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Link: Pakistan: Telenor launches first in-flight mobile service

This is Telenor’s slant on the Emirates says first to offer inflight mobile calls post a few days back.

Telenor Pakistan in collaboration with AeroMobile has commercially launched the world’s first in-flight mobile service. The new service allows the postpaid customers to use their GSM services while in flight on Emirates Airline aircraft equipped with the AeroMobile system. The first in-flight mobile phone calls using the Telenor Group’s GSM network took place on Emirates flight EK751 on 20 March flying between Dubai and Casablanca with full approval from aviation authorities. Dubai-based international carrier Emirates has guidelines for the appropriate use of phones on board, including requesting passengers to have their phones switched to ‘silent’ mode during the flights. The airline’s cabin crew is able to monitor use of the system and is in full control of its use throughout flights. AeroMobile’s in-flight solution allows passengers the convenience of safe use of their personal mobile phones during flights as well as on the ground. Calls are billed directly to passengers’ existing mobile phone accounts as international roaming calls. Before the launch of the service on Emirates airline, mobile phone use in aircraft had only been allowed in limited, short-term trials that did not support voice calls.