Media Coverage
STRENGTHENING RAIL THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
|Author: Maile Bucher | Publication: Mass Transit Magazine| Public-private partnerships (P3’s) are an asset to public transportation agencies. One of the most beneficial aspects is the ability for agencies to shift certain financial and construction risks to private...
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Engineering against all odds, or how NYC’s subway will get wireless in the tunnels
|Author: Danny Crichton| Publication: TechCrunch| While the costs and time required to build out the network were significant, Transit Wireless believes that the infrastructure it has built will stand the test of time. It designed the system to be “future-proof” by...
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Transit Wireless: Straphangers made more than 280 million subway calls in 2017
|Author: Paula Katinas | Publication: Brooklyn Daily Eagle| Subway riders hate having to wait a long time for their trains on their way to work in the morning, but there’s at least one part of the transit system that they love. Straphangers are quite happy with the...
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5 reasons NYC parents should celebrate Transit Wireless Wi-Fi’s first birthday
|Author: Danielle Valente | Publication: Time Out| Well, 2017 wasn’t a total bust. It was the year NYC welcomed its underground wireless service, and commuters everywhere revelled in the World Wide Web’s glory while in transit. It’s officially been one year since this...
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Here’s what New Yorkers did with their first year of underground Wi-Fi
|Author: Nikki M. Mascali | Publication: Metro US| It’s been a year since underground wireless launched in New York City, and residents and tourists alike haven’t looked back or, apparently, up from their devices since. In 2017, there were more than 280 million...
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Headliner: Billy D’Arcy, Chief Executive Officer of BAI Communications UK
|Author: Luke Upton | Publication: Smart Rail World| One company has however solved [the lack of connectivity on-the-go] problem for the citizens of New York, Hong Kong and Toronto – where riders on those cities metro networks can remain connected throughout their...
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New Connectivity for New Yorkers
|Publication: Mass Transit Mag| Bringing wireless connectivity to one of the busiest transit systems in North America isn’t just a case of turning up and plugging in hardware. Daniel Faurlin, director of solutions marketing at Alcatel Lucent Enterprise explains what...
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On New York Subway Platforms, Riders Find A SOLiD Cellular Connection
|Author: Travis Gonzales|Publication: Bisnow| This past June, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York, Transit Wireless and three New York City public libraries unveiled a free e-book program for subway riders. The initiative is a celebration of the...
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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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