Honeywell Aerospace

Airborne Cell Phone Systems


Airborne Cell Phone SystemsHoneywell's Airborne Cell Phone System enables the use of commercial GSM cellular phone for business jets in-flight. The system provides maximum convenience allowing passengers to use their personal phones on board and supporting those calls and text messages in the exact same way as land-based cellular networks.

Features:
  Enables use of commercial GSM cell phones in-flight without interference to aircraft equipment or cellular networks on the ground
  Utilizes an on-board base station to direct phones to adjust to the lowest possible power setting
  Connects the phone via the Inmarsat satellite network to a gateway on the ground linked to a standard cell phone network
  Support voice calls and text messaging in exactly the same way as land-based networks charging calls to the user’s bill the same as any roaming call
  Flight trial successfully completed in August 2004 utilizing patent-pending technology from Altobridge Ltd.

Honeywell successfully flight tested the system in August 2004 and hope to make it available to business jets by the end of 2004 pending FCC approval.

To view product datasheets or installation manuals click here.
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