{"id":10449,"date":"2012-04-20T10:18:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T08:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=10449"},"modified":"2012-04-20T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T12:03:12","slug":"business-benefits-as-in-flight-wi-fi-prepares-to-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/10449\/business-benefits-as-in-flight-wi-fi-prepares-to-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Business benefits as in-flight Wi-Fi prepares to take off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African business travelers can expect to get Internet access on some domestic flights through <a title=\"WirelessG\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/2205-WirelessG\">WirelessG\/G-Connect\u2019s<\/a> in-flight Wi-Fi service as soon as next month (May 2012).<\/p>\n<p>That means businessmen and women will soon be able to enjoy the benefits of online connectivity while flying from city to city in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approved the installation and use of in-flight <a title=\"Wi-Fi\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/289151-Wi-Fi\">Wi-Fi <\/a>enabled equipment on board South African commercial aircraft in October 2011, clearing the way for a commercial in-flight Internet service.<\/p>\n<p>Final pricing has not been released yet, but WirelessG\/G-Connect previously indicated that people can expect to pay less for in-flight Wi-Fi than what they pay for <a title=\"3G\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/224878-3G\">3G<\/a> data.<\/p>\n<p>The company highlighted that the idea is not to charge per MB, but rather provide uncapped access for the duration of the flight on a fixed fee basis. WirelessG said that the G-Connect in-flight vouchers are likely to cost between R50 and R100 each.<\/p>\n<p>The service will become available on <a title=\"Mango\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/2206-Mango\">Mango<\/a> flights first, with plans to cover other airlines in future.<\/p>\n<p>WirelessG is using technology from Row 44 to deliver broadband access on South African aircraft. The technology makes use of satellite-based connectivity for back-haul purposes with speeds of up to 4Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>WirelessG has partnered with <a title=\"Vodacom\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1639-Vodacom\">Vodacom<\/a> who will provide the needed satellite services to provide in-flight connectivity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10450\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/WirelessG-in-flight-Wi-Fi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10450\" title=\"WirelessG in-flight Wi-Fi\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/WirelessG-in-flight-Wi-Fi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/WirelessG-in-flight-Wi-Fi.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/WirelessG-in-flight-Wi-Fi-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WirelessG in-flight Wi-Fi<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"In-flight Wi-Fi pricing and launch dates\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/36112-in-flight-wi-fi-pricing-and-launch-dates.html\"><strong>In-flight Wi-Fi pricing and launch dates<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"In-flight Wi-Fi in SA a step closer\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/35882-in-flight-wi-fi-in-sa-a-step-closer.htmlhttp:\/\/\"><strong>In-flight Wi-Fi in SA a step closer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businessmen and women can expect to start using in-flight Wi-Fi on South African flights as soon as next month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[2474,26,2475,2476,2477],"class_list":["post-10449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-g-connect","tag-headline","tag-in-flight-wi-fi","tag-mango","tag-wirelessg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10449"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49117,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10449\/revisions\/49117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}