American Airline best Onboard Techonology

AirCell and American Airlines have just announced that they will be testing broad-band services beginning in 2008 to be enable to offer the broad-band service over the U.S.A.

AirCell  products are found in many commercial airplanes. In 2007 AirCell won the FCC’s special broad-band frequency license which gives them a unque air-to-ground network, making in-flight high-speed broadband service is possible.

With this system is possible to use Wi-Fi enabled laptops, PDAs, iPhones®, BlackBerrys® and portable gaming systems (while in flight).  Passenger testing will be conducted on American Airlines fleet of Boeing 767-200 aircraft that primarily fly transcontinental routes. As the first to launch in-flight broadband capabilities, American and AirCell are pioneering the last frontier of domestic Internet service.

The system uses the latest technology to transmit and receive data between the ground and the aircraft. American Airlines customer testing will incorporate the following features and capabilities upon initial rollout:

• Nationwide in-flight broadband Internet service
• Coast-to-coast, border-to-border, U.S. coverage, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Canadian to the Mexican borders - day 1
• Usable by passengers equipped with 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi enabled devices
• Real-time access to the Internet (using the passenger’s own browser, bookmarks, etc.)
• An array of context and destination-related content

American Airline as the first airline to deploy broadband access on the airline fly.

The cost of the service on American Airlines will be announced at the time of service be operative.

Is the best and revolutionary new broadband service ever for one Airline company.

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