How WiFi works on buses

An indis­pensable ser­vice for modern travellers

The pro­vi­si­on of WiFi on buses, both in local public trans­port and in coa­ches, has beco­me incre­asing­ly important in recent years. Tra­vel­lers incre­asing­ly expect to be able to access the inter­net while tra­vel­ling. WiFi in coa­ches enables pas­sen­gers to stay pro­duc­ti­ve, com­mu­ni­ca­te or chat. WiFi also helps to increase the attrac­ti­ve­ness of public trans­port. The intro­duc­tion of bus inter­net makes using public trans­port more con­ve­ni­ent and time-saving for com­mut­ers and travellers.

How does WiFi work in buses?

A rou­ter is instal­led in the vehic­le, which estab­lishes an inter­net con­nec­tion via a mobi­le pho­ne net­work. This signal is then pas­sed on to the pas­sen­gers as WiFi. The qua­li­ty and speed of the inter­net on the bus can vary depen­ding on the net­work covera­ge and the num­ber of users. HOTSPLOTS WiFi solu­ti­ons always offer the best recep­ti­on for your pas­sen­gers, even during the jour­ney. You can choo­se bet­ween dif­fe­rent hard­ware solu­ti­ons to equip your vehic­le in the best pos­si­ble way. We will be hap­py to advi­se you per­so­nal­ly on choo­sing the right hardware.

WiFi as basis for intel­li­gent pas­sen­ger ser­vices for your trans­port company

WiFi is alre­a­dy stan­dard equip­ment in many vehic­les the­se days. Ten­ders issued by public trans­port aut­ho­ri­ties are not the only ones incre­asing­ly deman­ding WiFi for new vehic­les or moder­ni­sa­ti­ons; trans­port ope­ra­tors them­sel­ves are also aiming to tap into new pas­sen­ger groups with digi­tal ser­vices and remain an attrac­ti­ve pro­vi­der for exis­ting customers.

HOTSPLOTS offers ope­ra­tors a sel­ec­tion of diver­se solu­ti­ons that can be fle­xi­bly com­bi­ned. HOTSPLOTS offers hard­ware for sta­tio­na­ry and mobi­le loca­ti­ons to ensu­re a seam­less con­nec­tion from WiFi at stops or hot­spots at ticket machi­nes to the WiFi in vehic­les. Other HOTSPLOTS solu­ti­ons include the inte­gra­ti­on of public WiFi and other IT com­pon­ents in the vehic­le in a hard­ware envi­ron­ment or the dis­play of real-time infor­ma­ti­on on pas­sen­gers’ end devices within a WiFi portal.

Fle­xi­ble inter­net access for buses: Easi­ly rea­li­sed with HOTSPLOTS

With HOTSPLOTS’ WiFi solu­ti­ons, coach and bus ope­ra­tors are able to pro­vi­de both their guests and staff with fast and fle­xi­ble access to the internet.

We help you to set up your pas­sen­ger WiFi. You deci­de how you want to aut­ho­ri­se access:

• Direct-Log­in: This free access allows users to use the WiFi sim­ply by accep­ting the terms of use. No regis­tra­ti­on, no hurd­les — instant inter­net access for your guests.
• User-Log­in: If you pre­fer regis­tra­ti­on, the user log­in offers the opti­on for your users to crea­te a per­so­nal account on hotsplots.de, allo­wing easier and repea­ted con­nec­tion to the WiFi while pro­vi­ding addi­tio­nal secu­ri­ty and data protection.
• Ticket-Log­in: The ticket opti­on is based on vou­ch­ers that you can issue inde­pendent­ly. The­se tickets can be dis­tri­bu­ted to guests, for exam­p­le, to grant them tem­po­ra­ry access to the internet.

In addi­ti­on, access for indi­vi­du­al users can be limi­t­ed in time or by a maxi­mum data volu­me if desi­red. HOTSPLOTS also offers a cer­ti­fied youth pro­tec­tion fil­ter. You can defi­ne and con­trol all the­se opti­ons easi­ly and con­ve­ni­ent­ly yours­elf using our WiFi manage­ment software.

Thanks to the­se fle­xi­ble and secu­re hot­spot solu­ti­ons, pas­sen­gers can make opti­mum use of the WiFi in your buses to relax, while your staff can also use the internet.

More than just WiFi: enter­tain­ment and pas­sen­ger infor­ma­ti­on in the HOTSPLOTS WiFi portal

The HOTSPLOTS WiFi por­tal adds a com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on chan­nel to the hot­spot with inter­net access for your pas­sen­gers. Within the por­tal, you can dis­play pas­sen­ger infor­ma­ti­on to your cus­to­mers in real time and offer enter­tain­ment solu­ti­ons. You can also inte­gra­te your own com­pa­ny data and adver­ti­sing from partners.

Pos­si­ble opti­ons include the following:

• The dis­play of data on the cur­rent jour­ney, inclu­ding details of pos­si­ble trans­fer con­nec­tions and any chan­ges due to road­works or delays.
• The dis­play of the cur­rent loca­ti­on on a map (‘moving map’). This dis­play can be com­bi­ned with tou­rist infor­ma­ti­on in the region.

The por­tal data is offe­red to pas­sen­gers auto­ma­ti­cal­ly and brow­ser-based on their own end devices after con­nec­ting to the WiFi. This helps to impro­ve the tra­vel­ling expe­ri­ence by allo­wing your pas­sen­gers to adjust their tra­vel plans effi­ci­ent­ly and fle­xi­bly during the jour­ney. The WiFi thus also beco­mes your per­so­na­li­sed infor­ma­ti­on and adver­ti­sing channel.

If requi­red, HOTSPLOTS sup­ports trans­port pro­vi­ders with the coll­ec­tion of data and the legal­ly com­pli­ant adapt­a­ti­on of the terms of use. At the same time, HOTSPLOTS ensu­res the data pro­tec­tion com­pli­ance of the services.

Modu­lar enter­tain­ment solu­ti­ons for tra­vel­lers: Ever­y­thing offe­red by HOTSPLOTS

The modu­lar enter­tain­ment solu­ti­ons from HOTSPLOTS offer gre­at enter­tain­ment. The sel­ec­ted media are made available local­ly on the sys­tem and are the­r­e­fo­re also available off­line in the WiFi por­tal. Updates for dai­ly offers are auto­ma­ted via the HOTSPLOTS Con­tent Deli­very Net­work. If requi­red, updates are uploa­ded via so-cal­led ‘’WiFi refuel­ling sta­ti­ons‘’ in the vehic­le depots or at sel­ec­ted stops, thus hard­ly affec­ting the data volume.

Various infor­ma­ti­on and enter­tain­ment modu­les are available for the WiFi portal:

Expe­ri­ence Euro­pe: Seam­less Euro­pe-wide Inter­net access with HOTSPLOTS

Today’s mobi­li­ty is con­nec­ted, digi­tal and bor­der­less. HOTSPLOTS sees its­elf as a pio­neer of this new era of con­nec­ti­vi­ty by offe­ring tra­vel­lers and com­mut­ers seam­less inter­net access throug­hout Euro­pe. It’s not just about pro­vi­ding a sta­ble WiFi con­nec­tion on every bus and every rou­te within the Euro­pean Uni­on. It is also about ensu­ring a stan­dar­di­sed and secu­re user expe­ri­ence that com­pli­es with the diver­se legal frame­works and data pro­tec­tion regu­la­ti­ons of all EU mem­ber states.

With a deep under­stan­ding of the com­ple­xi­ty of this chall­enge, HOTSPLOTS has deve­lo­ped a cus­to­mi­sed solu­ti­on. This ensu­res com­pli­ance with the spe­ci­fic laws and regu­la­ti­ons in each coun­try. Our exper­ti­se enables us to offer mobi­li­ty pro­vi­ders a worry-free imple­men­ta­ti­on of WiFi ser­vices in their vehic­le fleets. Thanks to our com­pre­hen­si­ve com­pli­ance mea­su­res, you can rest assu­red that you can offer your ser­vices in a legal­ly com­pli­ant man­ner and wit­hout con­cerns regar­ding com­pli­ance with coun­try-spe­ci­fic regulations.

Advan­ta­ges of HOTSPLOTS WiFi solu­ti­ons in vehicles

• VPN Rou­ting – Opti­mi­sed design of the vehic­le-to-ground con­nec­tion (e.g. band­width manage­ment, load balan­cing, mini­mum overhead).
• Seam­less Con­nec­ti­vi­ty — 100% pas­sen­ger com­fort: auto­ma­tic con­nec­tion bet­ween sta­ti­on, train and public transport.
• Legal secu­ri­ty – With HOTSPLOTS you always ful­fil all legal requi­re­ments, EU-wide!
• Fle­xi­ble and sca­lable – Our WiFi sys­tems can be instal­led in almost any vehic­le and expan­ded as required.
• Com­pre­hen­si­ve ser­vices for you – On request, we can pro­vi­de a one-stop packa­ge inclu­ding a data tariff.
• Ever­y­thing at a glan­ce – Thanks to HOTSPLOTS Tele­me­try, you have simp­le fleet moni­to­ring at hand.
• WiFi Por­tal – Real-time pas­sen­ger infor­ma­ti­on and attrac­ti­ve enter­tain­ment ser­vices deli­ver­ed direct­ly to your pas­sen­gers’ devices.
• Cus­to­mi­sa­ti­on of the log­in page – for per­so­na­li­sed mar­ke­ting and an impro­ved pas­sen­ger experience.

Legal secu­ri­ty & data protection

Full secu­ri­ty for WiFi ope­ra­tors and hot­spot users: HOTSPLOTS is regis­tered with the Fede­ral Net­work Agen­cy under regis­tra­ti­on num­ber 05/423 for the pro­vi­si­on of com­mer­cial tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons ser­vices to the public in accordance with Sec­tion 5 of the Ger­man Tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons Act (TKG).