Airbus will allow passengers to use their mobile phones during commercial flights starting next year the IHT reports.”Airbus last year completed its first in-flight trial of phones that use the global system for mobile communications,or GSM,which is the dominant wireless technology in Europe and Asia.Passengers’ phones will hook up to a base station placed behind the ceiling panel of a plane, which will also allow for reception of wireless data from personal computers or hand-held devices,Siemens said.The signal from the base station on the plane will then be routed via satellite to the ground”.

Airbus plans for cellphones