Mobile network deal for London Tube 'weeks' away?
source: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/communication-breakdown-10000030/mobile-network-deal-for-london...
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According to zdnet and Mobile Today, London is weeks away from making a mobile network deal for the Underground. Mobile Network says the investment is worth £150m and will use "leaky feeder technology." which was also used in the Chilean mine rescue.
"The deal, which will see operators provide both a 3G and 2G signal, entails placing signal ‘repeaters’ in each station to push the signal down the line. It will run through cables known as ‘leaky cables’.
Operators have so far agreed to roll out the service on the Jubilee and Central lines, Mobile understands."-Mobile Today http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/Mobile_Exec/Networks_seal_%C2%A3150m_tube_deal.aspx
The article quotes a source, who said the plans are for the service to be running by the Olympics. However, Mobile Today said the mobile companies did not comment on their story.
"The deal, which will see operators provide both a 3G and 2G signal, entails placing signal ‘repeaters’ in each station to push the signal down the line. It will run through cables known as ‘leaky cables’.
Operators have so far agreed to roll out the service on the Jubilee and Central lines, Mobile understands."-Mobile Today http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/Mobile_Exec/Networks_seal_%C2%A3150m_tube_deal.aspx
The article quotes a source, who said the plans are for the service to be running by the Olympics. However, Mobile Today said the mobile companies did not comment on their story.
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