ARYCOM USA LLC
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA

South American natives used this word to represent the sky, the firmament and even the divine. Ary was always a fundamental part of their lives, their day-to-day living experience, their prayers, and their contacts. To gaze at Ary on a clear night with the sky studded with stars always gave them room to dream. Founded in 2001, Arycom is a provider of satellite voice and broadband data solutions serving the needs of customers on land, at sea and in the air. Headquartered in São Paulo and with offices in Rio de Janeiro, Miami and Atlanta, Arycom is a premier Service Provider of Inmarsat, Iridium and Globalstar, and global partner of Marlink.  Arycom offers complete and state-of-the-art solutions for satellite communications to customers in the Americas, including satellite capacity, airtime, satellite terminals, fix-to-mobile communications, network integration, installations, project management, value added applications and products, and 24x7 customer support in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Arycom’s key service markets include business and commercial aviation, agribusiness, forestry, construction, media, maritime, government, military, emergency response and others that depend on reliable, global communications. Our mission is to bring communications solutions to users on land, at sea, and in the air, using innovative technology and an excellent understanding of our customers’ needs. Arycom, a São Paulo-based provider of satellite voice and data solutions on land, at sea and in the air, recently announced plans to crack into the inflight connectivity space in the United States, with the business aviation sector serving as its entry point. Now founder and CEO   tells Runway Girl Network that the firm is on the path to becoming a service provider for Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX). Already a service provider for the Inmarsat SwiftBroadband (SBB) aeronautical service, Arycom is “actually already in the process of becoming a provider of GX in Brazil and the US”, he reveals. Separately, “as a premier Service Provider of Iridium, we will provide the portfolio of Iridium NEXT services once available. We see a big potential for Iridium NEXT in the markets we currently serve, and new ones around the corner.” The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)  . With this authorization, commonly called an International 214 License, the firm “can now provide telecommunications services to and from the United States, including telecom services such as private lines, switched long distance, prepaid services, calling cards, and VOIP services,” notes Hjorth. “For Arycom specifically, this means we can now sell satellite communications services to and from the United States, as well as all our related value added services.” In the United States, Arycom intends to initially focus on the business aviation market to meet the burgeoning demand for inflight data connectivity. From basic data connectivity and messaging to high-speed broadband Internet, telephony, flight planning and flight safety and geotracking, Arycom offers a broad range of reliable communications solutions to meet the needs of any airline and business aviation customer. Arycom’s foray into servicing the US market comes at time when Inmarsat is seeking to gain traction for GX in the commercial and business aviation sectors. Iridium NEXT is also expected to attract strong take-up in bizav in the US. “The appetite and market demand for inflight connectivity is growing strongly, both in commercial and business aviation. With our new US reach, we are able and eager to meet that demand and support customers across the whole of the Americas. In the near future, we are planning to expand our presence to Europe as well. Stay tuned.” and provider of complete