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Leader Take, for example, the failure of Connexion, the broadband-in-the-sky venture from Boeing, and the subsequent failure of the airlines to find another supplier. One of the problems with Connexion uptake was price - around $20 or $30 per flight.
[09 Nov 2006]
News Plans for some airlines to offer wi-fi connectivity came a cropper earlier this year when Boeing-owned provider Connexion shut up shop, with no replacement supplier having stepped in so far. The first Emirates plane to bear the Aeromobile kit, a...
[09 Nov 2006]
News Connexion by Boeing, the soon to be defunct in-flight wi-fi service, has announced to customers that its last day of operation will be 31 December. The airline has now confirmed there will be no saviour for in-flight wi-fi and Connexion is to...
[13 Oct 2006]
News Plane-based systems such as the now-defunct Connexion by Boeing tend to use simpler systems based on a two-way satellite link. Last month Korean Air said it would sue Boeing over the failure of its in-flight broadband venture, Connexion by Boeing.
[13 Sep 2006]
News Earlier this month Boeing said it would close its loss-making, high-speed broadband communications service, Connexion, taking charges of up to $320m in the second half of 2006. Initially fifty aircraft will be equipped by mid-2007, with further...
[30 Aug 2006]
News For many in-flight broadband represents the missing piece of the seamless jigsaw, yet the roll out of services has been dogged by slow progress and problems - such as Boeing's recent decision to pull its six-year Connexion by Boeing project.
[29 Aug 2006]
News Korean Air is to sue plane-maker Boeing over the failure of its in-flight broadband venture Connexion by Boeing. Boeing announced the closure of Connexion earlier this month saying there was little demand for the service.
[23 Aug 2006]
News Last week Boeing said it is closing Connexion by Boeing, its six-year project which offered airline passengers access to the internet over satellite links. Another customer, Japan Airlines, told silicon.com the company hasn't decided how long the...
[23 Aug 2006]
News Boeing last month warned the financial markets it may take a $315m hit on the sale or closure of its own troubled in-flight broadband technology operation Connexion, which has struggled to take off. The new signs are currently only applicable to...
[07 Aug 2006]
whitepaper Created to develop an in-flight, high-speed, data communication network, Connexion by Boeing enables passengers to access the Internet in the air. Connexion by Boeing reached out to several service-based companies, and Cisco Systems was one of the...
[03 Aug 2006]
whitepaper Connexion by Boeing is globally recognized as the industry's first and foremost provider of secure, high-speed in-flight Internet access for commercial and executive aircraft operators. In creating the Connexion by Boeing service, the company...
[10 Jan 2006]
News In-flight Wi-Fi services, such as Boeing's Connexion, have received considerable publicity but Gartner found that travellers were more interested in getting increased legroom and better entertainment when flying.
[08 Sep 2005]
News Colubris Networks / Connexion by Boeing The finalists for the CNET Networks UK Technology Awards, organised by the publisher of silicon.com, have been announced, highlighting some of the most innovative users of IT in the UK as well as leading...
[04 Aug 2005]
News and Connexion by Boeing on Wednesday announced a multiyear distribution agreement. Connexion by Boeing provides wireless high-speed internet services to passengers using their laptops on more than 100 routes daily worldwide.
[28 Jul 2005]
News Ericsson joins the cottage industry that has begun supplying air travellers with wireless services ranging from phone calls to the high-speed Wi-Fi wireless access provided by Connexion, a division of airplane maker Boeing, which has installed its...
[14 Jun 2005]
News Laurette Koellner, president of Connexion by Boeing, said: "Being a well-informed traveller is essential for successfully conducting business today. Connexion, a unit of Boeing, has said it will offer live television to airline passengers using...
[18 May 2005]
News The Paris Intelligent Bus Project won Best Public Wi-Fi Product, beating well-known initiatives such as the Connexion by Boeing in-flight WLAN system now being rolled out by airlines. Colubris' technology underpins Connexion by Boeing in-flight...
[21 Apr 2005]
News Boeing in particular has been dipping its toes into the mile high telephony space, having launched Connexion by Boeing to attack the nascent market with a Wi-Fi offering. The joint project between the two will go under the moniker OnAir and has...
[31 Jan 2005]
News Lufthansa led the pack, opting for the Connexion by Boeing system (you may have seen the ads - here's this writer's thoughts on them), but Tenzing, a rival offering backed by Airbus, was also making some headway.
[14 Dec 2004]
News Additionally, passengers who have internet accounts with Singapore Telecommunications and StarHub will be able to use their regular usernames and passwords to log in from the air, thanks to agreements between those service providers and the Boeing...
[06 Dec 2004]
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