Qantas plans in-flight email/sms
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Qantas is to roll out new technology on its domestic aircraft from late 2008 to allow customers to send and receive email and SMS via mobile phone or personal electronic device.
The airline has been evaluating the technology with Aeromobile on a Boeing 767-300 aircraft between April 2007 and January 2008.
“The evaluation of this new technology was a great success,” Qantas Executive General Manager, John Borghetti said.
“Customers wanting to send or receive an SMS will require only a GSM phone and a global roaming account, while customers wanting to send or receive emails will need a GPRS enabled device like a Blackberry or an appropriately equipped laptop,” Borghetti said.
Voice connectivity is a feature of the technology but will not be activated as part of the new service, the airline said.
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