Aircraft interiors EXPO: Satcom1 develops onboard cellular for VIPs

Posted by admin on April 3, 2008

Danish-based Satcom1 is developing systems based on Inmarsat’s Swift 64 and SwiftBroadband satcoms to allow passengers aboard VIP aircraft to communicate with the ground via their own mobile phones and BlackBerry-type devices. The offering forms part of the company’s AvioIP portfolio of communications services.

“We have carried out installations on a Boeing BBJ and on VIP versions of the Airbus A330 and A340 airliners,” says Satcom1 technical manager Jean-Francois Gault. “And we are talking to Dassault Falcon business jet operators who want the capability on their Falcon 2000s and 900s – we expect first installations before the end of the year.”

Satcom1 is also in discussions with a number of airlines and is working with five completion centres, including Swiss outfitting specialist Jet Aviation Basel which recently won the first contracts to provide luxury interiors for VIP versions of the Boeing 787 twin-jet.

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