in-flight
RSS in-flightVideo Communications a Requirement? Now More than Ever.
White Paper We simply can't take one more flight, fit in one more meeting or miss one more personal event. The way we live and communicate today is not sustainable. People are looking for alternatives to ensure... [18 Mar 2009]
BT slammed over unbundling price hike
News I is for In-flight Carphone Warehouse's broadband supplier, TalkTalk, has attacked a proposed rise in the amount BT charges other internet service providers for installing their... [10 Mar 2009]
Cheap broadband will stop BT going fibre charge crazy
News I is for In-flight Cheap mobile broadband and existing fixed services will keep BT from running a fibre monopoly, according to the communications regulator Ofcom. The watchdog today announced it will be... [03 Mar 2009]
Cloudy outlook sees Microsoft take Exchange, SharePoint online
News The Deskless Worker Suite is aimed at workers that aren't normally tied to their PC all day but still need to get email and intranet access every now and again, including retail shop workers, factory workers and flight... [02 Mar 2009]
CIOs offering vendors "suicidal deals"
News Gill said that in the current environment, there is likely to be a flight to quality as customers look to suppliers that are likely to survive in the long term. IT vendors are being... [25 Feb 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.02.09
Round-Up Let's indulge in a flight of purest whimsy and find out. Chilled? Relaxed? Not a care in the world? Of course we are, because as everyone knows a job in IT is the most... [20 Feb 2009]
All Ryanair planes to offer mobile calls by 2010
News Passengers will be charged their operator's respective roaming rate for communications during the flight. By 2010, passengers on all Ryanair planes will be able to make calls and send SMSes during their flights. [19 Feb 2009]
Mind the mobile broadband cash gap
News I is for In-flight The success of mobile broadband is putting European operators in a sticky situation as retail prices are often well below the cost of providing the service. According... [11 Feb 2009]
Optimized Airport Security Infrastructure System (OASIS)
White Paper These soft targets heighten the risk of a terrorist attack within airport premises that could potentially have the same impact as destroying a commercial flight. It has been suggested that the current security measures... [02 Feb 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment I is for In-flight Yesterday the comms minister, Lord Carter, unveiled a draft strategy which the government hopes will ensure the UK keeps pace with tech change and grows its digital economy over the... [30 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.01.09
Round-Up British Airways is launching an in-flight texting and email service for business travellers doing the London to New York run. If they're going to let people SMS across the Atlantic, it might be worth... [30 Jan 2009]
Global Air Freight Company Analyzes Mission Critical Logistics Data With SQL Server 2005
White Paper This mission critical tracking involves processing some 25,000 movement messages a day and more than 150,000 items of flight data. Jettainer specializes in management of air freight containers and... [30 Jan 2009]
Mac history, Windows 7 and a high-tech KFC
Photo Shown above is the Embedded Vision Engine, which processes optical, radar and infrared footage taken during a plane's flight and brings it all together along with flight information. Shown here is the... [28 Jan 2009]
Mile high text for British Airways' business fliers
News British Airways is to launch an in-flight SMS and email service for business travellers flying between London and New York. A spokesman for BA said it is installing an... [27 Jan 2009]
'UK needs spectrum-for-speed swap'
News I is for In-flight ISPs should be given radio spectrum in exchange for rolling out fibre, a quasi-governmental body has suggested. The lottery-funded National Endowment for Science,... [20 Jan 2009]
