Qualcomm And SpaceX Intend To Offer In-Flight Internet Access

The American chipmaker aims to provide in-flight internet facility in collaboration with SpaceX.

The American chip manufacturer, Qualcomm, has collaborated with the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation. Both organizations have signed a contract, which would help the industry to reach closer to the vision of allowing every traveller on aircrafts to watch streaming videos, including live news. This was one of the objectives of engineering experts at the Qualcomm enterprise when they decided to offer the technology that would enable speedy broadband on aeroplanes.

In a session before the Federal Communication Commission, Inmarasat, Gogo Wireless, Qualcomm, and others are urging the regulator to offer 500-meghertz in the 14-gigahertz band for ATG wireless facilities for air company’s customers. 

Companies are claiming that in flight, broadband facilities do not threaten airline’s customers and staff, and a newly introduced ATG facility would support existing satellite-based platforms for offering internet to passengers while they are travelling in aircrafts.

Qualcomm news today reported that nevertheless, Space X raised objectives last year. The space company aims to offer a non-geo stationary orbit-fixed satellite facility that would employ, among other rates, the 14.0 to 14.5 gigahertz group that has been offered for the new ATG facility. SpaceX was anxious about the capacity for the newly introduced ATG facility to hinder its 14.0 to 14.5 gigahertz band processes.

The enterprise had earlier said that the offered air-to-ground platform would contribute to less than 1% of the rise over thermal (ROT) for NGSO FSS systems. When the space firm replaced its beam, gain and G/T numbers for the numbers that had been presumed by the semi-conductor firm, it was able to find out that ATG system would actually contribute to greater than 6% for SpaceX’s NGSO FSS platform.

Qualcomm Breaking News exclaimed that an official at the chipmaker, Dean Brenner, was delighted that they succeeded in reaching a scheme that has satisfied SpaceX, which might or might not turn into a competitor of the OneWeb satellite strategy, which the chipmaker is supporting, along with the Branson’s Virgin Group.

 "We don't know that SpaceX and OneWeb are actually going to compete", Mr. Brenner informed FierceWirelesstech. They may be employing very different commercial models and provide different facilities.

"We're just looking at the technologies and systems that are on the drawing board," Brenner added. "It does show that people of good faith, when working together on technical issues, even from different companies that have different business objectives, can work together and reach a consensus."

Qualcomm believes that the commission would make the offer in a timely manner. It could be said that the cooperation between the two organizations would improve their respective images.