(eTN) – I-European Commission ngoMsombuluko yethule imithetho eyenza kube lula ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza zinikeze abagibeli ithuba lokwenza nokwamukela omakhalekhukhwini ngokuphepha ngenkathi bendiza.
Izinyathelo ezimenyezelwe isiphathimandla se-European Union zivumelanisa izidingo zobuchwepheshe kanye nelayisensi yokusetshenziswa kwamaselula endizeni.
Ukhomishana weTelecoms uViviane Reding uthe ulindele ukuthi "abasebenzi basebenze obala futhi babe nobuhlakani ekunikezeni amanani abo." U-Reding ucele izinkampani zezindiza nabaqhubi ukuthi benze “izimo ezifanele” endizeni ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi abafuna ukusebenzisa izinsiza zokuxhumana ezindizeni abaphazamisi abanye abagibeli.
Amalayisense kazwelonke anikezwe izindiza ngazinye amazwe angamalungu lapho ebhaliswe khona azoqashelwa kuyo yonke i-EU.
I-OnAir, okuyibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe ne-SITA kanye ne-Airbus ehlinzeka ngezokuxhumana endizeni, ithe izamukele lezi zinyathelo. Le nkampani ithe lesi sinyathelo "sizoqinisekisa ukuthi abathengi base-Europe bazokwazi ukusebenzisa omakhalekhukhwini babo kanye nemishini yohlobo lweBlackBerry ngesikhathi sezindiza."
Izinkampani zezindiza ezifisa ukunikeza isevisi enjalo kuyo yonke i-EU zizodinga kuphela isicelo kwelinye lamazwe azo angamalungu. I-Air France iphakathi kwezinkampani zezindiza zaseYurophu eseziqalile ukuhlola insizakalo enjalo ezindizeni zayo. "Kudingeka isinqumo esisodwa esilawula yonke indawo yezindiza yaseYurophu ukuze le nkonzo entsha ibe khona," kusho ukhomishana wezokuxhumana we-EU uViviane Reding.
Ohlangothini lobuchwepheshe, isevisi ihlanganisa ukufaka izindiza ezinenethiwekhi yazo yamaselula. Ukuba khona kwezinsiza ezibizwa nge-Mobile Communication Services on Aircraft (MCA) kusho ukuthi ukuthunyelwa komakhalekhukhwini kudinga ukuhamba amamitha ambalwa kuphela ngaphakathi kwendlwana, okwenza ukusetshenziswa kwawo kuphephe ngokuphelele, kusho izikhulu.
Izindaba ezimbi kubagibeli wukuthi ngenxa yokuthi omakhalekhukhwini babo bazoxhumana nenethiwekhi yenkampani yezindiza kunokuba baxhumane neka-opharetha wabo, izingcingo zizokhokhiswa imali yokuzulazula efana naleyo eyenziwa uma bevakashela phesheya.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izingcingo zezindiza ngeke zibe ngaphansi kwemikhawulo ye-EU ezindlekweni zokuzulazula emhlabeni, futhi ngenxa yalokho zizoba phezulu.
Kepha izikhulu eBrussels ziphikelela ukuthi lolu hlobo lwezingcingo nokho “luzoshibhile kakhulu” kunezingcingo ezingabizi kakhulu zesathelayithi ezazinikezwa ezinye izindiza esikhathini esidlule.
Omunye umthombo omkhulu wokukhathazeka ukuphela kokuthula nokuthula ezindizeni.
Ngokwesibonelo, iLufthansa yaseJalimane ayinazo izinhlelo ezisheshayo zokuqalisa inkonzo enjalo, njengoba ucwaningo lwathola ukuthi amakhasimende ayo amaningi angaphazanyiswa abanye abagibeli abakhuluma ocingweni.
Ezinye izinkampani zezindiza zicabanga ngokukhawulela isevisi ekuthumeleni imiyalezo ngombhalo kanye nokusefa nge-inthanethi.
Izikhulu ze-EU zithe ikhomishana ngeke ilulawule lolu daba, iluthathe njengento ephusile.
Izingcingo ezingaphakathi endizeni kulindeleke ukuthi zethulwe ezinye izindiza zase-Europe emasontweni ezayo futhi zizoqhubeka nokuvinjelwa ngesikhathi sokusuka nokuhlalisa.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Izindaba ezimbi kubagibeli wukuthi ngenxa yokuthi omakhalekhukhwini babo bazoxhumana nenethiwekhi yenkampani yezindiza kunokuba baxhumane neka-opharetha wabo, izingcingo zizokhokhiswa imali yokuzulazula efana naleyo eyenziwa uma bevakashela phesheya.
- Izinyathelo ezimenyezelwe isiphathimandla se-European Union zivumelanisa izidingo zobuchwepheshe kanye nelayisensi yokusetshenziswa kwamaselula endizeni.
- The existence of the so-called Mobile Communication services on Aircraft (MCA) means mobile phone transmissions need only travel a few meters inside the cabin, making their use perfectly safe, officials said.
