Mobile phone use backed on planes
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Passengers could soon be using their mobile phones on planes flying through European airspace.
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By Matti Huuhtanen, Associated Press  HELSINKI, Finland -- Finnair will enable passengers to send mobile text messages and e-mails on flights to the Far East starting next month.
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Disagreement regarding passenger data could ground thousands of flights.
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A theory is gaining traction among frequent travelers that hotels are intentionally blocking their cellphone signals.
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Cell phones and wireless devices pass Airbus's onboard tests with flying colors.
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Emirates is set to become the first airline to allow mobile phone calls in flight in a deal with Aeromobile.
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Air travelers moved one step closer to being able to talk on cell phones and surf the Internet from  laptops while in flight, thanks to votes by the Federal Communications Commission yesterday.
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In these days of jittery travel, sometimes just a phone call can ground an airplane. Over the past week and a half, false bomb threats have forced at least half a dozen flights to make emergency landings in Europe, frightening passengers, tangling schedules and costing airlines big money.
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Air traffic controllers were forced to use their personal cell phones to reroute hundreds of flights Tuesday after the Federal Aviation Administration's Memphis Center lost radar and telephone service for more than two hours, snarling air traffic in the middle of the nation.
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Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA  said on Tuesday it will offer mobile phone and wireless  Internet services on flights later this year.
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Passengers wanting to skip airport queues will be able to check in for flights using their mobile phone beginning next year, two European firms set to offer the service announced on Tuesday.
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Hiya, I'm on the plane Mobile phones will soon be heard on commercial aircraft, subject to regulatory approval. UK communications regulator Ofcom published a proposal (pdf) today that would license the right for passengers to make calls above an altitude of 3,000 metres.â¦
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Hopes -- and worries -- that U.S. regulators will soon end the ban on using wireless phones during U.S. commercial flights are likely at least a year or two early, government officials and analysts say.
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After proposing lifting the ban on use of mobile phones during commercial flights, the Federal Communications Commission is flooded with hundreds of e-mails from travelers who want to keep the ban in place and preserve their peace and quiet.
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New study points out the potential hazards of long-term mobile phone use.
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Pour la convenance, naturellement Air France and KLM have launched a mobile phone check-in service using SMS for confirmation.â¦
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WASHINGTON, Dec 15  - US telecom regulators began on Wednesday to ponder whether ending a ban on in-flight cell-phone calls would jeopardize safety or simply vex other passengers.