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Chip Design Flaw Delays Gogo 5G Launch to Mid-2024
Chip design error snarls ATG connectivity system upgrade
Gogo 5G antenna
Technicians install the first two Gogo 5G antennas on a cell tower. Due to a chip design error, the launch of its faster 5G system has been delayed from late 2023 to mid-2024. (Photo: Gogo Business Aviation)

Originally planned for launch in 2022, Gogo Business Aviation’s high-speed 5G air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity network has been delayed again. Chip shortages prompted the first delay, leading to revised launch plans in 2023, but now the network is expected “in approximately mid-year 2024,” according to Gogo.

The recent delay is “due to a design error in a non-5G component of its chip, which was designed by a third-party subcontractor of its 5G solution provider,” the company said in a statement released yesterday. 

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