News@Cisco: Transportation News

Abu Dhabi Ports Company and Cisco Unveil a New Route for Collaboration

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:00:00 PST

MTA Introduces New On the Go! Touch-Screen Information Center

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:35:00 PST

Aviatur Installs Cisco Borderless Networks Architecture

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:00:00 PST

BOGOTA, Colombia, June 15, 2011– Aviatur has chosen the Cisco® Borderless Network Architecture to enable it to move its workforce among its branches without affecting workflows or losing contact with clients. Aviatur started as a travel agency in 1957, with five employees and a capital of 60,000 pesos. Today, Aviatur Group is a conglomerate with 30 subsidiaries, more than 3,000 employees, ...

Cisco and Living PlanIT Announce Alliance to Develop New Business Models for Smart Connected Communities

Fri, 13 May 2011 01:30:00 PST

PAREDES, Portugal, May 13, 2011 – Cisco and Living PlanIT today announced a strategic alliance and the signing of a definitive framework agreement to develop new business models for city management, through the use of networking technology, to advance sustainable urban living. This collaboration between Cisco and Living PlanIT is based on a shared vision of revitalizing communities and ...

The Bus Stops Here: The Network Makes City Life Easier

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:00:00 PST

April 25, 2011 By John Carey How can we make America’s cities more livable? We could redesign the urban landscape by putting homes closer to workplaces, adding parks and town squares, and making it possible to live without hopping in a car for every commute and errand. But there’s a simpler way: Just make it easier for people to get around without their cars. As a kid I ...

Mobile network technology for smarter cars

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:00:00 PST

February 22, 2011 By Stephen H. Wildstrom As you are about to drive into an intersection, a piercing alarm and a flashing red warning light cause you to hit the brakes hard. You narrowly avoid a serious collision with a car running a red light. Today, a relatively few cars equipped with expensive radar- and camera-based collision-avoidance systems could give you this warning. But if a ...

Cisco Delivers Network-Based Approach to Rail Operators Across Europe To Improve Efficiency

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PST

LONDON, September 24, 2010 – This week at InnoTrans, the International trade fair for transport technology, Cisco announced the launch of Secure Station Service Platform (S³P), a device which can provide station operators with a more reliable and cost-effective way to safeguard levels of station security and deliver enhanced information to passengers. When rail stations are ...

Railway Deploys New Remote Communications Solution

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PST

August 20, 2010 The Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail) offers integrated transportation services including rail, intermodal, trucking, freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution. Along with its operating railway subsidiaries, CN Rail spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, with connections to all points in North America. ...

Leading Italian ICT Services Provider Deploys Cisco's Unified Computing System to Provide More Flexibility for Customers and Support Growth Within the Business

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST

ROME, Italy - March 15 - Cisco today announced that Tele Sistemi Ferroviari (TSF) S.p.A., Italy's leader in the development and management of ICT services for the transport and logistics sector, has deployed the Cisco Unified Computing SystemTM in its data center. Serving the national railways authorities, TSF has seen business activity double in the last few years due to increasing demand ...

Austrian Companies ASFINAG & X-Tention Win the Cisco and IDG international Innovation Awards 2010

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST

VIENNA, Austria, March 5, 2010 - Austrian companies cleaned up at the Cisco Innovation Awards 2010 ceremonies, where ASFINAG, an operator and builder of road network infrastructure, and Upper Austrian information technology service provider X-Tention earned plaudits for their innovative projects. Cisco and leading international ICT specialist IDG Global Solutions present the annual ...

Telenor Connexion Expands Machine-to-Machine Services Using Cisco IP NGN Infrastructure

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 9, 2010 – Cisco today announced that it is working with Telenor Connexion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telenor Group and the sixth-largest mobile operator in the world, to help deliver intelligent managed machine-to-machine (M2M) networking solutions. M2M communications travel between mobile devices and other electronic devices such as personal digital ...

Cisco and The Frame Group Help Melbourne Airport Set Benchmark for Digital Airports in Australia

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:00 PST

MELBOURNE, Australia – Dec. 1, 2009 - Cisco and professional services partner, The Frame Group, announced today that Melbourne Airport, at the official opening of its expanded International Terminal (T2), took a major step forward in modernizing and digitizing its operations with Cisco business video and mobility technology. The airport aims to make travelling as seamless and efficient ...

Leading Canadian Airport Gains Mobile Advantage

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

November 23, 2009 Part of Canada's National Airport System, Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport provides air services to passengers traveling to and from Quebec City and Eastern Quebec. Offering more than 375 weekly flights to North America, South America, and Europe, the airport processes more than 1,000,000 passengers annually. To best support this traffic, the airport ...

Ukraine International Airlines Introduces Cisco Unified Communications

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:00:00 PST

KIEV, Ukraine, August 25, 2009 – Cisco today announced that Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), the country's leading international carrier, has deployed Cisco® Unified Communications and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express solutions to improve collaboration within the company and better serve its international and domestic passengers. UIA had a number of key business ...

Investment Firm Keeps Traders Connected with Secure, Redundant Network

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:00:00 PST

July 28, 2009 The CN Investment Division (the Division) manages the assets of multi-billion-dollar pension fund of the Canadian National Railway Company's (CN) 63,000 employees and pensioners. Assets under the group's management include domestic and foreign equities, fixed income, real estate, oil and gas, hedge funds and private equities. CN is the only railroad which crosses the ...

Cisco Wireless Network Enhances Cargo Management For Real- time Monitoring at Vladivostok Container Terminal

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST

MOSCOW, Russia - April 7, 2009 - A new Cisco Unified Wireless network has allowed the Vladivostok Container Terminal (VCT) to set up an advanced cargo management system that now monitors all arrivals, departures and movement of containers in real time, as well as register railway, truck and maritime transportation. The container terminal operations required data transfer through an 802.11g ...

Cisco Unveils "Intelligent Urbanisation" Global Blueprint

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:30:00 PST

Bengaluru, INDIA, February 12, 2009 - Cisco today unveiled its holistic blueprint for "Intelligent Urbanisation," a global initiative to help cities around the world use the network as the next utility for integrated city management, better quality of life for citizens, and economic development. Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers, speaking from the launch at Cisco's Globalisation Centre East ...