ARINC Reports Growing Interest in Iridium

ARINC says there's been what it calls "a recent sharp increase in the demand for Iridium services by airlines worldwide, and a similar jump in the volume of its monthly Iridium traffic."

According to ARINC, its list of Iridium customers grew nearly 40% from June to September of 2007, while its Iridium data link message totals increased 26% and Iridium telephony usage went up 46%.

Peter Grogan, ARINC's director of aviation solutions, said the company had anticipated airlines and other aircraft operators would recognize the value of Iridium because of its low avionics costs and global coverage. But the current level of interest and growth in our customer base "has exceeded any initial expectations," Grogan said.

In fact, Mr. Grogan says, ARINC's newest GLOBALink/Iridium customers have migrated "from alternate service providers," which he also attributes to his company's standards-compliant ACARS messages, and its AviNet private network.  11-01-2007.

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