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NYC: More Subway Stations To Get Cell, Wi-Fi Service


Cell phone and Wi-Fi service is headed to more subway stations in New York City.

Six stations are already wired for service and starting in July or August, 30 more stations will come online in groups of five, including Times Square, Herald Square and Columbus Circle.

AT&T and T-Mobile signed 10 year contracts to provide cell and Wi-Fi service through a network being built by Transit Wireless, which is also negotiating with other carriers.

It will cost $200 million to bring cell service to the subway, but Transit Wireless is paying for it all.

The MTA will cash in too, getting a portion of the proceeds from contracts with wireless carriers projected to amount to $3.3 million.

All underground stations are expected to be wired by 2016, but trains are not expected to have service between stations.

(Source: WCBSTV)



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