INFLIGHT WI FI COMES TO CANADA
Canadian regulators have cleared in-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo to expand its network north of the border, a move that will allow the Illinois-based company's airline customers to offer in-flight Wi-Fi service on flights between the US and Canada.
Gogo said Tuesday it expects to start construction on Canadian cell sites in the fourth quarter of 2012 and have the network running by the end of 2013.
The company's technology uses an air-to-ground network consisting of land-based cell towers that beam signals to aircraft. Gogo service is available on more than 1,600 commercial aircraft including all domestic mainline Delta Air Lines planes as well as all flights on AirTran Airways and Virgin America.
American Airlines and United Airlines also offer Gogo service on select flights.
Passengers use their own Wi-Fi-enabled devices, such as smartphones, laptops and tablets, to access the broadband service.
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