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Over the last year, almost a dozen airlines have announced plans to allow passengers to send SMS from their own mobile phones. Passengers in Australia, France, Turkey, Ireland, Malaysia, India, and other countries are now using mobile devices in flight, or will be able to do so sometime in 2008. However, passengers in the United States, constrained by the FCC ban, will have to wait bit more in order to start using their mobile devices while flying.
According to Freesky Research, the ability to send data to the ground is allowing Middle Eastern, Asian, and European business travelers greater chances to be productive on commercial jets than U.S. fliers…
Yes, we do agree some mobile services like SMS and data services should be available for in flight usage. Hopefully, the FCC folks will rethink their decision and we’ll hear more from them on the subject later in the year. In the meantime, you may want to learn more from Freesky Research’s full report titled “In Flight Text Messaging.”
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
