Raleigh NC. Buses Go Mobile


Photo by John Cox
Copyright 2009 Capitol Broadcasting Company
WRAL-TV likes being first, this time the Capital Broadcasting Company has partnered with the city of Raleigh, NC. to offer DTV on the cities buses. Right now there is one equipped vehicle with four planned for this summer.
"We are proud to be the pilot to offer mobile digital television to the riders of the Downtown Circulator," stated Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker. "We salute WRAL for being pioneers in mobile digital television as they were in high definition television. We look forward to the day when all of Raleigh's CAT buses will offer this means of information and relaxation."
Mobility on buses is not new, at least to the rest of the world. Singapore has had WiFi available since late 2007 in partnership with Nokia Singapore.
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