The New York City Subway will soon finally get full mobile coverage in tunnels

Passengers on the New York Subway will be able to make calls and access the Internet on their smartphones as part of a $600 million project to bring mobile phone coverage to the entire network with ten years. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has signed a deal with Transit Wireless to connect all 418 miles of tunnels and 281 underground subway stations, claiming the project will result in more than $1 billion in benefit over the lifetime of the contract. Wi-Fi is already available at subterranean and above-ground stations, but the L Train tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan received full cellular coverage in 2020.

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