Turkish Airlines Offers Mobile Connectivity On-board

Turkish Airlines is offering eXPhone service for an uninterrupted communication during the flight which will redefine flight experience for customers across its over 200 destinations while on board.As an extension of Wi-Fi and live TV availability on its Boeing B777 and Airbus A330 aircrafts, Turkish Airlines said it is being enabled through the initiative to offer mobile internet connectivity by eXPhone to its guests. Passengers on Turkish Airlines will begin to enjoy the service commencing from April 2017.By using this service, passengers will be able to send text messages (excluding voice messages), check their e-mails and browse internet (including social media platforms) with their own mobile phones, the airline said in a statement. According to the airline, the stages of the process for the usage of the service are two-pronged.First, the cabin crew will make an announcement to inform the passengers about the services current availability for on-board use, after the take-off. Second, provided that the Data Roaming mode is activated on passengers mobile phones, the exPhone service will automatically run, which will be used till the flight is ready for landing.The airline also confirmed that the service has been tested to offer communications service that allow its passengers to run their businesses and exchange communication with relatives and friends while on-board. The statement said: The eXPhone service, which is offered in close cooperation with Panasonic and AeroMobile, has successfully been tested on-board during a flight with the participations of our relevant authorities, via one of our cabin attendant mobile phone.The eXPhone service will be billed by the passengers mobile phone operators, and the prices will vary depending on their individual roaming contracts. Passengers may find the details of this service in Turkish Airlines inflight magazine, SkyLife.
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