Sprint and Aircell Partner to Provide High Speed Internet While in Flight

Aircell, a Chicago-area company specializing in airborne communications for commercial airlines, and Sprint have partnered to provide high speed internet to airline passengers. A new division of Aircell allows airline passengers to surf the web, e-mail and log into their office network while in flight at a cost similar to ground-based hot spots.

As each commercial airline (such as Virgin or American Airlines) uses Aircell’s service, a Sprint Sierra 5725 air card will be activated for airline staff to download operational and network data on the performance of the Aircell network while the plane is airborne. The Sierra air card also enables Aircell employees to download any software to the Aircell system while the aircraft is parked at the gate.

We secured this win over AT&T and Verizon because of our ability to satisfy Aircell’s stringent technical requirements and to accommodate its bandwidth-intensive corporate applications, procurement and logistics compatibility, and because of our plans to transition to WiMAX.

Xohm - Access Anytime

INTERNET YOUR WAY
Finally, high-speed wireless Internet on your terms: convenient and flexible. Like the cell phone version of broadband, like Wi-Fi pumped up to the max, Xohm’s WiMAX coverage will cut you loose from today’s access limits to enjoy the Internet anytime you want, on your choice of devices, without long-term contracts.

EASY DOES IT
Get ready to experience how easy the Internet can be. With Xohm wireless broadband, you’ll be able to:

Stream movies
View video
Download music
Share photos
Play games
Chat
E-mail
Web surf
Or whatever you want -- around your home, office or on the go, wherever there’s Xohm coverage -- all on the same single always-there connection.

PAY YOUR WAY
Other services offer wireless Internet, but they usually lock you in with contracts and cancellation fees that keep your experience on their terms. As a Xohm member, you’ll get wireless broadband access on yours:

By the day or by the month
No binding contracts
No cancelation fees
Simple activation and reactivation

START SIMPLE
Getting started with Xohm is a snap: no wires means no service calls, drilling, or digging. Just connect your Xohm access device (modem, card, or USB device), to your computer, activate your Xohm membership, and you’ve got broadband at home or to go.

OPEN CONNECTIONS
Other services make you buy their devices to get access -- we want to leave you to your own devices. We’ll be offering our modems and PC cards to make it easy for you to get started -- but soon, wherever there’s Xohm coverage, you’ll be able to connect with any WiMAX-enabled product -- bought from anybody.

Our partners are preparing a huge and growing selection of top-brand Xohm-ready products:

Laptop and Desktop Computers
Ultra Mobile PCs
Mobile Internet Tablets and devices
Portable Media Players
Watch for these -- plus new kinds of WiMAX-enabled electronics that will open new kinds of Internet experiences. More

BEYOND HOTSPOTS
Sure, you can get wireless broadband from Wi-Fi, but only in small, specific hotspots. We’re building the Xohm network to eventually cover entire metropolitan areas -- imagine: a city-sized hotspot offering the broadband speeds you expect at home or the office whenever you want, even on the go. More

JUST THE BEGINNING
As cool as all this is, we’re working to give Xohm members much more… but for now we can only drop some hints: a member portal, online file storage, location-based services, Google mail, chat and... Okay, that’s enough -- stay tuned for details (or better yet, sign up for updates).