US: FCC chairman wants to end effort to allow cell phone use in air
The chairman of the FCC said Monday he is proposing to end a 2013 regulatory proceeding that had sought to lift the ban on mobile phones on US airlines. The FCC said in 2013 that it would consider allowing air travellers to make mobile phone calls but never finalised it. "I stand with airline pilots, flight attendants, and America’s flying public against the FCC’s ill-conceived 2013 plan to allow people to make cell phone calls on planes. I do not believe that moving forward with this plan is in the public interest," FCC chairman Ajit Pai said. Pai needs the backing of the two other commissioners for the 2013 proposal to be formally abandoned. In 2013, the FCC said special equipment could be installed on planes to allow in-flight calls and said it had already been deployed successfully in other countries without incident. <br/>
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US: FCC chairman wants to end effort to allow cell phone use in air
The chairman of the FCC said Monday he is proposing to end a 2013 regulatory proceeding that had sought to lift the ban on mobile phones on US airlines. The FCC said in 2013 that it would consider allowing air travellers to make mobile phone calls but never finalised it. "I stand with airline pilots, flight attendants, and America’s flying public against the FCC’s ill-conceived 2013 plan to allow people to make cell phone calls on planes. I do not believe that moving forward with this plan is in the public interest," FCC chairman Ajit Pai said. Pai needs the backing of the two other commissioners for the 2013 proposal to be formally abandoned. In 2013, the FCC said special equipment could be installed on planes to allow in-flight calls and said it had already been deployed successfully in other countries without incident. <br/>
