Gogo Business Aviation (formerly Aircell) is a division of

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is a provider of in-flight broadband Internet service and other connectivity services for business aircraft. It is headquartered in

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. Gogo Business Aviation is the only company in the United States authorized by the

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(FCC) and

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(FAA) to use frequencies in the 800 MHz band for inflight communications. In June 2006, Gogo Business Aviation successfully bid $31.3 million for a 3 MHz air-to-ground spectrum in an FCC auction. The system is based on the TIA-856-A Evolution Data Optimized (EV-DO) standard.

History

Aircell began in 1991 in a barbecue joint in

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, where company founder Jimmy Ray sketched his idea for an affordable telephone system for private airplanes on a paper napkin. Through a partnership with cellular providers, Aircell began providing analog-based voice communications on private aircraft in North America. In 1998, Aircell received an FCC waiver granting it authority to operate its analog network. In 2002, Aircell began offering Iridium satellite for global voice and narrowband data service. In 2005, Aircell launched Axxess, a product that provides IP-based aircraft telephone systems, with handset and color display. On August 1, 2007,

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partnered with Aircell to offer broadband on American's flights. On September 13, 2007,

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partnered with Aircell to add broadband capabilities to their flights. On January 22, 2008, American Airlines completed the first aircraft installation of the Aircell Internet broadband connection at American's

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maintenance base. On February 29, 2008, Aircell unveiled the product name as

. On August 5, 2008,

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announced it was installing Aircell's Gogo Inflight system on all of its airplanes over the subsequent year. Delta later decided to filter pornographic content on its flights after customer and employee responses. Delta now operates Gogo on all of its mainline and two-cabin regional aircraft, On August 20, 2008, Gogo went live on American Airlines. On May 12, 2009,

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announced it would install Aircell's Gogo Inflight System on all of its airplanes by late July 2009. In June 2011, Aircell became a division of Gogo as part of a re-branding effort. On February 24, 2010

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announced it would install Aircell's Gogo Inflight system on all of its airplanes. October 2012, Aircell is awarded Dristribution Partner status by Inmarsat for its SwiftBroadband L-Band service On April 15, 2013 Aircell completed its acquisition of

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from

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. The original

service was shut down on December 31, 2013. On September 2, 2014, Aircell was officially rebranded as Gogo Business Aviation.

Products

Aircell holds over 20 patents relating to technology for airborne telecommunications. Under the Gogo Biz Service, Aircell sells its ATG 2000, ATG 4000, ATG 5000, SwiftBroadband Service, Aircell Aviator 200, and Aircell Aviator 300/350 products. Formation Inc, a software company, based in Moorestown, New Jersey, developed two critical hardware components of Aircell's

system: its

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(ACPU) and the custom built Cabin

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References

External links

Gogo Business Aviation web site

Gogo Inflight web site

LiveTV web site
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History

Products

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