Excerpt from "*PLAY Signal to noise By Joey Alarilla INQ7.net
Last updated 02:40am (Mla time) 07/26/2006"

http://technology.inq7.net/infotech/...ticle_id=11758

Some US airlines announcing plans to allow mobile phone use pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration. The idea is for the aircraft to have a mobile signal repeater that will transmit to a separate frequency.