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Mobile Minute: AT&T to launch in-flight LTE service

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LTE will take flight next year as AT&T plans to launch 4G LTE service for airplanes. The carrier says it will build an innovative air-to-ground network in the continental United States, based on global 4G LTE standards. The network will of course include Wi-Fi connectivity. AT&T is thought to be using WCS spectrum. The company says that Honeywell will provide hardware and service capabilities to deliver the in-flight connectivity solution.

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Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.