The Telecommunications Industry Association said the FAA should complete a...
The Telecommunications Industry Association said the FAA should complete a congressionally mandated study on the impact of the use of cellphones on commercial flights. TIA said it’s specifically not commenting on the “social- or in-flight service-related aspects,” which it said…
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are better left to the airlines. “Numerous TIA members are engaged [in] manufacturing and supplying handsets, along with the systems that, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, are used internationally to enable safe cellular telephone usage during flights,” TIA said in a filing Monday at the agency. “We consider the technologies that enable cellular telephone use on airplanes to be a nascent technology that, with a light-touch and encouraging regulatory environment, will see further growth for industry stakeholders and result in improved convenience and service to consumers on airplanes.” TIA said wireless devices face more restrictions in the U.S. than in much of the rest of the world: “As a result, we find that an outdated regulatory regime remains in our country, while the rest of the developed world is allowing for companies to innovatively provide enhanced voice and data service to in-flight consumers. … We urge the Federal government to take steps to rectify this trend."