AeroMobile

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AeroMobile was established as a joint venture between ARINC and Telenor in 2006 and since January 2010, AeroMobile is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telenor. Headquartered in London with offices in Oslo, Dubai, and Singapore; AeroMobile is a GSM service provider for the aviation industry enabling airline passengers to use their mobile phones and devices in-flight at a cost of usage set by the passenger's existing mobile phone subscription.

The launch customer for AeroMobile was Emirates Airline.^[1] Initial agreements were signed in 2006, certification was completed early 2008 and operational service started in March 2008.^[2]

AeroMobile has^[when?] commitments from Virgin Atlantic, Lufthansa, V Australia, Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair and SAS. AeroMobile is also teamed with Panasonic Avionics Corporation to offer an IFE integrated solution.

[edit] Company milestones

Date	Event	Details
September 2004	First demonstration of GSM voice and text services over Inmarsat Aero H Satcom	At World Airline Entertainment Association Congress
May 2005	First demonstration of GSM voice and text services over Inmarsat Aero H on Boeing 777	B777-200LR World Tour
November 2005	Public use of GSM voice and text service in-flight	B777-200LR world record flight
April 2006	Demonstration of GSM voice, text and GPRS services over Inmarsat Swift Broadband and Ku Band	Aircraft Interiors Expo, Hamburg
April 2007	First commercial service of in-flight voice, text and GPRS	On Qantas domestic B767
March 2008	Launch of commercial in-flight GSM service on A340	Emirates A340-300 Dubai to Casablanca
August 2008	World's first commercial in-flight GSM service on B777	Emirates B777-300 Dubai to London Heathrow
September 2008	Awarded 'Best Achievement in Technology' by AVION	At World Airline Entertainment Association Congress
October 2008	World's first commercial in-flight GSM service on A330	Emirates A330-200
November 2008	Malaysia Airlines become the first air carrier in Asia to launch trial of in-flight GSM service	Malaysia Airlines B777-200
December 2008	50,000 passengers use the AeroMobile service	December 10 on Emirates flight number EK0923 from Dubai to Cairo
February 2009	100,000 passengers use the AeroMobile service	February 15 on Emirates flight number EK0404 from Dubai to Singapore
July 2009	AeroMobile's technology completes certification on sixth aircraft type	A340-300, A340-500, B777-200, A330-200, B777-300, B777-300ER
February 2010	AeroMobile becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Telenor
February 2011	5,000,000th Emirates passenger switches on their phone in-flight	Emirates Airlines flight EK0097 from Dubai to Rome

[edit] Customers

Emirates Airline - service started March 2008
Qantas - Trial on an B767 2008, GSM and GPRS (email) services
V Australia - Boeing Line fit
Malaysia Airlines - B777 Trial, GSM and GPRS (email) services
Virgin Atlantic - A330-300, GSM and GPRS (email) services
Lufthansa - A330-300, B747-400, B747-800, A380-800, A340-300, GSM and GPRS (email) services
Air New Zealand - B777-300ER, GSM and GPRS (email) services
Cathay Pacific - A330-300, B777-200, B777-300ER, B747-400, A340-500, GSM and GPRS (email) services
Dragonair - A330-300, A320, A321, GSM and GPRS (email) services
SAS - A330-300, A320, A321, GSM and GPRS (email) services