GENEVA - Civil aviation interests are pressing for more influence in coordinating mobile satellite networks that carry certain aeronautical telecom traffic, sources said. Mobile satellite interests and some countries oppose a new mechanism, while other countries appear to support it, a satellite executive said.

Support is growing in Congress to pass legislation to ban texting while driving. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is said to be planning a bill to that effect, possibly to be released Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the effort. The committee has rescheduled a hearing that was planned Wednesday on the matter to Oct. 28, the committee said Tuesday. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski are scheduled to testify.