FCC Can Allow, Not Mandate, Cellphon Use In Flight, Chairman Says

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The FCC understands consumer concerns about cellphonencalls made during commercial flights and airlines would be free tonimpose rules as they see fit, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said Friday.nThe Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) called on thenFCC to drop any plans to allow calling on cellphones by passengersnwhile in flight. Industry officials, meanwhile, said they expectna huge, mostly negative response by the public to an NPRMnslated for vote at the FCC’s December meeting, which will questionsnabout the use of cellphones for data, text and voice (CD Novn22 p3). Cellphones would not directly contact towers but use thenpicocell systems installed on some airliners.