http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/net_nota.shtml


Operator Name: Telenor Mobile Aviation AS
Network Name: AeroMobile
Technology: GSM 1800
Network Status: <span style='color:red'>Planned December 2006</span>
Web Site: http://www.aeromobile.net

AeroMobile for Roaming Partners:

AeroMobile is a neutral roaming network onto which all subscribers of any service provider may roam if their network operator has signed a roaming agreement with AeroMobile.

The AeroMobile service is operated by Telenor Mobile Aviation AS (TMA) which is a subsidiary of AeroMobile Ltd.

TMA is a full GSMA member with country code + 882 99, network code 901 14 and TADIG code NORAM.

Access to the service is obtained through standard international roaming agreement with TMA.

ha ha - this country code has been the subject of dispute* for some time, and at last Telenor have found an excuse to actually use it

Some companies termination rates for these number ranges, which include satellite phones, are very high indeed, and I wonder if it may take some time for them to settle down once this starts


* http://forum.voxalot.com/showthread.php?t=8

It's a pity that they have a different country code: in the "GSM on The Ship" (the greek "SuperFast" or the italian "Costa" for example) for UM you're 'phisically' in Iceland (SIMINN) or in Italy (TIM) so I didn't pay any extra satellite charge... :P but with AeroMobile this will be impossible :(

Anyway they're are "ready to go": http://www.aeromobile.net/news.asp?ID=36

It looks like they'll be using an Inmersat uplink as part of the connection process:

http://www.aeromobile.net/faq.asp (Question #3)

I wasn't able to find any info on the exact roaming costs but there are vague guidelines listed in Questions 16-18.