Country's largest telecom player Bharti Airtel has joined a global collaboration to bring high-speed and uninterrupted in-flight data connectivity to mobile customers. Called 'Seamless Alliance', the global collaboration which also has OneWeb, Airbus, Delta and Sprint as its members, was announced in Barcelona on Monday at the Mobile World Congress. The alliance will work towards leveraging satellite technology to offer high-speed data connectivity to mobile users even when they are up in the air, according to an Airtel statement. "Airtel has joined the Seamless Alliance which will usher in a new era of open innovation for mobile operators and airlines by empowering mobile operators to extend their services into airline cabins," the statement added. Over 370 million mobile customers across Airtel's global network will be able to enjoy uninterrupted access to high-speed data services even while they are in-flight, he said.

Source: dna February 27, 2018 00:00 UTC