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Palo Alto, California Palo Alto ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for ) is a charter city in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a Sequoia sempervirens, coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. Th ...
-based
mobile technology Mobile technology is the technology used for Cellular network, cellular communication. Mobile technology has evolved rapidly over the past few years. Since the start of this millennium, a standard mobile device has gone from being no more than a s ...
company that provides e-SIM and
SIM card A typical SIM card (mini-SIM with micro-SIM cutout)A SIM card or SIM (subscriber identity module) is an integrated circuit (IC) intended to securely store an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are u ...
-based data services to international travelers. Users connect to public data networks using a mobile app and a GigSky e-SIM or Apple SIM card. GigSky also offers services for enterprise customers, and provides mobile data for airline
electronic flight bag An electronic flight bag (EFB) is an electronic information management device that helps flight crews perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently with less paper providing the reference material often found in the pilot's carry-o ...
(EFB) solutions.


History

GigSky was founded in 2010 by Ravi Rishy-Maharaj. In June 2015, Apple began offering access to the GigSky service on cellular iPads with Apple SIM.
Norwegian Air Lines Det Norske Luftfartselskap A/S (literally "The Norwegian Aviation Company") or DNL, trading internationally as Norwegian Air Lines, was an airline and flag carrier of Norway. Founded in 1927, it operated domestic and international routes from 19 ...
started using GigSky’s service in late 2013 to support its EFB product. In August 2016, Avionica, an
avionics Avionics (a portmanteau of ''aviation'' and ''electronics'') are the Electronics, electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, Air navigation, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, and the ...
technology company, partnered with GigSky to offer a global flight data transmission service for airlines. In November 2018, GigSky began offering international data
eSIM An eSIM (embedded SIM) is a form of SIM card that is embedded directly into a device as software installed onto a eUICC chip. First released in March 2016, eSIM is a global specification by the GSMA that enables remote SIM provisioning; end ...
s on
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, XS Max, and XR phones.


References

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