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Airlines To Test In-Flight Calls Over Europe
Sep 20, 2005, 2:29 PM
Two European airlines will trial cellular phone calls on flights in Western Europe next year. TAP (Air Portugal) and BMI (a British discount airline) will both equip a few ...   read

British Air to Offer In-Flight SMS and Mobile Internet
Jan 27, 2009, 10:30 AM
Starting in the fall of 2009, British Airways will begin offering passengers on the London to New York City flights the ability to send and receive text messages while ...   read

Politicians Look to Criminalize In-Flight Calling
Apr 16, 2008, 2:24 PM
Today two politicians proposed a bill, the HANG UP Act, that would make it illegal to engage in voice calls while in an airplane that's in the air. Rep. ...   read

JetBlue, RIM, Yahoo to Offer Free In-Flight Wi-Fi
Dec 6, 2007, 4:09 PM
On Tuesday, December 11, JetBlue will offer free Wi-Fi to passengers as part of a test of in-flight Internet access. Passengers with laptops and Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerries will be able ...   read

In-Flight Cell Phone Use Coming
Oct 23, 2002, 12:57 PM
AirCell is developing technology to let passengers use their cell phones on planes. AirCell's system would reduce cell phones' power and limit the number in use at once, to ...   read

Cingular Trials Free Calls To Landlines
Nov 30, 2005, 1:50 PM
Cingular today unveiled a new trial that would let subscribers call AT&T (formerly SBC) customers for free. Mobile2Home is currently available to AT&T customers in Connecticut. If customers choose ...   read

Google Voice Makes SMS Searchable, Transcribes Voicemail
Mar 12, 2009, 8:29 AM
Google has transformed its Grand Central service into a new offering called Google Voice. Google Voice offers people a single phone number that can ring multiple phones, including home, ...   read

Ryanair First Airline With Cell Service
Aug 30, 2006, 2:18 PM
Ryanair, an Irish budget airline today announced it will begin to offer cellular service on its planes in mid-2007. If the plan is approved by European regulatory bodies, the ...   read

EU Approves In-Flight Calling
Apr 7, 2008, 8:06 AM
The European Union has approved the use of cellular phones to make calls during flight. The EU has been investigating in-flight calls for six months, and this approval means ...   read

Qualcomm Demos In-Flight Cell Phone Service
Jul 16, 2004, 8:19 AM
On a special two-hour American Airlines test flight over Texas yesterday, Qualcomm publicly demonstrated its solution for in-flight CDMA cell phone service. The service uses a picocell - a ...   read

Google Voice Goes Mobile for Android and BlackBerry
Jul 15, 2009, 7:19 AM
Google has created a mobile version of its Google Voice service, and is offering dedicated applications for the Android and BlackBerry platforms. Google Voice lets users set up telephony ...   read

China Unicom To Trial GSM1x
Feb 18, 2003, 3:04 PM
Qualcomm today announced that it will conduct the world's first GSM1x technology trial with China Unicom. The trial will illustrate the feasibility of GSM1x technology to allow China Unicom's ...   read

Aircell's In-Flight Internet Ready to Go
Mar 27, 2008, 12:34 PM
Aircell has completed work on its nationwide wireless broadband network, which will provide in-flight internet access to passengers aboard airplanes. The company installed cell sites across the entire U.S., ...   read

Nextel Quietly Launches Wireless Broadband Trial
Feb 5, 2004, 10:36 AM
Nextel Communications is publicly seeking testers for a trial wireless broadband network in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. The 6-month trial will test FLASH-OFDM technology capable of speeds up to 3.0 ...   read

Verizon Offers Fully Refundable Test Drive
Mar 23, 2007, 12:41 PM
Verizon will change the rules for their trial period beginning Monday, March 26. The company will offer new subscribers a 30 day period to try Verizon phones and service, ...   read

FCC Lays Foundation for Cell Phones In Flight
Dec 15, 2004, 5:10 PM
The FCC today took several key steps toward allowing cell phones to be used on airborne aircraft. The commission proposed allowing standard mobile phones to be used in conjunction ...   read

DriveAssist Blocks Incoming Calls When Driving
Oct 14, 2008, 4:07 PM
New software from Aegis Mobility can detect when a cell phone is moving at car speeds and will automatically route all calls directly to voicemail and hold text messages ...   read

TerreStar Makes Its First Phone Call
Jul 20, 2009, 2:20 PM
TerreStar announced that it recently completed the first set of phone calls using its new TerreStar-1 satellite and land-based cellular/satellite hybrid phones. TerreStar launched a satellite earlier this year, ...   read

SAS First Airline To Support Airplane Mode Feature
Apr 23, 2003, 3:07 PM
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) today annouced that they are the first airline to allow the use of some mobile phone functions during flight. The airline will allow passengers to operate ...   read