YORK, England, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --     Leading On-Train Internet Provider Icomera has registered its millionth
Wi-Fi user on one of its customers' trains. And the popularity of the service
keeps growing with more than 23,000 users per week in the UK and Sweden.

From a modest start in 2003 on the Linx trains in Scandinavia, Icomera
has now passed the one-millionth user, to confirm its position as the world's
number one provider of passenger Wi-Fi on trains. Every week more than 23,000
passengers connect to Icomera's internet service on trains in Sweden and the
UK.

"These numbers speak for themselves in terms of value that rail
passengers place on high quality internet services", says Frederik
Gustafsson, Icomera's CEO, "With more than 130 trains installed in Sweden and
the UK, we continue to see a steady increase in the number of users and also
the average session time, which tells us that many prefer the comfort of the
train and the possibility to stay online for work or recreation, rather than
lost time spent in planes and cars".

According to Jonathan Metcalfe, GNER CEO "The Wi-Fi service has shifted
from being a novelty back in 2004, to being a commodity for travellers on our
trains. GNER pioneered the introduction of Wi-Fi on Britain's railways and
all our trains are now equipped with Wi-Fi. In fact we have more Wi-Fi
enabled train carriages than any other train operator worldwide."

Icomera delivers turnkey client-server based solutions for Wi-Fi on
trains that give not only passenger access, but also a platform for staff
communication and fleet management applications. As train companies start
realizing the many benefits of a central internet-based communications
system, the demand for Icomera's products and services is expected to
increase sharply in the next few years.

Icomera recently won its fifth rail industry award in four years for
innovation and IT excellence. Earlier this month Icomera and GNER were
awarded the "Innovation of the Year" award at the National Rail Awards 2007
for the development of real-time remote monitoring and business applications
using the Icomera onboard system.

About Icomera

Icomera is the world's biggest provider of on-train internet
communications services. Icomera's systems are in daily operation on 120+
intercity and commuter trains in the UK and Sweden, supporting passenger
internet services and real-time operational and business applications.
Icomera also supplies internet access systems and online applications to the
road transport and marine industries.

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