And it allows all manner of devices to safely connect to a satellite based wifi provider.
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Emirates Airlines says it plans to test satellite based internet service on its A380 double-deck, wide-body jets.
As an avid music listener I understood from the beginning that this is a satellite based programming service.
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Even today in the world of satellite based GPS and the fairly exact positioning information it can provide, it is always best to have a paper chart or map and the needed tools in case your electronic ones fail so you are not left stranded and unable to find your way home.
It's always nice to see an old tech stage a comeback and this time it's happening around the coasts of Europe, with nine low-frequency radio transmitters substituting for GPS' satellite-based system. eLoran's radiowave-based system is stronger than satellite signals and less jammable, based on the Loran system that was previously used for shipping navigation by both the British and US navy over 50 years ago.
Airlines have been split on whether to go with a ground-based system or with satellite-based systems.
The FAA says funding for the new fee system, combined with federal money, would shift the 40-year-old ground-based air traffic control system to a satellite-based, cockpit-to-cockpit system that is safer and more efficient.
Just one year ago, the Bush administration announced it would keep the ground-based LORAN system operational to serve as a backup for the satellite-based global positioning systems, which are becoming ubiquitous in cars, planes and ships.
One global company based in Florida, MTN has for the past thirty years pioneered and developed satellite-based services for virtually all of the cruise ships and cargo carriers in the world.
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Gogo says it plans to transition to satellite-based technology and provide international coverage beyond North America.
The development of satellite-based mobile-telephony is creating demand for new bits of the radio spectrum.
This satellite-based system has been developed in America, but nearly all the software is British.
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Look at Garmin, which commercialized a technology with roots in defense: satellite-based global positioning.
For instance, the same technology that guides missiles can be repackaged to provide satellite-based air-traffic management systems.
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If that mission is successful, then we might start seeing the backbone of a satellite-based, secure, quantum Internet.
It should be relatively straightforward to detect these using satellite-based telescopes such as Fermi, which was launched last year.
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Its Iridium satellite-based global phone system switches all calls in the sky without using any ground stations, an impossibly difficult task.
And Congress is torn over a bill that would help fund a satellite-based air traffic control system to ease aerial bottlenecks.
Satellite-based data links will improve communication between pilots and ground controllers, cutting out about 40% of voice communication over the radio.
This month, Qantas is partnering with a company called OnAir to test satellite-based Internet service aboard flights from Australia to Los Angeles.
Satellite-based systems, such as service offered by Row 44, offer faster speeds, more bandwidth and global coverage over oceans, but aren't as developed yet.
Life remained good, even after satellite-based competition from DirecTV Group ( DTV) and Dish Network ( DISH) began to tighten things up a bit.
Look at Garmin (nasdaq: GRMN - news - people ), which commercialized a technology with roots in defense: satellite-based global positioning.
Cruise missiles have been fitted with satellite-based guidance systems making it possible to readjust their course in mid-flight and, in theory, to achieve pinpoint accuracy.
The company's hugely efficient satellite-based dispatching system traces to a visit a Cemex team made in 1994 to FedEx, Exxon and the 911 center in Houston, Tex.
They could soon be enjoying vast new fortunes, showered from above by cheap satellite-based digiphones from Iridium, Qualcomm, Teledesic and others -- each phone with an Internet address.
The researchers hope to keep the data series, funded by the EU and the Natural Environmental Research Council (Nerc), running for as long as satellite-based measurements are available.
The report also urged the Ministry of Defence to plan for the loss or degradation of satellite-based communications systems in case they are damaged by severe space weather.
This allows the phone to do a quick shorthand calculation to provide GPS satellite data based on nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell tower data, instead of phoning home ET-style.
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