Media Coverage
NYC Subway Promotion Offers Access To Free E-Books, E-Shorts And Excerpts Of Full-Length Books
|Author: Jane Levere|Publication: Forbes| The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transit Wireless and three New York library systems – the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Library – through mid-July are offering "Subway Library,"...
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New York Public Library Transforms Underground Train into a ‘Subway Library’
|Author: Kelly Richman-Abdou|Publisher: My Modern Met| Attention, New Yorkers! Thanks to an inspiring initiative by the New York Public Library and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), your morning commute just got a little bit better “Subway Library,” a free...
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New Yorkers can now access hundreds of books for free on the subway
|Author: Margaret Sullivan|Publisher: Mashable| Looking for something to help you pass the time on the subway? New Yorkers just got a great (and free!) new option Starting Thursday, commuters can take advantage of the Subway Library, a joint effort between the New...
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New York Today: A City Library, on the Subway
|Author: Alexandra Levine| Publisher: The New York Times| Be on the lookout for a train with 10 subway cars that have been covered in bright blue, purple, green, orange and yellow. The train — which is alternating between the E and F lines in Brooklyn, Manhattan and...
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The Inside Story on How Non-Stop Connectivity Was Delivered to Riders on the New York Subway
|Author: Luke Upton|Publication: Smart Trail World| You may be familiar with the term, ‘In a New York minute’ - it’s an imaginary unit of time that denotes the fervour and frenetic energy of the Big Apple. Or, as the famous U.S. talk show host Johnny Carson once...
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Transit Wireless Will Be Ready to Accommodate 600 MHz, FirstNet in New York City Subway System
|Author: Monica Alleven| Publisher: Fierce Wireless| Transit Wireless, the company charged with installing shared wireless infrastructure within hundreds of underground stations of the New York City subway, is preparing to not only accommodate carriers that won...
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Westell Selected by Transit Wireless to Support 2017 New York City Subway Project
|Publication: Globe News Wire| Westell Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance wireless infrastructure solutions, has been selected by Transit Wireless to provide cabinets and integration services to expand their 2017 communication infrastructure...
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NYC’s Tech Chiefs Discuss How To Build A Smart City
|Author: April Joyner| Publisher: Technical.ly Brooklyn| The city’s initiative to increase access to broadband — a topic we’ve previously covered here at Technical.ly — also figured heavily in the discussion. Perhaps the most visible piece of this initiative is the...
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Solution Provider Transit Wireless Connects Millions of NYC Subway Riders Underground
|Author: Gina Narcisi| Publisher: CRN| In fact, environmental challenges and public safety were Transit's biggest challenge, Bayne said. The provider had to use hardened equipment that could hold up against extreme temperature changes Read...
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Cellphone and Wi-Fi coverage is now available at each of New York City’s subway stations
|Publisher: Associated Press| Cellphone and Wi-Fi coverage is now being provided for commuters at each of New York City's many underground subway stations, one year ahead of schedule. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has announced that service for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile...
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47 Reasons to Love New York, Right Now, More Than Ever
|Author: Andres Kudacki| Publisher: NY Mag| Because not only is the Second Avenue subway finally, actually here (or at least four stations of it), but the next generation of subway cars will soon arrive. Read...
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Wi-Fi in underground subway stations still on track for completion, source says
|Author: Vincent Barone| Publisher: AM New York| Wi-Fi in the NYC subway: Which stations are wired The MTA is on schedule to provide Wi-Fi in all 279 of its underground subway stations by the end of the year, amNewYork has learned. As of Tuesday, more than 250...
read moreNYC Subway WiFi Project Is a New Year Wrap
|Author: Dan Jones| Publisher: Light Reading| WiFi warriors, come out to play! Transit Wireless has covered more than 230 NYC subway stations with WiFi and now says it will be done with the wireless LAN deployment by the end of the year. Transit Wireless LLC was...
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New York subway is offering free ebooks (and Wi-Fi) for your commute
|Author: John Biggs| Publisher: Tech Crunch| In an effort to highlight its upcoming launch of more in-train Wi-Fi (not to be confused with in-train cricket attacks), the New York MTA, Transit Wireless, and publishing powerhouse Penguin Random House are getting...
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You can now download free books on the subway timed to your commute
|Author: Will Pulos| Publisher: Timeout New York| For the next eight weeks, if you forget to bring a book on your morning commute then you’re not out of luck. The MTA, Transit Wireless and Penguin Random House announced a partnership today to celebrate more than 175...
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