Business Jet Traveler mentioned Airtext in a recent article titled, “SEVEN ENTICING CABIN UPGRADES“.
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If you don’t stream content or use other high-bandwidth applications in the air, you can save money with Send Solutions’ Airtext, which offers voice, email, and texting anywhere in the world without a costly Wi-Fi installation or full-time satellite connectivity; the vast majority of work communications are handled via such low-data applications, anyway, the Georgia-based airborne messaging specialist notes.
The Airtext system uses on-demand “burst messaging” on Iridium’s Next constellation to deliver data anywhere in the world, on the ground or in the air. You can connect to the Airtext satcom transceiver with Bluetooth via iOS or Android devices. When you’re offline, sensors detect incoming and outgoing data as it becomes available, eliminating the need for continuous connectivity, further reducing costs.
Send Solutions has approvals for the installation of the compact, lightweight (just over a pound) units on more than 50 aircraft types. The Airtext+ system, which provides email, voice calls, and text, costs $17,500. AirtextLT+, without voice calling, costs $6,995. Data plans are $400 per year and include the first 2,500 text messages; voice calls are $1.25 per minute.
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