New Delhi: In what could be a good news for Indian fliers, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly given its nod to the in-flight usage of cellular services i.e. people will be allowed to make calls and use the internet during flights starting October.
“We are in the final stages of in-flight connectivity licence norms and the service option will be given to carriers and telecom companies within two months,” an official at the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said was quoted by Economic Times.
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According to reports, once the department clears the plan, the law ministry’s approval will take another two weeks to sanction. The official said that there have been meetings with telecom operators and airlines with some parties showing interest to offer these services.
The official also said that once the licences are rolled out, the carriers and telecom companies can fight it out to pick the service they want to push out.
Indian carriers are in favour of providing internet services as it would result in add-on revenues and bring them at par with international flights.