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SEP 10, 2003 (newstodate): SITA claims to be close to offering a solution granting two-way SMS/email services for airline passengers and crew.
Now commercially available and enabled on both MAS and MORS/Rockwell-Collins IFE systems, SITA's AIRCOM SMS service is generating interest from airlines worldwide wanting to offer their passengers the option to send and receive SMS text messages while in flight.
SITA is currently working with several airlines to introduce the two-way SMS/email by the end of 2003 and hopes to soon announce the launch customer.
Airlines using existing SATCOM avionics to operate in-flight entertainment services can easily add SITA's AIRCOM SMS service, as a simple software upgrade is all that is required with no need for additions to existing airborne configuration, SITA says.
Now commercially available and enabled on both MAS and MORS/Rockwell-Collins IFE systems, SITA's AIRCOM SMS service is generating interest from airlines worldwide wanting to offer their passengers the option to send and receive SMS text messages while in flight.
SITA is currently working with several airlines to introduce the two-way SMS/email by the end of 2003 and hopes to soon announce the launch customer.
Airlines using existing SATCOM avionics to operate in-flight entertainment services can easily add SITA's AIRCOM SMS service, as a simple software upgrade is all that is required with no need for additions to existing airborne configuration, SITA says.