Mobile phone use backed on planes

Passengers could soon be using their mobile phones on planes flying through European airspace as regulators plan for consultation on new technology which will permit such calls, October 2007.

• Primary Source

OFCOM: Mobile Communications onboard Aircraft - Consultation on the introduction of mobile services on aircraft , October 2007 http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/mca/

Deutsche Welle, 7.4.08: Europe Approves Use of Mobile Phones on Aircraft http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3249975,00.html

European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/537: Commission paves the way for in-flight mobile phone use across Europe http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/537&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

OFCOM: Press Release, 26.3.08: Enabling mobile phone use on aircraft http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2008/03/nr_20080326

BBC News, 7.4.08: Europe clears mobiles on aircraft http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm

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