MegaFon will provide free in-train "Grand Express"

Company "MegaFon" and "Grand Service Express" signed an agreement on the provision of passenger trains "Grand Express" Internet access services on technology Wi-Fi. Train "Grand Express" run regularly on the most popular in Russia towards Moscow - St. Petersburg - Moscow and carry over 13 million passengers per month. The cars are equipped trains to-order and provide special conditions of service and comfort for the customers. Now all passengers luxury night trains will be able to take advantage of the free services and Internet access technology Wi-Fi. The project is based on the 3G-network MegaFon. Complete covering of the mobile network in the area of Saint-Petersburg - Moscow, involving passenger trains provide about 250 base stations MegaFon. Operator develops services of Internet access and other railway lines: at the end of last year, he signed a memorandum of cooperation with Russian Railways, under which the companies agreed on joint development of voice in the standard 3G, wireless Internet access for train passengers all over the web railways, as well as access to the Internet on a Wi-Fi for trains "Peregrine." In September 2012, high-speed mobile Internet appeared and passenger long-distance trains. In the test operation launched Wi-Fi-access branded trains 167/168 "Express" train on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg, 153/154 "Thunderbird" on the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod, 31/32 "Leo Tolstoy" "route Moscow Helsinki and 59/60 "Volga" on the route Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod.