[IP] In-Cabin Mobile Phone Use Test Flight
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From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 15, 2004 11:16:10 PM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipient:;
Subject: In-Cabin Mobile Phone Use Test Flight
American Airlines and QUALCOMM Complete Test Flight to Evaluate
In-Cabin Mobile Phone Use
- Jul 15, 2004 04:01 PM (PR Newswire)
- Proof-of-Concept Event Highlights Safe and Reliable Mobile Phone
Technology
Using CDMA on a Commercial Aircraft -
FORT WORTH, Texas and SAN DIEGO, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM
Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division
Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, and American
Airlines, the
world's largest carrier, today successfully demonstrated in-cabin voice
communications using commercially available CDMA mobile phones on a
commercial
American Airlines aircraft. Through the use of an in-cabin
third-generation
(3G) "picocell" network, passengers on the test flight were able to
place and
receive calls as if they were on the ground.
The proof-of-concept demonstration flight originated out of the
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. During the approximate
two-hour
flight, passengers were able to place and receive phone calls and text
messages on their mobile phones. Passengers included members of the
media and
government representatives.
A small in-cabin CDMA cellular base station on the plane, that uses
standard cellular communications, was connected to the worldwide
terrestrial
phone network by an air-to-ground Globalstar satellite link.
The information gathered during this proof-of-concept demonstration
flight
will be used to further research into the quality, convenience and
safety of
communications with personal CDMA mobile phones carried by passengers
on a
commercial aircraft.
...
- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42525106
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