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SwiftBroadband (SBB)

Air-To-Ground

Service Launch

2008 : Gogo Biz

2016 : Gogo Biz 4G

2021 : Gogo 5G

Coverage

Satcom

Speed

~3 Mbps - Biz

~10 Mbps - Biz 4G

~30 Mbps - Biz 5G

Plan Cost

$L-bandK

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$Viasat ( ex-Inmarsat)K

Hardware Weight

GEO lbs

Photo: Courtesy GOGO
SwiftBroadband (SBB) is one of Viasat’s flagship business aviation services, offering reliable in-flight voice and data connectivity with global coverage to meet the core needs of users. It is a proven, dependable way to stay connected, regardless of which aircraft type is being operated or which route is being flown across the world. This helps to ensure the needs of business aviation passengers and crew are being met, from in-seat mobile phone and text services to emails and web browsing. With consistency and performance by design, SBB has been the world’s leading L-band service for business aviation since 2009. It is activated on thousands of business jets and offers speeds up to 432Kbps, using smaller antennas that are suitable as primary connectivity for smaller or older aircraft, or a complementary system to Ka-band connectivity.SBB customers can also upgrade to SwiftJet, Viasat’s advanced new L-band business aviation connectivity service that offers maximum speeds of 2.6Mbps, up to six times faster than SBB.
COVERAGE

Gogo has more than 250 cellular towers covering continental U.S, portions of Canada and Alaska. The stations are connected to two data centers for redundancy and failover. Separate from the data centers Gogo Network Operations Center (NOC) allow for continuous monitoring and support of the airborne network. 

HARDWARE
Photo: Courtesy GOGO

Gogo offers two systems configurations to access its ATG Network. The compact AVANCE L3 designed for turboprop and light jets. the system is based on a single 3MCU LRU and two fuselage-mounted omnidirectional antennas.

The AVANCE L5 designed to connect to Gogo Biz 4G ATG network. the system is based on a single 5MCU LRU and two dual directional fuselage-mounted antennas. The AVANCE L5 also offers a terrestrial modem allowing for Complimentary internet on the ground in 100+ countries and Gogo Vision, a wireless In-Flight entertainment system offering inflight maps and access to movies, magazines and TV programs.

AIRCRAFT OFFERING

Helicopter

Not Available

Turboprops

AVANCE L3

JETS

Light

AVANCE L3

Medium

AVANCE L5

Large

AVANCE L5

Bizliners

Gogo 2KU

SERVICE PROVIDERS