WASHINGTON-Unison Spectrum L.L.C. and Space Data Spectrum Holdings L.L.C. posted the highest bids at the end of round eight in the government's air-to-ground auction of in-flight broadband services spectrum. The Federal Communications Commission is auctioning four megahertz of spectrum in the 800 MHz band...
WASHINGTON-Three of the main champions to use air-to-ground spectrum in the 800 MHz band for in-flight broadband communications filed incomplete applications for the scheduled May 10 auction and must refile within the next week if they want to participate, according to the Federal Communications...
LOUISVILLE, Colo.-AirCell said it will begin conducting flight demonstrations in July with a prototype of its system that allows commercial airline passengers to use their own mobile devices in flight over a broadband air-to-ground link.AirCell expects to commercially deploy its AirCell Broadband System next...
WASHINGTON-Airplanes soon could lose their distinction as being one of the few places where a person cannot be reached by a wireless device due to decisions last week to re-auction 800 MHz band air-to-ground spectrum and a proposal to allow cell-phone use in airplanes....
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is abuzz these days with a new debate that seems to bring two familiar issues-competition and spectrum management-to the table at the same time. At issue: Can the FCC allow competition for wireless voice and broadband in the air-to-ground band...
LOUISVILLE, Colo.-AirCell Inc. said it moved one step closer toward offering mobile-phone services aboard aircraft with a new patent from the U.S. Patent Office. The company said the patent marks a key step toward commercializing its service, and it will work to sell its...
AirCell Inc. said it moved one step closer toward offering mobile-phone services aboard aircraft with a new patent from the U.S. Patent Office. The company said the patent marks a key step toward commercializing its service, and it will work to sell its technology...
LOUISVILLE, Colo.-In a decision released June 9, the Federal Communications Commission sided with AirCell Inc., an air-to-ground communications system provider for the aviation market, in the company's dispute with a group of seven national cellular service carriers.The commissioners denied five Applications for Review and...
Crown Castle InternationalCrown Castle International Corp. announced Michael G. Ramke has been named vice president of business development for the United States and Philip M. Kelley has been named vice president of business development internationally. Ramke served as vice president since April 1998 and...
LOUISVILLE, Colo. - The Federal Communications Commission approved seven additional cellular carriers to use AirCell Inc.'s air-to-ground communications system, which is targeted at general aviation aircraft and regional airlines."We are very pleased with the latest round of authorizations," Jim Stinehelfer, president and chief executive...
LOUISVILLE, Colo.-AirCell Inc. said it signed a contract with Cellular One of Northeast Arizona to provide air-to-ground communications to its aviation customers in the Four Corners region and the White Mountains of Arizona."Cellular One of Northeast Arizona is pleased to partner with AirCell to...
AirCell Inc. received favorable decisions from the Federal Communications Commission that will enable it to move forward with its air-to-ground communications system, targeted for use by general aviation aircraft and regional airlines.Louisville, Colo.-based AirCell has been developing and testing its technology, which uses existing...
The recent battles at the Federal Communications Commission between AirCell Inc. and the cellular carriers that oppose its air-to-ground communications system may be starting to affect AirCell's business.In a letter sent to Steve Weingarten of the Commercial Wireless Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,...
The battle continues at the Federal Communications Commission over whether a waiver of the airborne cellular rule granted to AirCell Inc. is proper.Louisville, Colo.-based AirCell has proposed an air-to-ground communications system for use in general and commercial aviation markets that makes use of existing...
Representatives from BellSouth Corp., AirTouch Communications Inc. and GTE Corp. last week met with Federal Communications Commission representatives to discuss AirCell Inc.'s petition for a waiver of the airborne cellular rule.The discussion with representatives from the Commercial Wireless Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau...
LOUISVILLE, Colo.-The Federal Communications Commission has ruled that a prohibition on cellular phone use in airplanes should not apply to a new air-to-ground wireless phone system designed by AirCell Inc.AirCell provides air-to-ground wireless communications to the general aviation and commercial airline markets by connecting...
While it may be clear that the use of wireless phones is prohibited aboard commercial aircraft, many private pilots in a recent survey indicated they have made calls from their cellular phone while airborne, and some believe it is OK to do it.Billig &...
AirCell Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based company that has developed a system to provide ground communications for aircraft using cellular channels, has been in a holding pattern since early this year.The company, which for two years had been testing its system under experimental authority from...
