Trial of flight phone network

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 11 Mei 2014 | 20.01

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Will sky be the new limit ... Telstra trialling network using 4G between Sydney and Melbourne. Source: Getty Images

THE sky may soon be the limit for using your phone and the internet while on board a flight.

Telstra has begun trialling the use of mobiles on planes, including the ability to deliver a broadband signal to aircraft that allows phone users to use 4G to browse the web, send and receive emails, make video calls, watch movies and download music and photos.

The testing of the "Skinet" network on mock flights between Melbourne and Sydney has so far delivered fast speeds of up to 15 megabits per second.

About 1 to 2 megabits per second is needed by mobile phone users on the ground to download a video or music.

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Special antennas have been erected on four phone towers between the two capitals to deliver broadband signals to passengers en route.

Telstra executive director Mike Wright said the testing had so far succeeded with flying colours, delivering fast web capabilities for customers.

"We've achieved some of the fastest (broadband) speeds in this configuration that anybody has been able to do in the world so far,'' he said.

"You can do the things on the aircraft that you would be able to do if you were in a wi-fi hotspot."

The trials were conducted on a twin-propeller aircraft and a Cessna mustang jet that flew at the height of a commercial flight at 30,000 feet.

Additional testing will continue later this year and it could be about two years before passengers would be able to use this technology on board if it is made available.

The testing has not yet extended to include sending and receiving text messages and making phone calls.

Qantas spokesman Tom Woodward said they were working with Telstra but had no plans to roll out wi-fi capabilities on flights yet.

"We work with Telstra on a range of IT programs and we'll certainly be watching this development with interest, but we have no current plans to introduce wi-fi on Qantas flights,'' he said.

At the moment, passengers on flights can use mobile phones as normal but must turn them off before departure.

Once the aircraft is 10,000 feet high passengers can turn their phones back on in flight mode but they cannot be used for text messages, emails or voice calls.


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