Liu expressed concern that all financing was not already in place. Page said, “We would be back to the drawing board,” but added, “That risk was worth taking.” He said that while completing the initial two-year phase of work, Transit Wireless will seek to make agreements with phone service providers that already exist in New York.
had selected it over other companies because it offered the best revenues to the authority and because it was willing to wire all the stations in Transit Wireless is a new company, but Mr. Still awaiting a formal notice to proceed, which depends in part on the company demonstrating that it has sufficient financing.
Although Transit Wireless has entered into a service agreement with the M.T.A., it is Page closely about some aspects of the plan. Liu, the chairman of the Transportation Committee, questioned Mr. “We are very excited at the overall potential that this initiative holds.”Ĭouncilman John C. “Clearly, there’s much to be gained with the addition of underground subway wireless network service,” Mr. The 23rd Street C and E station the 14th Street F station and L train stations at Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue. The plan calls for Transit Wireless to complete an initial phase of work within two years, which would complete a wireless network inside six stations: the 14th Street A, C, E station the 14th Street 1, 2, 3 station The agreement gives Transit Wireless two five-year with revenues up to $12 million to $15 million per year. He said that the figureĬould be higher depending on whether WiFi wiring is added, and that high-end estimates could provide the M.T.A. estimates that it will receive a minimum revenue of $46.8 million over the 10 years. Transit Wireless is planning to wire all 277 stations in the subway system, and Mr.
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Jerome Page, the deputy general counsel for the M.T.A., read a statement, then answered questions from members of the Committee on Transportation and the Committee on Technology in Government about some aspects of aġ0-year license agreement entered into last month by the authority and Transit Wireless LLC. So that commuters will be able to use mobile telephones underground.
At a sparsely attended hearing at City Hall this morning, representatives from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority appeared before members of two City Council committees to discuss plans to wire subway stations