Verizon Wireless to provide Mobile coverage in the city’s subway tunnels (Chicago)Chicago Transit Authority has secured an agreement with Verizon Wireless to offer mobile phone coverage on Chicago Undreground railway. Verizon joins U.S. Cellular in providing coverage in trains when underground.
“We are trying to move it along as quickly as we possibly can,” according to Verizon spokeswoman
The service should be up and running by the end of next month for train staff initially with a public launch expected shortly afterwards.
Aldridge Electric of Libertyville, Illinois was the contractor which originally installed the underground cellular system for the railway back in 2003. The CTA had earlier asked the network operators to club together to build a network, but was unable to secure an agreement so went out and built its own network. Capacity on this was leased to US Cellular, but they have only now secured the agreement with Verizon Wireless to rent capacity as well.
