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Airline Mobile Broadband Service: Cell Towers or Satellite Systems?

InformationWeek
  • Aug 21, 2008 4:26 PM PDT
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American Airlines, using Aircell Gogo for the in-flight mobile broadband service launched yesterday on flights between New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami, and Delta will also rollout Gogo across its domestic flights within about a year.

Airlines are starting to offer Internet access, but are falling into one of two camps: airplane antennas that beam down to cell towers, or beam up to satellites. Several airlines are lining up behind service provider Aircell, which has built its own cellular network, erecting towers across the United States, following the win of a coveted FCC frequency license in 2006.

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Related topics: Broadband, Mobile Internet, Telecom, Wireless
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