Aircell is a private company started in 1991 developing broadband for both private and commercial aviation. Company lore holds that the idea for Aircell began in a barbecue restaurant in Denison, Texas, where company founder Jimmy Ray first made sketches on a paper napkin for an affordable telephone system for airplanes. Jimmy Ray’s subsequent investigation of the market and exploration of alternate technologies resulted in the formation of Aircell. Broadband in telecommunications is a term that refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ...

Aircell is the only company in the United States authorized by the FCC and FAA to use cellular frequencies for inflight communications. Aircell successfully bid $31.7 million for a 3MHz air-to-ground spectrum in a FCC auction in June 2006.^[1] The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... FAA may refer to: Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Fleet Air Arm in the UK Royal Navy Fuerza Aérea Argentina in Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City...

Aircell holds over 20 patents relating to technology for airborne telecommunications. Formation, which is based in Moorestown, NJ, has developed two critical hardware components of Aircell's Broadband System that will help to deliver passengers Inflight Internet connectivity. The hardware includes Aircell's Central Processor Unit (ACPU) and the custom built Cabin Wireless Access Point (CWAP).^[2] This article is about the military unit. ...

On August 1, 2007, American Airlines partnered with Aircell to offer broadband on American's flights.^[3] On September 13, 2007, Virgin America partnered with Aircell to add broadband capabilities to their flights.^[4] is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... American Airlines, Inc. ... is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Virgin America is a U.S. based low-cost airline that began service on 8 August 2007. ...

On January 22, 2008, American Airlines completed the first aircraft installation of the Aircell Internet broadband connection at American's Kansas City maintenance base. The airline plans to install and test the broadband technology in 2008 on all 15 of its Boeing 767-200 aircraft.^[5] The technology will provide customers an Internet connection, virtual private network (VPN) access and email capabilities. is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

On February 29, 2008, Aircell unveiled the product name, Gogo, with the release of a new website: http://www.gogoinflight.com. [1].

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• Aircell Homepage
• American Airlines
• Virgin America
• Gogo