Media Coverage
Transit Wireless Set To Finish NYC Subway WiFi Installations in 2016
New York City Wired June 30, 2016 Transit Wireless announced that its project to install WiFi in all 277 subway stations across New York City, will be completed by the end of 2016. The communications company recently announced that they will be moving their corporate...
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Connect Underground: The Best Wi-Fi in the Subway
NewYork.com May 18, 2016 The year 2016 kicked off with an ambitious plan announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo to bring New York’s subway system “into the 21st century” by outfitting all 278 underground stations with Wi-Fi by the end of this year. Transit...
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So You Want to Ride the NYC Subway for Free for Almost 2 Months? We Got You Covered
SpoiledNYC May 3, 2016 This city, for many reasons, totally sucks. Whether it’s finding a place where you can actually afford to live, finding a place where you won’t eventually get priced out, or even the means to get from Point A to Point B, New York City is...
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5 Things To Know Today
RCR Wireless January 11, 2016 The state of New York is turning up the heat on Transit Wireless, the company that is connecting the world’s largest subway system. Governor Andrew Cuomo now wants WiFi in each of the subway’s 278 stations this year; the original deadline...
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Wi-Fi, Cell Service: Big Changes Coming To NYC Subway
AP January 8, 2016 Dropped calls, lost connections and sputtering phone batteries will soon be a thing of the past on the New York subway system, thanks to efforts to bring the nation's busiest transit system into the 21st century. Wi-Fi service will be...
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The entire New York City subway system will have Wi-Fi by the end of 2016
The Verge JANUARY 8, 2016 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to bring the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the world’s largest subway system, “into the 21st century,” including mobile payments, USB charging stations, and W-Fi for all 278...
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NYC Transit 2016: Where Subway Wi-Fi Is Coming, New Citi Bike Stations
amNew York December 29 2015 Overcrowding on the subways is likely to worsen in 2016, but New Yorkers can look forward to speedier bus service, Wi-Fi at stations and fewer shutdowns on the No. 7 line. The big question, though, is whether the Second Avenue...
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T-Mobile Expands 700MHz Coverage in NYC
PC Magazine December 15, 2015 T-Mobile officially launched its low-band, 700MHz LTE network in New York, Cincinnatti, and Seattle today. This makes 246 metro areas where the carrier has turned on the 700MHz network, and obviously we haven't reported on all of...
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Free Wi-Fi Comes to MTA’s Lexington Avenue Stations
Manhattan Express December 8, 2015 The packed sardines who have to put up with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Lexington Avenue subway line now at least have access to free Wi-Fi in the Upper East Side underground stations. Transit Wireless, the...
read moreCampaign Encourages Women Engineers
Queens Tribune September 10, 2015 Transit Wireless is backing a campaign that proves that women can be great engineers in the male-dominated industry. The campaign is #ILookLikeAnEngineer, and with only 13 percent of engineers in the United States being women...
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Why It’s So Damn Hard to Put Internet in the Subway
Popular Mechanics August 21, 2015 Subway Wi-Fi is a modern-day miracle. Over the last few decades the internet has moved from dial-up to high-speed, cables to wireless, and now it's moving into the sky and underground. Today most major cities with subway...
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Verizon expands cellular and Wi-Fi in NYC subways
RCR Wireless August 12, 2015 Part of four-carrier plan to connect all 278 Metropolitan Transit Authority underground stations Verizon Wireless will continue to expand its underground network in phases four and five of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s plan...
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Well-Played, NYC: 7 Reasons Why Wi-Fi Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to the Subway
Spoiled NYC June 3, 2015 Emails would file away into draft boxes without sending and you’d sometimes even get that unresolvable, sneaking suspicion that you might have just gotten on the wrong train. Losing service in on the subway platform haunts thousands of...
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Inside the Secret Basement Powering the New York Subway’s Pioneering Wireless Network
Fast Company May 19, 2015 By 2018, every underground subway station in New York will have cellular service and Wi-Fi. The gear in this secret basement will keep riders connected. For a moment, it feels like I'm being lured into a trap. Normally, when I arrive...
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Reporter’s Notebook: Feeling Naked With Wi-Fi Only
Wall Street Journal February 28, 2015 The triumphs and pitfalls of a WSJ reporter’s test to use only the Wi-Fi connection on his iPhone for a month Living a Wi-Fi only life requires a few changes in habit. Here, a recap of several days during my monthlong...
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