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SpaceX’s Starlink is in talks with ‘several’ airlines for in-flight Wi-Fi

The Verge

The team behind SpaceX’s growing satellite internet network Starlink is in talks with “several” airlines to beam internet to their airplanes, the project’s vice president said during a conference panel on Wednesday. Like those consumer antennas, the aviation hardware will be designed and built by SpaceX, he said.

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Hometown hookup: Alaska Air shifts to T-Mobile from AT&T in new link between Seattle companies

GeekWire

Alaska is shifting its behind-the-scenes operations T-Mobile after extensive testing of its 5G network. T-Mobile rival AT&T had been Alaska’s longtime wireless carrier, although T-Mobile and Alaska did not mention that fact in announcing the news Monday morning. Alaska is headquartered in SeaTac, Wash.,

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Mapping the progress of Air New Zealand’s digital rebuild

CIO Business Intelligence

As lean as things got, that time afforded the opportunity to rebuild by flipping the script: Air New Zealand was going to become a digital company that happened to be an airline, rather than an airline with a digital department. This is a chance to start practicing what an airline of the future could look like.

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Why Aren’t Our Networks Staying Up?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Clearly, despite the importance of information technology, the networks that we’re designing and building today don’t work anywhere this reliably. Network Outages Seem To Be A Part Of Life. Back in the day, when the phone network was “the network”, an outage was a big deal.

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO Business Intelligence

The diversification of payment methods and gradual increase in the volume of online transactions have cast a spotlight on the need for payment security compliance within the airline industry. Since Erin has a limited budget, one of the first things she might do is go to the internet and browse through meta-search engines looking for a deal.

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Aviation and Tech Industries Spar Over Whether or Not 5G Can Actually Crash a Plane

Gizmodo

The US airline industry and telecom giants are still divided over whether or not the new C-Band spectrum crucial for 5G networks could cause dangerous interference with aviation systems. If left unaddressed, concerned critics warn 5G caused interference could lead to disastrous delays, flight cancellations, or even… Read more.

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Can tech help cities plan for disasters? 7 ideas from an urban resilience hackathon

GeekWire

The UW hackathon centered on various pitches each addressing a different aspect of urban resilience to be tested against a future earthquake, pandemic, excessive heat event, or massive airline flight grounding. The pitches were also assessed for support of the Seattle Climate Action Plan and Seattle Race and Justice Initiative.

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