New York City’s 277 subway stations will get wireless and cellular phone access over the next several years courtesy of Transit Wireless, a group of companies anchored by new partner Broadcast Australia, which built a similar system for Hong Kong. They’ll charge phone networks to use their networks, but there’s no word on what kind of WiFi service they’ll offer. Gothamist notes that you’ll probably get reception in most tunnels between stations. Transit Wireless estimates the project will cost $200 million to complete, not including the $46 million that New York’s transit authorities will receive under the deal. Read more from the Atlantic.
NY Subway to Get WiFi, Cell Access
