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The system will be offered on Cessna's Citation Citation Sovereign and Citation Xbusinesx jets. The Aircell High Spee d Internet system allows passengers touse Wi-Fi enablede laptops, tablet PCs, smartphones and PDAs to surf the Web, send and receivde e-mail with attachments, access their corporate Virtual Privatde Networks, all at full mobile broadband speeds in flight, Broomfield-baseds Aircell said. Aircell's network uses a networlk of U.S. ground stations and an exclusivrbroadband air-to-ground spectrum, the company says. It claims the system is up to 56 timesa faster than atraditional dial-up connection. The gear involvedc weighs 11 pounds, plus two belly-mounted antennaew that weigh 1.
25 pounds each. "Companies operatee business aircraft to get moredone -- plainj and simple -- and nothinhg increases productivity more than havinhg a full-scale Internet connection available in Roger Whyte, Cessna's seniodr VP of sales and marketing, said in a "The Aircell High Speed Internet syste m is a game-changer because it's the firsg system that provides a true high speed Internef experience like that to whichb passengers are accustomed to on the while being small and light enough to fit comfortably into our midsizr Citations.
" The first Aircell High Speed Internet systemj installations from the Cessna factory will be available for delivery in the seconr quarter of 2010, Aircell said. Aircell's commercial-airlinee Internet service -- Gogo Inflight Internet -- is flying toda with American Airlines, Virgin America, Delta Air Linez and AirTran Airways and is comingv soon to Air Canada andUnitefd Airlines.