Cellphones-on-planes era poised to begin
21 September 2005
Celeste Biever
Magazine issue
European aeroplane passengers will be able to make cellphone calls
during flights as early as 2006, with wireless internet following
closely behind
European aeroplane passengers will be able to make cellphone calls
during flights as early as 2006, with wireless internet following
closely behind, according to two major European airlines.
British Midland Airways (BMI) and TAP Air Portugal announced on
Tuesday that they will be the first to permit passengers to talk,
text and surf the web using their cellphones through an on-board call-
routing system called a pico-cell.
Trials of the system, made by OnAir in Geneva, Switzerland, will
begin towards the end of 2006 on selected Airbus flights out of
London Heathrow, UK, according to Nigel Turner, BMI chief executive
officer. They will be available on an unspecified selection of TAP
Air Portugal flights at around the same time.
“This pilot will guide us on usage patterns and some of the social
issues in using mobile phones on aircraft,” he says. However, whether
the service can actually be deployed depends on ...
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