Cellphone service arrives at 6 NYC subway stations

Release Date 28 Sep, 2011 in BusinessWeek

Cellphone service arrives at 6 NYC subway stations BusinessWeek - 28 Sep, 2011 New Yorkers won't be able to go underground to escape calls from the boss much longer -- the Metropolitan Transportation Authority began launching cell phone service in its subway stations Tuesday. The new service went live in six stations in Chelsea. ...
N.Y. turns on cell service in some subway stations San Francisco Chronicle - Chris Hawley - 28 Sep, 2011 It was the one place that New Yorkers could go to get away from singing cell phones, beeping BlackBerrys and torrents of tweets. And now it's disappearing. The New York City subway turned on its first cell phone antennas Tuesday, ...
Cell service arrives in NYC holdout _ the subway San Francisco Chronicle - Chris Hawley - 28 Sep, 2011 Seth Wenig / AP Gabriel Rivera received, then replied to, a text message at a subway station in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority launched cell phone service in six of its stations in ...
	VIDEO: NY subway gets cell phone coverage BBC News - 28 Sep, 2011 New Yorkers can use their mobile phones on the subway now as the city's antiquated transport system finally enters the internet age. A pilot scheme started today at four stations in Manhattan. The plan is to extend cell phone coverage underground to ...
NYC Launches Subway Cell Phone Service NPR - Joel Rose - 28 Sep, 2011 New York City officially launches underground cell phone service at six subway stations in Manhattan Tuesday. Some New Yorkers hail the inexorable march of progress, while others lament the intrusion of annoying ringtones and banal ...
	Cellphone service now available at handful of underground subway stations; 30 ... New York Daily News - Pete Donohue - 28 Sep, 2011 Cellphone service became available in a handful of underground subway stations Tuesday morning - and 30 more stops will be wired within the next year. Riders with T-Mobile or AT&T cell accounts can chat, text or email from six stations ...
	Cell-Phone Service on the Subway New Yorker (blog) - Blake Eskin - 28 Sep, 2011 So the Metropolitan Transit Authority has outfitted four Manhattan subway stations for cell-phone service. This sort of news usually treats the wireless signal as an invasive species, like the Asian carp, and the subway as the final redoubt where New ...
AT&T, T-Mobile Launch Cell Phone Service in NY Subway Stations PC Magazine - Sara Yin, Alex Colon - 28 Sep, 2011 T-Mobile and AT&T launched wireless voice and data service in six heavily trafficked New York City subway stations and platforms on Tuesday, but not in its tunnels. Customers of both carriers will find cell phone reception in the six ...
You talkin' to me? (NY subways get wireless) CBS News - 28 Sep, 2011 A T-Mobile BlackBerry with full bars in the Chelsea ACE subway station on 14th Street in Manhattan. (Roger Cheng/CNET) The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority turned on wireless service in four subway stations in Manhattan Tuesday, ...
Cellphone service arrives at 6 NYC subway stations Forbes - 28 Sep, 2011 AP , 09.27.11, 02:17 PM EDT New Yorkers won't be able to go underground to escape calls from the boss much longer - the Metropolitan Transportation Authority began launching cell phone service in its subway stations Tuesday. The new service went live ...
	Phone service finally penetrates New York Subway AFP - Sebastian Smith - 28 Sep, 2011 NEW YORK �" New York's antiquated subway system finally entered the cell phone age Tuesday, but the surprise sight of signal bars popping up on screens didn't please all the Big Apple's harried commuters. Years after other major world cities and even US ...
Cellphones in Subways: The Dying Gasp of Civilization? New York Times (blog) - Clyde Haberman - ‎Sep 27, 2011‎ If the doomsayers are right, the city is about to go you-know-where in a handbasket. By noon on Tuesday, cellphone service will have gone underground. Clyde Haberman offers his take on the news. A trial period of indeterminate length ...
	Wired Platforms at Last. Oh No, the Boss Is Calling! New York Times - Michael M. Grynbaum - ‎Sep 25, 2011‎ A woman using her cellphone while waiting for the Q Train at the Union Square subway station. By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Perhaps no space in New York City is governed by as complex a set of social rules as the cramped subway car, that lurching human Petri ...
Nina In New York: A New Way To Ring In The Future CBS New York - Nina Pajak - 28 Sep, 2011 Gabriel Rivera received, then replied to, a text message at a subway station on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) A young professional's take on the trials and tribulations of everyday life in New York City. By Nina Pajak I have a friend, ...
Cell Phone Service Now In Four Subway Stations New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV - 28 Sep, 2011 By PIX11 NEWSROOM pix11.com For some it's the epitome of convenience, and for others it's the start of a new annoyance -- but wherever you fall, cell service is now a reality in some subway stations in New York. As of Tuesday, commuters with AT&T and ...
NYC subway stations get wireless services Telecompaper (subscription) - 28 Sep, 2011 The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has launched wireless voice and data communication capability in six subway stations. Under agreements with the MTA, T-Mobile USA and AT&T customers can use their mobile phones in the ...
	Cell service activated in six subway stations NYU Washington Square News - Amy Zhang, Tony Chau - 28 Sep, 2011 Curtailed conversations and dropped calls from entering subway stations might soon be excuses of the past. On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from AT&T, T-Mobile and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority gathered at the 14th Street ...
Mixed signals over subway cell service Metro.us - Emily Anne Epstein - 28 Sep, 2011 Riders take advantage of new wireless signals at the 14th Street and Seventh Avenue station. Straphangers are sending the MTA mixed signals about the subway's new cellphone service. “As I came up the stairs my phone started buzzing �" I was shocked! ...
Wireless Service Arrives at Six Subway Stations The Epoch Times - Zack Stieber - 28 Sep, 2011 Kirsten Mickelson (R) of San Francisco, Ben Abo (C) of New Jersey, and Amy Coren of Washington DC try out the new underground wireless service announced on Tuesday. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times) NEW YORK�"The moment many New Yorkers have ...
Cell phone reception now live in 6 NYC subway stations Examiner.com - 28 Sep, 2011 The New York City Subway System may be well over 100 years old, but it just took a bold step into the 21st century with the launching of cell phone reception in six stations (see below), all in Chelsea, the New York Post reports. ...
New Yorkers Mixed on Cell Phone Service in Subways TechNewsDaily - Samantha Murphy - 28 Sep, 2011 The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Tuesday launched cell phone and data service at certain subway stations in Manhattan, giving a few lucky riders the ability to talk on the phone ...
	AT&T, T-Mobile Customers to Get Service in New York City Subway Stations International Business Times - 28 Sep, 2011 By IBTimes Staff Reporter \| September 27, 2011 5:35 PM EDT Voice, text and data service for AT&T and T-Mobile customers has now become available at some underground New York City subway stations, the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced Tuesday. ...
Amid rise in cell phone thefts, MTA launches service on platforms amNY - Marc Beja - 28 Sep, 2011 Photo credit: Writer E. Benjamin Skinner speaks on his cell phone on the platform at 14th St. and 8th Ave. (Getty) Just a day after the NYPD warned MTA officials about a spike in cell phone thefts, the transit agency launched underground mobile service ...
	IT'S ALIVE: MTA Launches Cell Phone Service At Subway Stations Today Gothamist - James Thilman - 28 Sep, 2011 Today, the MTA, along with T-Mobile and AT&T, introduced wireless service for your mobile devices at six Manhattan subway stations. Not only will you be able to text, email, tweet, and chatter, but you'll have easier access to 911, and dispatchers will ...
Cellphone service arrives at subway platforms YourNabe.com - Philip Newman - 28 Sep, 2011 The MTA has inaugurated the first cellphone service in subway stations since the system opened more than a century ago. But phone capability applies only to subway stations �" they will not work in trains speeding through tunnels. ...
Cell Service in Subways Is Here! What Your Service Provider Has to Say About It Village Voice (blog) - Jen Doll - 28 Sep, 2011 By Rosie Gray By Rosie Gray By Ari Lipsitz By Jen Doll By Rosie Gray By Jen Doll By Rosie Gray By Tony Ortega Cell Service in Subways Is Here! What Your Service Provider Has to Say About It By Jen Doll Tue., Sep. 27 2011 at 4:45 PM Well, ...
	4G NYC Subway Face-Off: AT&T Trounces T-Mobile (Video) LAPTOP Magazine (blog) - Brian Oliver Bennett - 28 Sep, 2011 AT&T and T-Mobile just partnered with New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to roll out cellular service in multiple locations underground. We wondered just how fast we could clock data downloads from within one of NYC's crowded subway ...
Day 1: New Yorkers Torn Over Subway Platform Cell Phone Service The L Magazine - Marissa Gaines - 28 Sep, 2011 The day has finally arrived for selected cell phone service on certain Manhattan subway platforms, but not on trains, and not for every cell phone carrier. Props to AT&T and T-Mobile. To see how New Yorkers are reacting to this new development, ...
Wireless Service Begins at Six Underground Subway Stations PR Newswire (press release) - 28 Sep, 2011 NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority today launched wireless voice and data communication capability in six subway stations, allowing New York City subway riders to make and receive cell phone calls, ...
Wireless service in NYC subways unveiled Metro.us - 28 Sep, 2011 As promised the MTA unveiled wireless service in six underground subway stations today at noon. Only AT&T and T-Mobile customers can freely (obnoxiously) chat on their cell phones for now, but TransitWireless, the company which facilitated the service, ...