Airfone allowed passengers to make telephone calls ( later including data modem service ) in - flight .
Airfone was an air - ground radiotelephone service developed by MCI founder John D. Goeken , and operated under the names Airfone , GTE Airfone and Verizon .
GTE Airfone allowed passengers to make telephone calls ( later including data modem service ) in - flight .
Airfone was an air - ground radiotelephone service developed by MCI founder John D. Goeken , and operated under the names Airfone , GTE Airfone and Verizon .