»»Airfone Can’t Compete with In-Flight Internet
Verizon Airfone announced will end its phone service on commercial flights by the end of the year.
Industry analysts said Verizon Airfone, which has phones in about 1,000 planes operated by Continental, Delta, United Airlines and US Airways, will end the service because it was rarely used.
Furthermore, a more compelling technology is “coming in-flight“.
The companies which won the auction for licenses to provide in-flight broadband Internet services, are expected to develop wireless hot spots on planes as soon as possible.
That will allow passengers also to make Internet-based phone calls.
Jonathan Schildkraut, a telecommunications analyst at Jefferies & Company said:
“…consumers were more likely to use that technology because for about the same price as a long phone call, they can check web sites and send e-mail messages for several hours…” ( source New York Times)
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