Boeing is close to making the AeroMobile/Panasonic Avionics ‘eXPhone’ solution line-fit offerable to customers eager to offer in-flight mobile connectivity services to passengers.

An AeroMobile spokesman confirms that the eXPhone offered via Inmarsat’s L-band satellite-based ‘Classic’ Data-3 aero service is expected to receive offerability status on Boeing aircraft in the very near term.

The eXPhone system will also be made available to Boeing customers later this year via Inmarsat’s higher-bandwidth SwiftBroadband (SBB) service, he adds.

AeroMobile has already successfully retro-fitted its in-flight mobile connectivity system on several different airframe types spanning both Airbus and Boeing widebody aircraft. Emirates is fitting its entire fleet with AeroMobile connectivity.

Several carriers have also signed up for the system through AeroMobile partner Panasonic, which offers the hardware under the eXPhone brand as part of a suite of connectivity s

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