Cessna to offer Aircell's Internet system as business-jet option - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The system will be offered on Cessna' s Citation XLS+, Citation Sovereigb and Citation Xbusiness jets. The Aircell High Speec Internet system allows passengers touse Wi-Fi enableds laptops, tablet PCs, smartphonesz and PDAs to surf the Web, send and received e-mail with attachments, accesds their corporate Virtual Private Networks, all at full mobilse broadband speeds in flight, Broomfield-based Aircell said. Aircell'es network uses a network of U.S. grounds stations and an exclusiverbroadband air-to-ground spectrum, the companhy says. It claims the system is up to 56 timews faster than atraditional dial-uo connection.
The gear involved weighs 11 plustwo belly-mounted antennae that weigh 1.25 pounds "Companies operate business aircraft to get more done -- plain and simplw -- and nothing increasez productivity more than having a full-scale Interne t connection available in flight," Roger Cessna's senior VP of sales and said in a statement. "Th e Aircell High Speed Internet system isa game-change r because it's the first system that provides a true high speeed Internet experience like that to which passengers are accustomed to on the ground, while beinf small and light enough to fit comfortablhy into our midsize Citations.
" The first Aircellp High Speed Internet system installationds from the Cessna factory will be availabld for delivery in the second quarter of Aircell said. Aircell's commercial-airline Internet service -- Gogo Inflight Internet -- is flying today with Americaj Airlines, Virgin America, Delta Air Linea and AirTran Airways and is cominh soon to Air Canadqa andUnited Airlines.