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Air France Wednesday moved to authorize the use of mobile telephones on boardone of its planes serving European routes on an experimental basis,the airline has announced.
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The aircraft,a mediumhaul 123-seater A 318, was scheduled to serve the ParisVienna, MunichParis routes,the company announced in a statement
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adding that theplane will fly a different route every day and passengers will be informed of this experimental service at the time of boarding.
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On the technical side,mobile phones connect toa miniature relay installed aboard the aircraft.
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A modem allows the return of thesecommunications to a satellite that transmits them to a ground station.
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They are then directed to the telephone network used by individual passengers.
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"Therefore, the mobiletelephone only emits a lowpower signal that no longer presents any risk of interference to the navigation systems installed in the aircraft,"according to the statement.
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