SmartSky To Launch Airborne 4G Data Service in 2016
SmartSky 4G will provide more than 10 times the typical speed and capacity of networks currently in the market.

SmartSky Networks is launching an airborne 4G LTE-based network, SmartSky, which will serve both business aviation and the airlines starting in 2016. According to the Melbourne, Fla.-based company, SmartSky will provide more than 10 times the typical speed and capacity of networks currently on the market by using 60 MHz of spectrum for its air-to-ground (ATG) data communications.