FAA News

Airlines may soon allow passengers to use tablets and e-readers during takeoff and landing, as the growing popularity of mobile devices leads consumers to demand access.

Sprint just signed up for the same LTE services from LightSquared aviators say could interrupt jets' GPS signals, while some people might just be getting a little too attached to their smartphones.

LightSquared's proposed high-speed wireless network may "severely impact" the aviation navigation system in the U.S., according to the Federal Aviation Administration, as opposition mounts against the fledgling company's future high-speed network.

Electronic devices like cell phones and music players could interfere dangerously with airplane avionics, according to a recent investigation, despite increasingly blase passenger attitudes about switching them off.