Get Ready NYC…Wireless Signals Coming To NYC Subway

Back in May we reported from the MTA Unconference regarding MTA Chief Jay Walder’s comments around when cell signals would be available in the subway underground. It looks like major progress has been made towards allowing you to make and receive calls and to play Zynga games on the subway.

NY Daily News transit reporter Pete Donohue reports that the MTA has finally given the go-ahead to Transit Wireless to begin outfitting all 277 underground stations with wireless connections.

The signals will be available on the mezzanines and on the track platforms but will most likely not work in the tunnels between stations. Naturally we will have to wait until the work is completed and live before testing how far into the tunnels the signals will work.

Donohue notes that cell phone carriers (e.g. Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) will pay Transit Wireless to allow customers to use the lines. Transit Wireless will share half of the revenue with the MTA.

So get ready NYC…not only will you be able to hear every possible type of music while waiting to jam your body into a southbound 6, now you will also be able to hear conversations of all types and in all languages.

It sure does appear that tech projects are moving faster than ever since Walder took over as the head of the MTA.