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13th June 2005 - Ericsson introduces its newly developed
system GSM on Aircraft, allowing airplane passengers
to use their mobile phones on board commercial aircrafts.
Travelers of today demand full GSM access, also in
flight. The demand is to reach and to be reachable.
The time has come now when mobile phones also can and
will be integrated into the commercial fleet of airliners.
Ulf Ewladsson, Vice President Product Management GSM
says: "GSM is the largest mobile communications standard
in the world and is used in every country. Consumers
demand coverage anytime and anywhere. This is why Ericsson
now is making mobile telephony available on board aircrafts
and ships."
Ericsson has developed an airborne version of the world's
most sold radio base station in the RBS 2000 family,
the RBS 2708. The new radio base station offers Ericsson
state of the art quality and ease of operation. Its
functionally is identical to terrestrial systems and
it has a well-recognized reliability.
For the traditional Ericsson customers - the telecom
operators - the RBS 2708 will be 'just another cell'
in the network. An operator can manage this system just
as they handle all other radio base stations. Only a
few special procedures will be required to operate this
boost to revenues.
Airlines will be able to offer an added-value service
to their passengers. The ordinary aircraft crew can
handle the GSM on Aircraft system, with a minimum of
extra workload, and allow passengers to place and receive
calls when at cruising altitude.
Fully integrated with an Electromagnetic Screening
Device (EMSD) and housed in an Avionics standard enclosure
of ARINC 600 type, the equipment is easy to install
and safe in operation: not interfering with neither
avionics nor terrestrial radio networks. The system
offers up to 60 simultaneous calls and also offers dual
band support as an option.
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