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Subway Stops Set to Begin Wireless Ties In Late 2011

2010-10-05 09:43 by
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AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA signed 10-year agreements on Monday with Transit Wireless, a New York-based wireless company charged with building a wireless network in subway stations across New York City.

At least six subway stations will be wired by late 2011, and initial plans call for wireless access to be limited to the stations and their platforms—not moving trains. It will take up to five additional years to wire the rest of the subway system.

The agreements give AT&T and T-Mobile customers access to Transit Wireless' still-to-be completed underground wireless network. The carriers have the option to renew the contract four times in five-year increments.

Other carriers will have the option of joining the subterranean network as well.

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