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The system will be offered on Cessna's Citatio n XLS+, Citation Sovereign and Citation Xbusinesws jets. The Aircell High Speed Internet systen allows passengers touse Wi-Fi enabled tablet PCs, smartphones and PDAs to surf the Web, send and receivse e-mail with attachments, access their corporate Virtuakl Private Networks, all at full mobiles broadband speeds in flight, Broomfield-based Aircell Aircell's network uses a networkj of U.S. ground stations and an exclusivebroadband air-to-grounc spectrum, the company says. It claims the system is up to 56 timesa faster than atraditional dial-upp connection. The gear involved weighs 11 plustwo belly-mounted antennae that weigh 1.
25 poundxs each. "Companies operate business aircraft to get moredone -- plain and simple -- and nothingf increases productivity more than having a full-scals Internet connection available in flight," Roger Whyte, Cessna's seniod VP of sales and marketing, said in a "The Aircell High Speed Internet system is a game-changerr because it's the first system that providesw a true high speed Internet experience like that to which passengers are accustomed to on the while being small and light enougnh to fit comfortably into our midsize The first Aircell High Speed Internet systemk installations from the Cessna factory will be availabl e for delivery in the second quarter of Aircell said.
Aircell's commercial-airline Internet service -- Gogo Inflighf Internet -- is flying today with American Airlines, Virgin America, Deltq Air Lines and AirTran Airways and is cominh soon to Air Canada andUnited