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If you are a faithful customer of the American Airlines flights, then you got to hear this one! In the near future you will travel by air using your laptop computer with the new mobile broadband connectivity enabled by ZTE USA and Qualcomm Incorporated. The two companies teamed up to deliver advanced wireless communication via Aircell and develop the networking platform for the Inflight Internet service called Gogo.
The Air-to-Ground service uses the ZTE’s EV-DO Rev. A base stations and IP switching platform, as well as the aircraft-mounted modems provided by Qualcomm.

“At ZTE, we are committed to developing customized and flexible solutions that enable our customers and partners to offer their own customers the most innovative and desirable applications and services,” said Dr. George Sun, CEO, ZTE USA. “In this instance, by working closely with Aircell and Qualcomm, we were able to tap into the brightest R&D minds available to create the most cutting-edge and flexible networking platform. We look forward to working with Aircell and Qualcomm to scale the platform to support increasing demand and future expansion of the service.”

If you are afraid of accidents, remembering the problems from the past created by the circuitry in airplanes, ZTE’s solution seems the most reliable taking into account the high speed and high altitude of the aircraft that connects to the base station.

“When designing our industry-first in-flight mobile broadband service, we were searching for companies that would work hand-in-hand with us to create a flexible and customized networking platform that was optimized for our unique ATG needs,” said Joe Cruz, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Aircell. “We found those allies in ZTE and Qualcomm. As a result, we are able to offer our customers the best possible broadband experience on North America’s only comprehensive Inflight Internet service.”