Singapore Airlines To Offer Wi-Fi And Mobile Service
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Singapore Airlines will soon offer its passengers wireless Internet access and mobile services.
According to the company, its multi-million-dollar collaboration with inflight connectivity provider OnAir includes a full suite of onboard communication offerings providing the Airline’s customers with access to Wi-Fi Internet and mobile telephony services.

“The mobile telephony services will enable customers to send and receive SMS text messages with their GSM-compatible mobile phones, send and receive email messages easily on smartphones and Blackberry devices, and make and receive voice calls,” said the company.

Customers who use the mobile telephony services will see their usage reflected in the monthly bills from their telecommunications provider where international GSM roaming rates apply. For Internet access, customers can sign up for an access package upon logging in to the system. Details of the charges will be announced closer to the launch.

 

The airline company plans to roll this service out early next year and will be the first major airline in Asia to launch a full suite of inflight connectivity services.

“Singapore Airlines was in fact one of the pioneers to introduce Internet connectivity on board its Boeing 747-400 aircraft in 2005. Today, with the increasing importance of remaining connected, and the more affordable charges made possible by the higher usage and more advanced technology, we are now fitting all our long-range aircraft with the full suite of telephony and Internet features so that our customers can stay connected,” said Singapore Airlines’ Senior Vice President Product & Services, Yap Kim Wah.

“The environment that our customers have gotten used to on the ground can soon be replicated in the air, when they fly with Singapore Airlines on aircraft fitted with this new connectivity platform. Travelling on business or pleasure, they are just a click or an SMS away, with access to live information, social networking and news updates, as well as inflight shopping,”  added Wah.