EMS SATCOM, a division of EMS Technologies, has installed its first single SwiftBroadband channel eNfusion® HSD-Xi High-speed Data Terminal on a US-based Bombardier CL-605 aircraft. The terminal adds one SwiftBroadband and one Swift 64 channel to the company’s HSD-440 High-speed Data transceiver. The combined system becomes a dual-channel SwiftBroadband system, while also offering classic services in an 8 plus 2 Modular Concept Unit (MCU) form factor.
Like all EMS SATCOM transceivers the HSD-Xi allows users to automatically switch from SwiftBroadband to Swift 64 when required. In this mode the unit offers three channels of Swift 64 service. The new transceiver has an External Software Configuration Module (ESCM) that holds one standard USIM card, which provides secure subscriber information for SwiftBroadband operation.
Commenting on the new introduction, Jean Ménard, EMS SATCOM’s director of commercial sales, said, “With the addition of the HSD-Xi terminal, our seventh SwiftBroadband product, to the eNfusion line, we have added more capability to our already feature-rich HSD-440 High-speed Data transceiver. The additional channel of SwiftBroadband gives passengers more bandwidth for Internet browsing, streaming services, voice calls and texting in-flight. Because of its safety-services capability, crews have more flexibility to fly oceanic routes.”
