Saudi Arabia’s flynas recommitted to bringing inflight connectivity to its fleet, with the SkyFive air-to-ground service.
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Gogo Begins 5G Flight Testing
Inflight testing of the new Gogo 5G network launched last week, kicking off the campaign to validate operation and functionality.
SkyFive Scores India Inflight Internet License
India’s role in the aviation world continues to grow, including options for inflight internet thanks to a license recently issued to SkyFive.
Gogo Hits Two Major ATG Milestones
Gogo’s new 5G chipset is out of the labs, and its C1 LRU is ready to swap in for legacy ATG connections, two major milestones for its upgraded connectivity plans.
Viasat goes multi-orbit for maritime with NexusWave
Multi-orbit, multi-band connectivity has come to the Viasat ecosystem. Maritime is up first, setting the stage for what the aero version might look like.
flynas to add inflight internet
Inflight internet service is coming to the flynas fleet later this year. The air-to-ground solution will be deployed in partnership with SkyFive and stc.
Can NTN standards streamline airline connectivity installs?
Installing inflight internet service typically means expensive, proprietary hardware, locking airlines in to one provider for an extended period of time. The Seamless Air Alliance hopes to change that with a modem solution built on 3GPP NTN standards.
Performance puffery in the ATG world
A CEO taking shots at the competition is nothing new. Doing so without data to back up the claims, however, can create more questions rather than boosting the product profile.
Rolling delays hit inflight connectivity over China
When it comes to inflight connectivity growth opportunity China is hard to ignore. It is a massive market, but one with almost no short-haul aircraft carrying Wi-Fi hardware on board. And despite repeated promises that the online world is finally ready to imminently take flight, at least one supplier is finally backing off the hype and recognizing significant additional delays in getting its systems off the ground.
Does ATG have a future in commercial aviation?
Cellular-based air-to-ground technologies brought inflight internet to thousands of aircraft and millions of passengers, first in North America, then in Europe and beyond. And while the technology continues to grow in some markets, some suppliers are more skeptical of its continued value, at least for commercial airlines.