Vistara, a joint venture of Tata Group and Singapore Airlines is likely to be the first domestic airline to offer in-flight wi-fi services in India. Tata group's NELCO and Panasonic Avionics Corporation today announced a partnership for offering in-flight broadband service in India, starting with Vistara airlines. In-flight Wi-Fi services rely on geostationary satellites which beam signals directly to antennas …
A Bharti Group company, Indo Teleports, has approached the Telecom Department for in-flight connectivity licence, that allows service providers to offer connectivity and data services to Indian and foreign airlines, sources said. Sources privy to the development told PTI that Indo Teleports, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, has applied to the Telecom Department for the said licence and that the …