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Alcatel-Lucent will contribute towards the development of Europe's first aviation telecoms network, which is being constructed by mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat.
The infrastructure provider will jointly develop ground equipment for the Europe-wide network, which is due to be up and running by the end of 2016. Alcatel-Lucent will provide LTE-based air-to-ground technology to communicate with an S-band satellite currently being constructed by Thales Alenia Space.
Inmarsat said the combination of LTE ground infrastructure and satellite communications will make the network the world's first true hybrid aviation network. Maximum...