Boeing

Siemens AG has signed a breakthrough agreement with Connexion by Boeing, a division of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), to become its first global customer for real-time high-speed in-flight Internet services giving 200,000 traveling Siemens employees the choice to remain "connected" in the air.

"Siemens is a global company with more than half of its 417,000 employees traveling throughout the world each year. We are always looking for ways to enhance their experience on the road and the Connexion by Boeing service is going to be a great benefit that makes their travel time more productive and more enjoyable," said Lutz Stammnitz, head of Corporate Mobility Services for Siemens AG.

"As we continue to make the Connexion by Boeing service available on more airlines and routes, Siemens employees will be able to stay connected to what's important to them and to what's needed to do their job while traversing North America, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe and across Asia all the way to the Far East," said Boeing's David Friedman, vice president of Marketing and Direct Sales. "We are delighted that Siemens is joining the ranks of our existing corporate customers and we look forward to enabling them to use their travel time more effectively. Siemens is joining our service at a time when corporations can still benefit from securing special promotions for their employees."

By using the Connexion by Boeing service on board the already-equipped Lufthansa aircraft, Siemens employees are now able to connect real-time to their corporate virtual private network, send and receive emails with attachments, surf the entire Internet and entertain themselves while in the air. As other Connexion by Boeing airline customers roll the service out on their long-haul fleets, more routes and flights will be available to Siemens' employees worldwide.