Articles tagged with: Sita and Aircraft

Thales Launches Product To Use Mobiles In Flight

PARIS -(Dow Jones)- French aeronautics and defense communications company Thales said Wednesday it would provide satellite technology to help customers use mobile phones and wireless Internet services in the air. more

Related Tags: inmarsat, bmi, air-france, onair, uplink, airbus, thales, airline


Siemens,Airbus Develop Mobile Phone Airplane Tech"

FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- German engineering company Siemens AG (SI) Monday said it has signed an exclusive contract with Airbus (ABI.YY) to jointly develop technology to use mobile phones in airplanes.  more

Related Tags: onair, airbus, indoor


Airbus planes to come with in-flight GSM capability

Airlines ordering Airbus aircraft will soon be able to select OnAir services, such as onboard mobile telephony and Internet access, as standard options for new aircraft deliveries, it was announced yesterday. Newly incorporated OnAir is a joint venture of Airbus and sita, the IT solutions provider to the air transport industry. more

Related Tags: in-flight, onair, airbus, isp, british-airways, airline


GSM coverage coming to the sea lanes

ip.access says it has signed a product licence agreement with the Ireland-based Altobridge that will offer pioneering new GSM voice and data services to the aviation and shipping industries. The satellite-based solution joins Altobridge's end-to-end GSM gateway with ip.access' nanoBTS picocellular basestation to provide seamless GSM services on board aircraft and ships. The first prototype is due to be launched in the first quarter of 2004. more

Related Tags: ip.access, altobridge, airlines, gsm-gateway, airline


Send SMS's while in flight

A new service has been a launched that will enable airline passengers to send SMS's from their plane seat. Now commercially available and enabled on both MAS and MORS/Rockwell-Collins IFE systems, sita's Aircom SMS service is generating interest from airlines worldwide wanting to offer their passengers the option to send and receive SMS text messages while in flight. sita is currently working with several airlines to introduce the two-way SMS/email by the end of 2003 and hopes to soon announce the launch customer. more

Related Tags: inmarsat, in-flight, airlines, singapore-airlines, aircom, airline


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