Intelsat Joins the Seamless Air Alliance
July 18 2018 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the world’s first
Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite solutions,
announced that it has joined the Seamless Air Alliance, a
consortium dedicated to the development and promotion of standards
to facilitate a better, more seamless, inflight connectivity
experience for passengers.
The standards would eliminate the immense costs and hurdles
commonly associated with acquisition, installation, and operation
of data access infrastructure by streamlining system integration
and certification, providing open specifications for
interoperability. More importantly, it would empower mobile
operators to extend their services into airline cabins and airline
passengers to board any flight on any airline anywhere in the world
and use their own devices to automatically connect to the Internet,
with no complicated login process and no paywall to scramble
over.
“When boarding a plane for business or leisure, passengers want
fast and easy access to high-quality, reliable broadband
connectivity,” said Mark Rasmussen, Vice President and General
Manager, Mobility. “That is why Intelsat continues to build a
strong ecosystem of partners that will leverage 3GPP standards to
create a seamless, global broadband infrastructure that offers
airlines and passengers a consistent, uninterrupted experience. By
joining the Seamless Air Alliance, Intelsat continues to take a
leading role in shaping a global network that leverages different
technologies and constellations. As the exclusive channel partner
for OneWeb’s mobility applications, Intelsat looks forward to
collaborating with OneWeb, existing partners such as Gogo and other
network operators, to develop the standards needed to provide a
seamless operational and passenger experience in the skies.”
With satellite serving as the primary means to connecting
aircraft, Intelsat will contribute in the integration of
geostationary and low-Earth orbit satellite solutions into the
hybrid network and help define standards, test equipment and
develop service packages focused on the aeronautical market.
“We are very pleased to have Intelsat join and contribute
its breadth of experience to creating a better passenger
experience for airline customers everywhere," said Jack Mandala,
Chief Executive Officer of the Seamless Air Alliance. "Over the
next 90 days our Working Groups will develop and draft
deliverables that will shape the future of in-flight
connectivity, and having Intelsat participate in that
process is incredibly valuable."
About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized
Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and
broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized
Network combines the world’s largest satellite backbone with
terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open,
interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and
reach through a new generation of network services. Thousands of
organizations serving billions of people worldwide rely on Intelsat
to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity, multi-format video
broadcasting, secure satellite communications and seamless mobility
services. The end result is an entirely new world, one that allows
us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries and
transform the ways in which we live. For more information, visit
www.intelsat.com.
About the Seamless Air Alliance
The Seamless Air Alliance was founded by Airbus, Airtel, Delta,
OneWeb, and Sprint to usher in a new era of in-flight connectivity
that will delight passengers and enable open innovation inside the
cabin. Its mission is to develop standards for connectivity that
will amaze customers, to enable airlines with better customer
engagement opportunities and industry to develop the technologies
needed to extend Mobile Operator relationships from gate-to-gate
anywhere in the world, and to build standards that can be used by
solution providers to deliver end to end services to passengers.
The alliance – which invites all industry operators to join - will
eliminate the immense costs and hurdles commonly associated with
acquisition, installation, and operation of data access
infrastructure by streamlining system integration and
certification, providing open specifications for interoperability,
increasing accessibility for passengers, and enabling simple and
integrated billing. To learn more about the Seamless Air Alliance,
and how to become a member, please visit us
at www.seamlessalliance.com.
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