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Gogo, Inc. (GOGO) Multimedia Platform Enables In-Flight Entertainment, Communication, Internet Access

In 2008, Gogo made its debut as a provider of in-flight connectivity and wireless in-flight digital entertainment solutions. Six years later, more than 2,000 commercial and 6,500 business aircraft are equipped with the company’s exclusive products and services.

Once the aircraft reaches 10,000 feet, passengers with Wi-Fi enabled devices are able to get online and send text messages via the Gogo in-air multimedia platform. In-flight calls are still prohibited by FFA regulations, though passengers can use their wireless device to surf the Internet. Pricing ranges from day passes to monthly subscriptions and flight passes to hourly passes to assure that the customer receives value for the product purchased on each flight.

Gogo’s newest service is Gogo Ground to Orbit (GTO), a proprietary hybrid technology that blends existing satellite technologies with Gogo’s Air to Ground (ATG) network, which offers peak speeds of 60 Mbps or more to aircrafts flying throughout North America. This technology will launch later this year.

Additional products in the company’s technology portfolio include:

• ATG-4, designed to significantly enhance the existing ATG network and improve per aircraft capacity through the addition of Directional Antenna, Dual Modem, and EV-DO Rev. B technologies;
• Gogo Satellite products;
• Gogo Text and Talk products;
• Gogo Platform, an in-air multimedia platform that gives travelers the information, services, and entertainment; and
• Gogo Vision, which enables customers to wirelessly stream content such as movies and TV shows from an onboard server to Wi-Fi enabled laptops during flight.

Gogo is headed by company president and CEO Michael Small, a 29-year veteran of the communications industry. Michael previously served as the CEO and director of Centennial Communications Corp.; executive vice president and CFO of 360 Degrees Communications Company; and president of Lynch Corporation, a diversified acquisition-oriented company with operations in telecommunications, manufacturing and transportation services. Michael has an MBA from University of Chicago and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University.

For more information visit www.gogoair.com

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