Connected business travellers on Eurostar

Good news for business travellers making regular trips to the UK: it will soon be possible to make calls across the Channel, thanks to an agreement signed between Eurostar and the various operators involved.

While it's not certain that all passengers will welcome the idea of incessant calls on the Eurostar, the information relayed by le Monde this Monday could be of interest to more than one business traveller. In fact, an agreement is already in the pipeline between Eurotunnel and the main telephone operators - France Télécom, SFR, Bouygues Télécom and newcomer Free Mobile - with a view to providing network coverage (2G and 3G) on the Eurostar from this summer: the signing is even scheduled for this Tuesday 6 March.