«AirCell and a unit of JetBlue said Monday that they plan to turn airplanes into Wi-Fi hot spots as early as next year. If regulators approve, the services would let fliers use laptops to e-mail, tap corporate networks, surf the Web, play games and possibly even watch movies on domestic flights, all for about $10 a trip. They also might make cellphone calls, though that faces tougher regulatory hurdles and consumer resistance to chattering neighbors. (...) "You want to make it possible for people to do what they do in the office, in the hotel, at Starbucks and in the airport lounge," says Jack Blumenstein, CEO of AirCell, which provides wireless services for corporate jets via satellite. Service, he says, could roll out next summer. (...) LiveTV would not offer cellphone service, Frisco says. If Wi-Fi services are approved, passengers might be able to use new wireless phones that have voice-over-Internet technology.»

fonte: «If approved, planes could become Wi-Fi hot spots as early as next year» USA Today, 6/5/06, Paul Davidson, http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2006-06-05-inflight-broadband_x.htm?csp=34