News Release
Gogo Partners with Intelsat on Major Capacity Agreement Across Intelsat Globalized Network and Becomes Anchor Tenant for World’s First GEO/LEO Shared Network
Gogo customers to get pole-to-pole and gate-to-gate coverage from the 10 Tbps shared Intelsat EpicNG/OneWeb network
The Gogo 2Ku airborne terminal is designed to be compatible with multiple networks, including both the Intelsat EpicNG and OneWeb satellite constellations. This flexibility ensures a long-term technology solution that provides immediate benefits as well as a path to future network evolutions well into the next decade.
Beginning in 2016, Gogo will expand its use of the Intelsat Globalized Network by purchasing additional capacity on Intelsat’s Ku-band infrastructure, a contiguous, resilient network within Intelsat’s 50 satellite system which covers 99 percent of the world’s populated regions.
Gogo’s
Gogo’s customers will benefit from the continuous planned upgrades of
the shared network, including up to 250 Mbps per plane on the
“Gogo’s open strategy gives us the ability to look to the entire
satellite market for innovation, and Intelsat’s EpicNG
satellites combined with OneWeb’s LEO constellation offers numerous
advantages for aviation,” said Gogo’s president and chief executive
officer,
Gogo’s leading in-flight broadband service represents exactly the type
of application for which our Globalized Network and Intelsat EpicNG
platform are targeted: global, high performance and with a business
model that will flourish with the right economics,” said
“OneWeb’s unique constellation will enable broadband connectivity in the
polar-regions and at high latitudes will also have low latency because
the satellites are much closer to earth,” said
Supporting Resources:
- Learn more about Intelsat EpicNG: http://www.intelsat.com/global-network/satellites/epicng/
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LEO x GEO = Innovation2:
Thierry Guillemin , Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer,Intelsat http://www.intelsat.com/intelsat-news/leo-x-geo-innovation-squared/
About
About Gogo
With more than two decades of experience, Gogo is the leader in in-flight connectivity and wireless entertainment services for commercial and business fleets around the world. Gogo connects aircraft, providing its aviation partners with the world’s most powerful network and platform to help optimize their operations. Gogo’s superior technologies, best-in-class service, and global reach help planes fly smarter, our aviation partners perform better, and their passengers travel happier.
Today, Gogo has partnerships with 14 commercial airlines and is
installed on more than 2,500 commercial aircraft. More than 6,800
business aircraft are also flying with its solutions, including the
world's largest fractional ownership fleets. Gogo also is a factory
option at every major business aircraft manufacturer. Gogo has more than
1,000 employees and is headquartered in
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Source:
Intelsat
Dianne VanBeber, +1 703-559-7406
Vice President,
Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Dianne.vanbeber@intelsat.com
or
Michele
Loguidice, +1 703-559-7372
Director, Investor Relations and
Corporate Communications
michele.loguidice@intelsat.com