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Inmarsat to slash cost of e-access
Global mobile satellite communications group Inmarsat plans to offer in-flight Internet connections of speeds of up to 64 kbps to aircraft operators at “a

Global mobile satellite communications group Inmarsat plans to offer in-flight Internet connections of speeds of up to 64 kbps to aircraft operators at “a fraction of the cost” of rival broadband services. The new Swift64 platform is expected to be available by the end of the year.

According to Inmarsat’s head of aeronautical operations David Featherstone, 80 percent of modern long-haul commercial airliners and more than 1,000 business jets already have the satellite communications infrastructure required to carry the Swift64 service. By using existing aircraft infrastructure, the UK-based group aims to achieve much lower start-up costs.

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