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EU to Permit In-Flight Use of Mobile Phones

The European Commission plans to announce new regulations which would allow airplanes to offer in-flight phone calls when flying anywhere within the EU 25 countries - reports the International Herald Tribune. The plans are due to be announced later today are significant not solely for the regulatory change itself, but as a further move for the central EU to take more control of telecoms regulation from the national bodies.  more

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UK Regulator Consults on Allowing Mobile Phones on Planes

The UK's telecoms regulator, Ofcom has published proposals to permit the use of mobile phones on planes while in flight. The regulator notes that the issues of airline safety belong to the airline regulators, and that it is simply proposing the telecoms access side of the regulations. Ofcom says that it has been working with other Member States of the EU to create such a mutual regime, and expects this to be enshrined in a binding Decision of the Radio Spectrum Committee ( RSC ) and an advisory Recommendation of the Communications Committee (COCOM) - by the end of 2007 or early 2008.  more

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