Emirates Postpones Onboard Cell Phone Service

Apr 9th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

If you were excited to fly Emirates because they were going to allow you to speak on your cellphone during the flight, you are a schmuck. But not only are you a schmuck, you are out of luck (that was not meant to rhyme). For now. Emirates has postponed its launch of onboard cellphone service, which was scheduled to have launched last January. The airline now hopes to roll it out beginning at the end of 2007.

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