Gogo, a innovator of in-flight connection and a innovator in wifi in-flight electronic enjoyment alternatives, declared these days that it has achieved an contract to obtain the Airfone company device from LiveTV, LLC, a wholly-owned additional of JetBlue Air passage Organization. The purchase will give Gogo a 1 MHz spectrum license currently held by LiveTV.
The 1 MHz license will be used as a complement to Gogo's present 3 MHz license and is predicted to increase its Air-to-Ground system, which is used to offer connection assistance to professional air carriers and company planes over the continuous Combined Declares and areas Canada. The contract is topic to acceptance by the FCC and is currently under evaluation. If accepted by the FCC, the cope is predicted to shut later this year.
"In many ways, Gogo has ongoing to grow its Air-to-Ground system and will soon release ATG-4, which is predicted to considerably increase potential," said Gogo's chief executive and CEO Eileen Small. "Acquiring the 1 MHz spectrum license from LiveTV will perform the key part in our ongoing development actions and help us produce a efficiency increase for end clients."
In inclusion to obtaining the 1 MHz spectrum license, Gogo also will acquire all of the system facilities and back-office functional resources of Airfone and looks ahead to dealing with present Airfone clients now and later on.