Teachers take to the sky to learn skills for 21st century
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Students who are focused just on good academic grades are in for a big shock in 40 classrooms around New Zealand.
Teachers have spent this week at the Whenuapai air base doing practical things like planning and executing a search and rescue mission at sea.
They have met entrepreneurs, programmers, scientists and technologists who work in the air force.
Their classrooms will never be the same again.
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The School to Skies educational internship week was organised by 21C Skills Lab, an Auckland-based social enterprise aiming to transform education by developing the skills needed for 21st century work, such as teamwork, entrepreneurship, creativity, resilience and design thinking .
Inflight connectivity specialist SkyFive has inked a memorandum of understanding with Auckland-headquartered engineering firm The Broadtech Group to perform a detailed technical evaluation and proof-of-concept trial of SkyFive’s air-to-ground-based IFC solution, with the aim of facilitating its rollout in New Zealand.
The Broadtech Group owns and operates a nationwide network of transmission sites, and a regional digital terrestrial television network. It also manages multiple third party transmission sites in New Zealand. Under the MOU, technical experts at Broadtech and SkyFive are working together to develop the terrestrial ecosystem in New Zealand to bring SkyFive’s “direct-air-to-ground” solution – branded DA2G – to the region’s aviation industry.
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Broadband in the sky looms for Kiwi travellers as trial kicks off
Spectrum already secured for trial based on 4G and 5G technologies Credit: Supplied
Auckland-based technology engineering firm The Broadtech Group has teamed with German inflight connectivity specialist SkyFive to evaluate and test broadband in the sky.
The duo has signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate and deliver a proof of concept of SkyFive s air-to-ground (DA2G) solution, with intentions to progress to a nationwide rollout.
Press Release – Broadtech
Auckland, New Zealand /
Munich, Germany – The Broadtech Group (Broadtech), a technology engineering firm in Auckland, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SkyFive, an inflight connectivity specialist company located in Munich and Stuttgart, Germany, to perform a detailed technical evaluation and a proof-of-concept trial of SkyFive’s Direct-Air-To-Ground (DA2G) solution, with intentions to progress towards a nationwide network rollout in New Zealand.
Also participating in the planned trial are Flightcell International from New Zealand and Nokia, to provide the DA2G on-board terminal and DA2G cellular base stations respectively.
In Europe, the European Aviation Network (EAN) currently covers 35 countries and utilises SkyFive technology to provide data speeds of up to 100 Mbps per aircraft with less than 50 milliseconds of true end-to-end latency to passengers and crew travelling in high-altitude jet aircraft.
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 3:28 pm
Auckland, New Zealand /
Munich, Germany –
The Broadtech Group (Broadtech), a technology engineering
firm in Auckland, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with SkyFive, an inflight connectivity specialist
company located in Munich and Stuttgart, Germany, to perform
a detailed technical evaluation and a proof-of-concept trial
of SkyFive’s Direct-Air-To-Ground (DA2G) solution, with
intentions to progress towards a nationwide network rollout
in New Zealand.
Also participating in the planned
trial are Flightcell International from New Zealand and
Nokia, to provide the DA2G on-board terminal and DA2G
cellular base stations respectively.
In Europe, the
European Aviation Network (EAN) currently covers 35