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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: Using Mobile Phones When Flying |
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LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile phone users might be able to make telephone calls on UK-registered aircraft from 2008 under new proposals published by telecoms and media regulator Ofcom on Thursday.
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Ofcom suggested that aircraft could provide an on-board base station as part of its proposals, developed jointly with other European Union countries, aimed at encouraging companies to develop innovative technologies to use radio spectrum.
To ensure that mobile phones did not interfere with other terrestrial mobile networks, they would still have to be switched off during take-off and landing.
But Ofcom said once the aircraft had reached a minimum height of 3,000 metres, handsets could use the aircraft's network to make and receive calls, which would be routed via a satellite link to the network on the ground. Calls would be billed through passengers' normal service providers.
Ofcom, which is calling for industry comments by November 30, suggested amending the aircraft operators' existing Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 licences to enable a service that already operates in countries such as Australia.
Some airlines already offer in-flight outbound telephone services via their own network. However, Ofcom's proposals will enable passengers to use their own handsets.
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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I'M ON THE PLANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please God no. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not cheering that either. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Toggy tea slurper Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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That's exactly what I was thinking, surely a plane is the only place you can escape from these poxy things nowadays |
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firewirefred Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Using Mobile Phones When Flying |
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mark occomore wrote: | LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile phone users might be able to make telephone calls on UK-registered aircraft from 2008 under new proposals published by telecoms and media regulator Ofcom on Thursday.
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Ofcom suggested that aircraft could provide an on-board base station as part of its proposals, developed jointly with other European Union countries, aimed at encouraging companies to develop innovative technologies to use radio spectrum.
To ensure that mobile phones did not interfere with other terrestrial mobile networks, they would still have to be switched off during take-off and landing.
But Ofcom said once the aircraft had reached a minimum height of 3,000 metres, handsets could use the aircraft's network to make and receive calls, which would be routed via a satellite link to the network on the ground. Calls would be billed through passengers' normal service providers.
Ofcom, which is calling for industry comments by November 30, suggested amending the aircraft operators' existing Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 licences to enable a service that already operates in countries such as Australia.
Some airlines already offer in-flight outbound telephone services via their own network. However, Ofcom's proposals will enable passengers to use their own handsets.
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Thankyou again Mark. You do get around the web, eh? |
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nod
Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 3558
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:06 am Post subject: |
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Aaarrgghhh!!!!
Can't people go anywhere without using their bloody mobile ? |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:27 am Post subject: |
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nod wrote: | Aaarrgghhh!!!!
Can't people go anywhere without using their bloody mobile ? |
Didn't you know that if people switched off their mobile phones then the world will stop turning, the sun will stop rising & setting & the wind will stop blowing. Yes, you've guessed it, armageddon will happen if they're turned off! _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Its bad enough now when the moment the plane lands all the phones get switched on and start beeping in unison. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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Barkingbiker
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2313 Location: Lincolnshire
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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The problem with this is that unlike trains, there could not be a quiet carriage where like minded people can escape from mobiles; unless of course it's a jumbo or the like. The thing that really worries me is that even people with a high intellect don't seem to be able to grasp either the danger of mobile phones when used in areas such as petrol filling stations, in and around aircraft or the bad etiquette of using them in restaurants, cinemas, theatres and at live music gigs.
BB _________________ Old Bikers Never Die, our leathers just get tighter! |
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seymourwhitebits
Joined: 31 Mar 2007 Posts: 560 Location: Birmingham
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:41 am Post subject: |
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i know my driving days were happier before the mobile. my day was planned at the start and i went out and did my drops. now i'm going back over old ground all day cos they can send me back to where ive just come from. yes a marvelous bloody invention _________________ "Timpani!, Timpani!, They've all got it Timpani!"- All drummers know the pain of skin trouble. |
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