article thumbnail

New EU legislation allows airlines to provide in-flight 5G connectivity

TechSpot

On Thursday, the European Commission announced that EU-based airlines will now be allowed to provide in-flight wireless 4G and 5G access for all passengers. Once implemented, passengers can use their mobile devices in the same ways as any ground-based mobile network while in flight. Goodbye airplane mode; we can't say.

Airlines 114
article thumbnail

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. Competition is fierce between Musk’s Starlink network and the growing industry of low-orbit satellite internet providers.

Airlines 144
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

American Airlines Adopts Public Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

Just like Americas aging physical infrastructure, the airlines are suffering from years of minimal investment in their information technology. ExpressJet, March 20, 2017 - A system-wide outage at ExpressJet delayed flights it operates as Delta, United, and American Airlines for hours. JetBlue, Feb. I look forward to the stampede.

Airlines 123
article thumbnail

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.,

Mobile 102
article thumbnail

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. But we persisted.

article thumbnail

Fraport goes all in on private 5G network

CIO Business Intelligence

There were a multitude of reasons for Fraport AG, the operating company of Germany’s largest airport in Frankfurt, to build one of the largest European private 5G campus networks: automation, autonomous driving, localization of devices, and processing data in real time.

Network 105
article thumbnail

'Darcula' Phishing Service Unleashes Sophisticated Smishing Attacks

SecureWorld News

A new Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) threat called "darcula" is taking advantage of encrypted mobile messaging services to unleash a wave of sophisticated smishing attacks targeting organizations across more than 100 countries. Mobile devices tend to have weaker security compared to desktop systems, making them an attractive target vector."

Mobile 94