European Commission gives approval to in-flight calling over Europe
Not even a week after hearing that Air France was forging ahead with an in-flight calling trial, the European Commission has now voiced its approval of using mobiles on planes in European airspace. After six months of deliberating, the decision was finally made to give airlines the choice of offering up services in order for guests to dial loved ones at 3,000-meters or more. The EU telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, went on to warn operators to "keep the cost of calls made on planes at a reasonable level," and of course, not all is clear just yet. For starters, the European Aviation Safety Agency still needs to green-light the whole ordeal by approving any hardware that would be used, and we won't be seeing any 3G action up high just yet. Still, at least one less hurdle stands in the way of you phoning home from over Europe (and simultaneously making enemies out of all your neighbors trying to get a few decent minutes of shuteye).
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Ed @ Apr 7th 2008 12:33PM
Texting yes...having to listen to someone blab 2 inches away from me for a 10 hours flight....NO! This sucks!
youngcalihottie @ Apr 9th 2008 4:24PM
"enjoy it europe.
i sure dont want it!"
-America
i swear! she really said that! i heard her! :P