Loudly informing loved ones that you are ON THE TRAIN will soon be much clearer – or it will if you are on one of the 52 Virgin trains that are to receive signal repeaters to boost mobile reception.
Repeaters grab 2G & 3G signals, boost them and retransmit them. Virgin plans to roll out repeaters on all 52 trains running its London to Glasgow route by November this year.
The ability to chat on the train might come at a cost though – a survey by Vodfone into business users phone habits reckons that around 70% of people have discussed business in public on their mobile and around 15 % have spoken about confidential business information over the phone.
On the flipside, a worrying 26 % claim to have followed up on evesdriopped business leads.
It’s good to talk, but maybe it’s better to text?
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