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JetBlue wins wireless license auction bid to offer in-flight WiFi

The offering of WiFi services to passengers while in-flight is still not a given, but if the FAA and FCC ever come to some sort of consensus on the idea, then look for JetBlue Airways to quickly become one of the market leaders in this area.

The FCC recently held an auction that put licenses up for bid allowing companies to buy spectrum space that could eventually give them the opportunity to offer WiFi in-flight. JetBlue bid $7 million for a 1-megahertz wireless license. That seems like a pittance when compared to what a subsidiary of AirCell shelled out for a 3-megahertz license ($31.3 million), but JetBlue, which is one of the few profitable airline companies around, is certainly looking toward the future when it comes to offering value-added services to their passengers.

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