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SITA predicts personal cellphone use in the cabin is just around the corner

European information technology giant SITA predicts that by 2005 airline passengers will be able to make calls in flight using their personal cellphones.

By Stephen Pope

October 12, 2007

European information technology giant SITA predicts that by 2005 airline passengers will be able to make calls in flight using their personal cellphones.

For the past two years SITA has been working on a concept that would allow such connectivity in the air. A recently completed feasibility study, carried out by SITA through its so-called Mobile in the Sky program, confirmed that needed technologies exist and the next step is their integration into a complete end-to-end system.
The research revealed that although few passengers use in-seat phones today, a majority would use their mobile phones to place and receive calls once the service
is available.

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