Intel Teams with Boeing for WiFi on the Fly
Intel has joined forces with Connexion by Boeing (NYSE: BA) to help ensure that travelers almost always have access to the Internet.
Connexion, a business unit of the airplane maker, already has WiFi hotspots in place on 70 planes on Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Japan Airlines, ANA, Singapore Airlines and China Airlines. Austrian Airlines, Korean Air, El Al, Asiana and Etihad will soon add the service, the company said. In the announcement yesterday, Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) said it has tested the compatibility of laptops using Intel Centrino mobile technology and stamped the high-speed, in-flight service with its Wireless Verification Program seal of approval.
"We all use time on planes to work," Roberta Wiggins, research fellow, Yankee Group, told TechNewsWorld about the usefulness of the service. "It's a good consolidated piece of time to get some work done. People would rather work on the plane and have the weekend free to be with their families."
