Seamless Air Alliance Becomes Market Representation Partner for 3GPP
22 May 2024 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
The Seamless Air Alliance continues to champion
inflight innovation announcing it is now the aviation Market
Representation Partner to 3GPP and the debut of a whitepaper on
enhancing passenger experiences
Seamless Air Alliance (SAA), the leading developer of global
standards for inflight connectivity, announced it has been accepted
as a Market Representation Partner (MRP) by the 3rd Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP). SAA also announced the release of a new
whitepaper promoting a standardized platform for the easy
integration of aviation applications.
Following the Seamless Air Alliance leadership of a specialized
Working Group on the integration of 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Networks
(NTN) in Aviation, a group that is co-chaired by Airbus and
Vodafone, the Organizational Partners of 3GPP officially granted
Seamless Air Alliance Market Representation Partner status on 24
April 2024.
3GPP is the world's largest and most significant international
standard-setting organization for telecommunications having
developed the most widely used mobile broadband standards. In order
to achieve MRP status, 3GPP must recognize an organization has the
ability to offer market advice to 3GPP and bring into 3GPP a
consensus view of market requirements for services, features, and
functionality.
“It is an honor for the Seamless Air Alliance to be granted MRP
status by 3GPP and recognized for its leadership in aviation
connectivity standards,” said Jack Mandala, CEO of the Seamless Air
Alliance. “The Seamless Air Alliance represents major inflight
connectivity stakeholders and promotes aviation requirements for
connectivity solutions including 3GPP 5G and 6G. We are delighted
to guide 3GPP with a view of the business and technical needs to
enhance the ubiquity and resilience of the next generation of cabin
and cockpit connectivity systems.”
The Seamless Air Alliance also announced the release of a new
whitepaper produced by the Hosted Platforms group, one of seven
Seamless Air Alliance Technical Working Groups (TWG) led by chairs
from industry. The report reveals how the passenger experience may
be enhanced with a virtual platform and open ecosystem for aviation
applications.
“The borders between inflight entertainment and connectivity are
beginning to blur. Airlines want to increase their digital outreach
and the capability to add and remove services like “Apps” based on
common hardware,” stated Yves Beaumont, Kontron Avionics Product
Line Manager and Chair of the Hosted Platforms TWG. “The Hosted
Platform initiative will enable the industry to define and build
software solutions based on general-purpose, vendor-neutral,
virtualized hardware platforms and open interfaces.”
To learn more, please visit the Seamless Air Alliance at
Aircraft Interiors Expo Hamburg, 28-30 May 2024, at the Kontron
stand (2E24).
About Seamless Air Alliance:
Seamless Air Alliance is an industry organization led by members
of the most-important companies and organizations in aviation and
communications including airlines, satellite and mobile service
providers, airframe manufacturers and technology suppliers.
Together we are advancing innovative, high-performance, and
affordable inflight connectivity services. For more information,
please visit www.SeamlessAlliance.com
Related Resources:
Open Ecosystem for Aviation Applications 5G NTN for Aviation
Connectivity
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