Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Freesky Research
Published: March 2008
Product Code: R3469-7Description The declining cost of cabin electronics has forced previously skeptical airlines to reconsider passenger connectivity services. While passenger surveys have shown strong demand since 2001, low cost hardware is finally allowing airlines to supply services with far more reasonable capital outlays. However, as communications technology has advanced, choices have expanded, even in the face of standards like ARINC 763, and air carriers are now choosing from a growing selection of GSM and Wi-Fi cabin architectures.
As airlines spend more time and effort planning cabin networks, many are asking :
- how many picocells and access points will be installed on commercial jets over the next three years?
- to what extent do pricing, cabling requirements, and demand differ for GSM and Wi-Fi services?
- wireless in-flight entertainment systems have been shelved, and Connexion failed, what’s different
about this market?
In addition to analyses of equipment vendors and service providers, this study looks at the factors influencing the market’s overall growth, as well as the points airlines consider when choosing between a Wi-Fi or GSM communications architecture.
Table of Contents - Chapter 1 The Economics
- 1.1 Why Now?
- 1.2 Don't Look Up
- 1.3 Old Spectrum, New Ownership
- 1.4 Eliminating Costs Faster than They're Losing Weight
- 1.5 Growth Surrounding the Industry
- 1.6 Microeconomics, not Macroeconomics
- Chapter 2 The Technologies
- 2.1 Leaky Feeder Cables vs. Distributed Antennas
- 2.2 What about Interference?
- 2.3 Software Gateways
- 2.4 Ku-Band Picocell Configuration Similar to Air-to-Ground Configuration
- 2.5 Other Wi-Fi Applications : EFBs, FOQA, and Cabin Surveillance
- 2.6 100BASE-TX and -FX Wiring Becoming Standard in Airliners
- Chapter 3 The Companies
- 3.1 AeroMobile
- 3.2 Formation, Cisco, and ip.access
- 3.3 Row 44
- 3.4 Aircell
- Chapter 4 The Forecasts
- Charts & Exhibits
- Exhibit 1.1 - Server, Antenna, Cabling, and Access Point Weights in Passenger Communication Networks
- Exhibit 1.2 - Astronics Cabin Electronics Revenue
- Exhibit 1.3 - Inmarsat Aero Revenue
- Exhibit 2.1 - Ku-Band L-Band Air-to-Ground Cabin Technologies
- Exhibit 4.1 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on CRJs & ERJs
- Exhibit 4.2 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on E-170s & E-190s
- Exhibit 4.3 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on A320s (Including A318s, A319s, and A321s)
- Exhibit 4.4 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on 737s
- Exhibit 4.5 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on DC-9s, MD-80s, & 717s
- Exhibit 4.6 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on 757s
- Exhibit 4.7 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on 767s
- Exhibit 4.8 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on 787s
- Exhibit 4.9 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on 777s
- Exhibit 4.10 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on A330s/A340s
- Exhibit 4.11 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on 747s
- Exhibit 4.12 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on A380s
- Exhibit 4.13 - Total GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on Commercial Airliners
- Exhibit 4.14 - Total GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on Narrowbody Airliners
- Exhibit 4.15 - Total GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on Widebody Airliners
- Exhibit 4.16 - Total GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on Boeing Airliners
- Exhibit 4.17 - Total GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on Airbus Airliners
- Exhibit 4.18 - Total GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on Embraer and Bombardier Airliners
- Exhibit 4.19 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on Narrowbodies/Widebodies 2008
- Exhibit 4.20 - GSM and Wi-Fi Systems Installed on Narrowbodies/Widebodies 2011
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