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RSS plane airFirst mobile-friendly planes to take off in 2007
News A pico cell located on board the Airbus aircraft using the technology will pick up mobile phone signals via a "leaky cable" antenna running along the length of the plane. The technology has been developed by OnAir, the joint venture between Airbus... [22 Jun 2006]
In-flight broadband to take off with AirCell?
News The network, which the privately held company hopes to begin testing and deploying on commercial aircraft next year, would work by channelling communications from at least one miniature cell site - called a "picocell" - on the plane to special... [06 Jun 2006]
Business Traveller: Staying connected on planes, trains and automobiles
Comment One option would be to use a picocell on the plane itself. This on-board base station will allow the mobile phones on the plane to use minimal power, while the picocell will be responsible for relaying the signals to the ground, probably by satellite. [02 Jun 2006]
Air France gets first mobile-friendly plane
News The Airbus plane will join the Air France fleet in early 2007, the carrier said. Air France has announced it is to take delivery of the first of its aircraft to offer passengers in-flight mobile connectivity. [04 Apr 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 31.03.06
Round-Up You can find out more about Snakes on a Plane here. Rather than shoot or stab him or in fact do anything else remotely sensible they decide to smuggle a few hundred poisonous snakes on to the plane carrying him to court and release them in the hope... [31 Mar 2006]
US turns to tech to shore up its ports
News If everybody had to go on the plane naked, I guess that would be perfect security," he quipped. Locked and armoured cockpit doors and air marshals on planes are part of a switch in main security concern from hijackers to people who might want to... [20 Mar 2006]
Qualcomm Case Study: American Airlines
White Paper The Mobility Solutions Group of American Airlines' IT Enterprise Technology Group and the Maintenance and Engineering (M&E) IT Group wanted to develop a method for mechanics to access airplane specifications and order parts from the plane instead... [21 Jul 2005]
United to take off with in-flight Wi-Fi
News The FAA determined that 802.11b/g equipment installed on a Boeing 757-200 aircraft by the US airline and Verizon Airfone did not interfere with the plane's operations. European regulators have OK'd a venture between plane manufacturer Airbus and... [23 Jun 2005]
Mile high mobile: No voice please, we're passengers
News While a joint project between comms company SITA and plane-maker Airbus recently received approval from the EU, the two have declared in-flight chat is at least a year away. According to a new report from analyst house IDC, most people are... [21 Jun 2005]
Airlines cool on RFID tags
News There will be places where you can escape from it on the plane," he said. In five years time it will be almost seamless from the ground to the air. Radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking tags are still a "technology in search of an... [24 Mar 2005]
Major Logistics Company Saves Planes, Lives by Printing Labels
White Paper Some time ago, a cargo plane crashed in Los Angeles killing the crew and destroying the plane and all contents. The cause of the crash was due to miscalculations concerning the weight of the large cargo crates loaded on the plane. [18 Feb 2005]
The FDA and the Fight Against Terrorism
White Paper Soon after, a third plane crashed into the Pentagon and a fourth plane thought to be headed for another target in Washington, D.C.crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pa. It marked the first time that air traffic came to a halt nationwide. [15 Feb 2005]
3GSM Diary: Broad(band) expectation
Comment Not a spare seat on the plane and attendees getting here by air, land and sea - at least I think that's what that ferry in the bay with Siemens on its side is for. As the biggest mobile show on earth nears its kick-off on Monday morning, much of... [14 Feb 2005]
Government combats terror threat with passenger 'tracking' system
News The system will link all the UK's international arrival and departure points as well as overseas travel operators and airlines, allowing the government to screen passengers for entry to the UK before they even board a plane, boat or train. [28 Sep 2004]
Group sets up high-flying broadband subsidiary
News The Boeing technology can take two days to put into a long-haul plane, which is a long time for a plane to be on the ground. At the beginning of the year, Emirates claimed to be the first in the air with broadband as it began to roll out the... [22 Jul 2004]
