Private Contractor Will Build Wireless for NYC Subway

New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved plans by a private contractor to set up wireless access in its subway system. The contractor, Transit Wireless, will need years to complete the system and extend it from stations to tunnels. An analyst said the New York subway system won't have a substantial impact on carriers.
The nation's largest mass transit system moved one step closer to accommodating cell-phone and Wi-Fi usage for its estimated five million daily riders this week as New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) approved the plans of a private company to set up digital Relevant Products/Services access on its subway system.

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