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CES to highlight wireless world

January 05, 2009
The march of wireless in consumer electronics is one of the top themes of this week’s CES International show in Las Vegas, where Inflight Online will be moderating a panel of leading figures from the air-to-ground connectivity industry.

Inflight Canada tops 200 iCACHE installs

January 04, 2009
Montreal-based Inflight Canada reports that it has just exceeded 200 implementations of its revolutionary iCACHE underfloor IFE installation scheme.

Lumexis set for US Airways trial installation

January 03, 2009
Installation of the potentially revolutionary Lumexis fibreoptic-based audio/video-on-demand system for a three-month in-service trial on an US Airways Airbus A320 is due to begin on Monday, according to industry sources.

WIMAX WATCH: Samsung handsets to pair WiMAX and LTE

January 02, 2009
Mobile phone giant Samsung continues to throw itself behind Mobile WiMAX, working to combine the long-range wireless technology with the ultra-broadband LTE (Long Term Evolution) version of GSM in new handsets.

TECHNOLOGY TRACKER: New handheld is fast and fully connected

January 01, 2009
With ten days to go before Inflight Online attends the Consumer Electronics Show to look at the latest wireless Internet devices and their place in the air-to-ground connectivity scene, one of the leading manufacturers has launched a smartphone combining multi-band communications with ultra-fast com...

It’s a happy old year for Airbus and the A380

December 31, 2008
Airbus squeezed in under the A380 delivery wire yesterday, handing over Emirates’ fourth aircraft to reach its target of 12 for the year overall.

Al Jaber poised for February launch

December 31, 2008
Al Jaber Aviation has received a United Arab Emirates air operator’s licence and is set to launch operations following delivery of its first aircraft in February.

TRAVELLERS’ TECHNOLOGY: Free WiFi comes to Heathrow coaches

December 29, 2008
British bus operator FirstGroup has introduced free WiFi Internet access on the coaches it operates between Heathrow Airport and the high-tech town of Reading.

Free Internet access on Delta: four days to Gogo

December 28, 2008
Passengers travelling with Delta Air Lines in the USA have four days to look out for the “WiFi hotspot” decal applied to five of its MD-88s and try the Aircell Gogo air-to-ground broadband service free of charge.

Can connectivity come good in 2009?

December 27, 2008
Impetus, critical mass, a workable business model - can the airline connectivity providers attain these long sought holy grails in the year to come?