Cessna to offer Aircell's Internet system as business-jet option - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The system will be offered on Cessna's Citation Citation Sovereign and Citation Xbusinesa jets. The Aircell High Speed Internet system allows passengerx touse Wi-Fi enabled laptops, tablet PCs, smartphones and PDAs to surf the Web, send and receive e-maiol with attachments, access thei r corporate Virtual Private Networks, all at full mobile broadbanf speeds in flight, Broomfield-based Aircell said. Aircell's networlk uses a network of U.S. grounx stations and an exclusivebroadband air-to-groune spectrum, the company It claims the system is up to 56 timesa faster than a traditional dial-up connection.
The gear involved weighs 11 pounds, plus two belly-mounteds antennae that weigh 1.25 pounds each. "Companiesz operate business aircraft to get moredone -- plaih and simple -- and nothing increases productivitg more than having a full-scale Internet connection availabls in flight," Roger Whyte, Cessna's senior VP of sales and said in a statement. "The Aircell High Speed Interneg system isa game-changer because it's the first systemj that provides a true high speef Internet experience like that to which passengerd are accustomed to on the ground, while being small and light enoug to fit comfortably into our midsize The first Aircell High Speed Internet system installationz from the Cessna factory will be availabls for delivery in the second quarter of 2010, Aircell Aircell's commercial-airline Internet service -- Gogo Inflight Internet -- is flying today with American Airlines, Virgin America, Deltsa Air Lines and AirTran Airways and is cominy soon to Air Canad a and United Airlines.