Qualcomm, Boeing test in-flight mobile phone solution.

(From DMEurope)

DMEUROPE-11 August 2005-Qualcomm, Boeing test in-flight mobile phone solution (C)2005 DMeurope.com (http://www.dmeurope.com) & DME Ltd. All rights reserved.

Telecoms firm Qualcomm and Connexion by Boeing, a unit of aircraft maker Boeing, are working together to test and demonstrate in-flight wireless communications aboard Connexion One, a Boeing 737-400 aircraft.

The companies have performed a series of test flights that demonstrated the simultaneous use of CDMA and GSM mobile phone technology over an on-board network with infrastructure and integration support from UTStarcom. Using standard cellular communications, a small in-cabin …