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Airports Add Beacons for Passenger Services
- Airways News, Friday, January 9, 2015 11:38 AM
With ever-evolving traveler demands, has the industry created something to improve the passenger experience by leaps and bounds? For passengers who constantly have a smartphone within an arm’s reach, the answer may be yes, thanks to the addition of beacon technologies at airports around the world. Beacons transmit a signal with a unique identifier using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to help devices that are BLE-enabled, such as smartphones, to receive a contextually relevant message when within range of a signal.
