Alstom to buy train Wi-Fi provider Nomad Digital

News Wireless Global 21 DEC 2016
Alstom to buy train Wi-Fi provider Nomad Digital
French train maker Alstom has agreed to buy Nomad Digital, the provider of internet for trains and buses, from Amadeus Capital Partners, SEB Venture Capital, Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments and other investors for an undisclosed sum. 

Based in the UK, Nomad Digital has offices in 13 countries around the world and annual turnover of over GBP 30 million. It was founded in 2002 and provides a range of in-vehicle systems for Wi-Fi and passenger entertainment and information. Nomad Digital also provides tele maintenance solutions, including Remote Online Condition Monitoring, Reliability Centred Maintenance, Driver Assist and Power Train products. Its customers include more than 80 major rail operating companies in more than 40 countries across the world. 

Alstom has already been working with Nomad Digital, for example for the installation of Wi-Fi on its Coradia Continental trains in Germany and the New Pendolino trains for SBB in Switzerland. Closing of the transaction is expected in early January 2017, and Alstom said Nomad will continue to operate under the same name as an independent subsidiary. 

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