European Commission disclosed its plans to allow airlines offer midair mobile phone calls to passengers across the European Union.

Under the new regulations, European Commission would merge cellular licensing requirements and technical standards to cover cell phones as they traverse numerous boundaries in the air.

According to the new expertise, passenger phones are to be linked to onboard cellular networks that are then linked to the ground via satellite, thereby ensuring safety also to the aircraft equipment. The new regulation would designate space on the limited radio spectrum and guarantee that the licenses granted in one member state are recognized in all 27 EU countries.

The technology will cover GSM phones functioning in the 1800 megahertz frequency band. The commission however hasn’t said anything about the charges of the new onboard facility.