News: Aircell Receives Critical FAA Approvals to Launch In-Flight Mobile Broadband
Posted by Matthew Justice on Apr 3, 2008
The FAA has issued two separate approvals if AirCell's broadband internet service aboard airplanes. AirCell is now the first company to be granted air-to-ground (ATG) transmission approval for in-flight mobile broadband on U.S. domestic flights.
The two FAA approvals received include a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC), permitting installation and operation of the company's ATG network on commercially operated Boeing 767-200 aircraft.
The second FAA approval passed is a Parts Manufacture Approval (PMA). This approval authorizes the manufacture of aircraft parts to build the technology. Aircell will be producing the equipment needed to bring its in-flight Internet service to American Airlines and Virgin America in 2008. Enough manufacturing capacity is in place to accommodate rapid service introduction to all future partners as well.
Source Non-Mobile: http://www.mobiletechnews.com/...
Company Site Non-Mobile: http://www.aircell.com/
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