More airbourne cellphone news Here.
"If it gets regulatory approval, the scheme will be introduced by the middle of next year."
Let's hope Ofcom/CEPT/ETSI and CAA/EASA give them the middle finger. Ofcom have already warned of "the potential for increased levels of agitation". No sh!t Sherlock. Sadly it appears it's only a matter of time.
Apparently "nearly half of all international business flyers would prefer to travel on airlines that allow the use of mobile phones in flight, and that nearly one third of those surveyed were willing to pay from two and a half euros [upwards) per minute for in-flight mobile phone services". Which international business flyers were consulted exactly, and what was the question, to get such a high response? (Reference section 5.17)
I am very confused. The technology on offer relays your cellphone signals to a satellite. This is little different to the in-seat phones already in place (although over much of North America they also use a non-cellular terrestrial system).
The only technical benefit (sic) I can see is the ease of receiving calls on your cellphone: currently it is a PITA to set up an in-seat phone to receive calls. And long may it remain that way!
Cheers, Howard
"If it gets regulatory approval, the scheme will be introduced by the middle of next year."
Let's hope Ofcom/CEPT/ETSI and CAA/EASA give them the middle finger. Ofcom have already warned of "the potential for increased levels of agitation". No sh!t Sherlock. Sadly it appears it's only a matter of time.
Apparently "nearly half of all international business flyers would prefer to travel on airlines that allow the use of mobile phones in flight, and that nearly one third of those surveyed were willing to pay from two and a half euros [upwards) per minute for in-flight mobile phone services". Which international business flyers were consulted exactly, and what was the question, to get such a high response? (Reference section 5.17)
I am very confused. The technology on offer relays your cellphone signals to a satellite. This is little different to the in-seat phones already in place (although over much of North America they also use a non-cellular terrestrial system).
The only technical benefit (sic) I can see is the ease of receiving calls on your cellphone: currently it is a PITA to set up an in-seat phone to receive calls. And long may it remain that way!
Cheers, Howard
