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Virgin Atlantic recently announced that a select few passengers will soon be able to make calls on their cellphones and use their mobile devises on the airline's Airbus A330 and Boeing 747 flying between London and New York.
In the coming months Lufthansa, Etihad, Turkish Airlines, Cathay Pacific, SAS and Gulf Air all plan to launch in-flight mobile services of their own. Increasingly airlines are promising more cell phone coverage at 35,000 feet. But as more airlines offer mobile in-flight services, experts warn of a host of potential problems, from increased cabin noise, to in-flight fights.The Federal Communications Commission currently bans cellphone calls from airplanes on U.S. flights, but there have been efforts to ease restrictions. In February Congress passed a bill without a controversial provision that would have imposed a permanent federal ban on the inflight use of mobile phones, and instead required the Federal Aviation Administration to study the impact of cell phones on...The government is taking a tentative step toward making it easier for airlines to allow passengers to use personal electronic devices such as tablets, e-readers and ...
When Congress acted last month to free much-needed spectrum for mobile broadband, they did so to keep consumer phone bills low and improve broadband service. In the ...
Major wireless service companies have agreed to disable cellphones after they are reported stolen under a strategy intended to deter the theft and resale of wireless...
The nation's major wireless providers have agreed to a deal with the U.S. government to build a central database of stolen cell phones -- part of a broad effort to t...
Ignites freedom of speech controversy
Wireless networks fell quiet Sunday in some coastal areas of North Carolina and southern Virginia, but calls were going through in most areas affected by Tropical St...
Under GOP pressure, the Federal Communications Commission has agreed to strike from its books an outdated yet still controversial regulation of political speech on t...
This week, the United States Senate is expected to finally vote on overturning the most brazen of all of the Obama administration's regulatory power grabs. Now, to ...
If you're an airline, January 26, 2012 is a day that will go down in infamy. That's the day that airlines will no longer be able to send you an email with a subject ...
Mild-mannered community activist Albert Knighten found himself in handcuffs last month when police and federal agents raided his home and shut down a pirate radio st...
A gathering of United Nations diplomats overseas has some in the U.S. worried about a potential takeover of the Internet by foreign powers – with others claiming suc...
The Senate on Saturday confirmed Michael McFaul, President Obama's top adviser on Russia , to be the next U.S. ambassador to Moscow. The voice vote to elevate McFaul...
One never knows when the Supreme Court will hand down its last, often biggest, opinions of the term. But the justices' summer travel schedules make it a pretty safe ...
The U.S. telecommunications regulator is expected to announce plans on Thursday to set aside spectrum to connect wireless medical devices for more convenient health ...
Google may have put its Street View data-collection debacle to rest in the US with the payment of a $25,000 fine to the Federal Communications Commission, but in Eur...
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to require TV stations to post online the advertising rates they charge political candidates and advocacy groups.Frid...
Keeping in touch with people back home doesn't have to break the bank when you are abroad. But chances are if you don't plan ahead, tapping into local phone network...
You can buy Fat Bastard wine in Alabama, but you'll have to go elsewhere for Dirty Bastard beer.The state alcoholic beverage control agency said Thursday it has bann...
Is it ever OK for the government to silence the public's electronic communications?The Federal Communications Commission is looking into that question, after a prote...
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