In the not-so-distant future, you would be able to use your
mobile for calling and browsing the Internet mid-air through a flight. You
would also be able to use apps like WhatsApp and Skype to make calls on
landlines. These two were among the several key recommendations of the
regulator that the Telecom Commission today gave its approval to with some
changes.
In-flight connectivity would allow companies to offer voice and
data services inside a plane once it has reached a height of 3,000 metres.
Companies like Lufthansa, Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways already
offer these services on their flights abroad. Issues of safety, jurisdiction
and licensing have so far delayed the process. A new license called the
in-flight connectivity provider licence will be issued by the telecom
department for operation of these services.
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