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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedSema garners U.K. train contract.
RCR Wireless News, October, 2000
LONDON--Sema Group and the United Kingdom's Association of Train Operating Companies have agreed on a new contract to replace and maintain ATOC's paper reference books with Windows powered Pocket PCs. Sema said it expects the Pocket PC devices will eventually contain all timetables and fares for the U.K.
rail industry, information that was previously distributed in seven manuals of approximately 12,000 pages. "With this innovative use of new technology, rail staff will no longer need to carry large, heavy manuals in order to give information to passengers," said Bernard Dunn, chairman of the Rail Settlement Plan. "Furthermore, passengers would have on-train access to fare and timetable information that is both accurate and up-to-date." The...
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