Cellphone service for six NYC subway stations

Release Date 24 Sep, 2011 in CBS News

 
   

Cellphone service for six NYC subway stations

CBS News - 24 Sep, 2011
NEW YORK - The long-delayed project to wire New York City subway stations for mobile phone service is finally bearing fruit. A person close to the matter said six stations will go live with the service on Tuesday. The person speaking Friday on ...

Cell phone service comes to some NYC subway stations

CNET - Roger Cheng - 24 Sep, 2011
New Yorkers will finally be able to use their cell phones in subway stations--as long as their commute takes them through one neighborhood in Manhattan. The 6 line in New York, one of the train lines that still won't get cellular service. ...

Manhattan Subway Riders: Can You Hear Me Now?

NPR - 24 Sep, 2011
Next week, some New York City subway riders will be able to chat on their cell phones while waiting for a train. Transportation officials are rolling out that service in several stations in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. ...

Cellphone service coming to 6 NYC subway stations

Forbes - Peter Svensson - 24 Sep, 2011
The long-delayed project to wire New York City subway stations for cellphone service is finally bearing fruit. A person close to the matter says six stations will go live with the service on Tuesday. ...

New York Subways To Start Cellphone Service In 6 Stations

Huffington Post - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
New York subways are about to receive a whole new dose of chatter, as six stations will be equipped with cell phone service by Tuesday next week. If you're one of those with an insatiable addiction to their phones, rejoice! For the rest of us, ...

Cellphone Service Coming to the Subway

New York Times (blog) - Michael M. Grynbaum - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
Daniel Barry for The New York TimesPassengers trying to use cellphones at Atlantic Avenue station in Brooklyn in 2007 during a service snarl. Starting Tuesday, in Chelsea, the phones will work. It may be that no technological ...

Six Subway Stations Soon Will Be Dialed In

Wall Street Journal - Andrew Grossman - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
Cellular phone service will be available for the first time at six subway stops in Greenwich Village and Chelsea starting on Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter said. Service at the stations is the first tangible sign of ...

MTA launching wireless service in six stations in NYC subway system

New York Daily News - Matthew Lysiak, Pete Donohue - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
Straphangers will soon be able to use cell phones in six underground subway stations in Manhattan - the first of many subterranean stops that will be rigged for service, the Daily News has learned. ...

New York's MTA to Test Phone Service in Six Subway Stations

BusinessWeek - Andrea Riquier, Esmé E. Deprez - ‎Sep 22, 2011‎
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- A New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority program that will offer mobile-phone service at subway stations will be tested in six locations starting Sept. 27, an agency official said. ...

What Did Crowded NY Subway Stations Need? Phone Calls!

Minyanville.com - Mike Schuster - 24 Sep, 2011
You're waiting for the C train at 23rd and Eighth. You're shoulder-to-shoulder in a rush hour crowd. It's almost October, and yet, the station is sweltering. Just as you try to drown out the outside world ...

Cell service coming to NYC subways

Examiner.com - 24 Sep, 2011
Starting next Tuesday, six subway stations throughout Manhattan will have Wi-Fi and cellphone service. The four stations will be equipped with service as a part of a pilot program launched by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). ...

Cell Phones in Subway Will Expand to Brooklyn

Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn Eagle - 24 Sep, 2011
NEW YORK – The recently announced trial program to introduce cell phones to underground subway stations will be expanded to include all stations throughout the boroughs – ...

Hey New Yorkers, brace yourselves for the subway cellphone madness this Tuesday

Examiner.com - 24 Sep, 2011
Starting Tuesday September 27, T-Mobile and AT&T customers will be able to make cellphone calls in several subway stations across the city according to MTA officials. Tuesday morning New Yorkers will awaken to the wonderful sounds of New York city's ...

Cell Service Finally Hitting NYC Subways Six Stations Get Cell Service on Tuesday

Dslreports - Karl Bode - 24 Sep, 2011
Getting wireless service into the NYC subway system has been a rather slow and clunky affair. The network was projected to cost $150 million to $200 million to get all 277 stations wired ...

Use Your iPhone 5 on NY Subway, MTA Releases Details of Pilot Program

Christian Post - Fionna Agomuoh, Christian Post - 24 Sep, 2011
As of September 27, AT&T and T-Mobile customers will be able to use their phones to make calls on the subway platforms of various train lines in Manhattan. A MTA Official has confirmed with The Christian Post ...

Subway Cell Phone Service Excites Some Straphangers

DNAinfo - Tuan Nguyen - 24 Sep, 2011
New York's straphangers are excited with the possibility to use cellphones in Manhattan's subway stations. The service will be available next week. (DNAinfo/Tuan Nguyen) DOWNTOWN â€" Straphangers will be able to use their cell phones on a handful of ...

Cell Service Comes To NYC Subways… Sort Of

Gotta Be Mobile - 24 Sep, 2011
Yesterday the New York Times delivered a bit of good news for once: cell service is finally coming to NYC's subways. Well, one subway line. Well, just four stations. But it's a start, right? This has been years in the making, and as a daily subway ...

Hey, I'm Talkin' Here: New York Subway Succumbs To Cell Phones

paidContent.org - 24 Sep, 2011
It's a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective, but the New York City subway system is set to turn on cell phone service in a few Manhattan stations in a concession to modernity. Slowly but surely mobile technology is finding its way into ...

New York City subways to get cell service starting Tuesday

VentureBeat - Jolie O'Dell - 24 Sep, 2011
Early next week, Manhattanites will start seeing more reception bars on their smartphones while underground, thanks to a pilot program from AT&T and T-Mobile. The rollout will begin in six stations starting Tuesday, Sept. 27, with cell service coming ...

Subway Platforms Soon to Have Cell Phone Service

AllMediaNY - 24 Sep, 2011
Four subway platforms on the west side of Manhattan will now receive cell phone service. On Tuesday, AT&T and T-Mobile customers would be able to chat or text if they are waiting for the C or E trains at 23rd Street, the A, C, E, or L at 14th Street, ...

Actually, Some Subway Station Cell Service Is Already Active

Gothamist - Garth Johnston - 24 Sep, 2011
These people are not actually using their cell service on the L...but soon enough! (johnnieutah's flickr) The future is now! Though yesterday it was announced that the pilot program to bring cellphone service to underground subway platforms on the 14th ...

Cell Phone Service Coming to MTA Subways

Patch.com - Zawadi Morris - 24 Sep, 2011
Beginning Tuesday, cell phone and WiFi service will be available in six subway stations in Manhattan, according to the NY Daily News. The new service will be launched next week, as a part of a pilot program. However, don't expect to ...

Select NYC subway stations getting cell phone service next week

IntoMobile - Marc Flores - 24 Sep, 2011
Starting next week, a handful of New York City subway stations will have cell phone service for AT&T and T-Mobile users. There has been plenty of talk about getting wireless service in the city's subway stations, but it seemed like a pipe dream. ...

Cell Phone Service Coming To 4 NYC Subway Stations

New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV - Kerry Drew - 24 Sep, 2011
After years of talks, subway riders at some New York City underground stops will soon have cell phone service. The MTA has a deal with a company called Transit Wireless to provide cell and data service on underground subway ...

Cell Phone Service Coming to New York City Subway System

CheapOair (blog) - 24 Sep, 2011
by Michael H. Though it's one of the oldest and most complex transit systems in the world, the NYC subway is often scoffed at by visitors arriving on flights to New York City for lagging behind its European counterparts. However, it's been a good week ...

Cellphone Service Finally Comes to New York City's Subways

Mashable - Todd Wasserman - 24 Sep, 2011
Six of New York City's subway stations will offer cellular service starting next week, marking a significant turning point in the effort to wire all of the city's underground rail system stops. AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers will be able to access those ...

NYC Subways to Debut Cellphone Service Underground In Select Spots

Complex.com (blog) - Devin Chanda - 24 Sep, 2011
AT&T and T-Mobile have now made it easier to avoid eye contact with that creepy person on the subway, unveiling a trial program that would allow customers cellphone service in select subway stations ...

New York Subways to Get Cell Phone Service

Joonbug.com - Mallory Soto - 24 Sep, 2011
The moment every New Yorker has been either anticipating or dreading has arrived: cell phone service may slowly make its way into the subway system starting next week. AT&T and T-Mobile customers will have reception on their phones at four stations in ...

Report: Cellular Service About to Hit New York City Subway

LAPTOP Magazine (blog) - Brian Oliver Bennett - 24 Sep, 2011
New York straphangersâ€"your dream, or possibly nightmare, of cell service in the subway could become reality very soon. Reportedly the MTA will roll out wireless coverage for phones in six of the city's subway platforms next week. ...

Cell Phone Service Coming To Some Subway Platforms Next Week

CBS New York - Alex Silverman - 24 Sep, 2011
NEW YORK (AP/WCBS 880) - Call it the last frontier for the loud cell phone talkers among us. The long-delayed project to wire New York City subway stations for cell phone service is finally bearing fruit. A person close to the matter says six stations ...

 

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