New Deal Will Increase Gogo’s In-Flight Wi-Fi Speed


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Satellite partnerships are everything in this high speed race, but with airlines making up their minds to equip planes, satellites already in sub-orbit have an advantage.

​No sooner are our fingers resting from covering American Airlines vs. Gogo vs. ViaSat and Qantas, Gogo raises the stakes against by announcing a new deal that will expand capacity on its service. Gogo will partner with global satellite operator SES to satisfy passenger demand for higher speed Wi-Fi connections to offer passengers as the service grows from nice-to-have-maybe status to must-have product differentiator. The deal will