Transit Wireless begins second phase of New York rollout

Transit Wireless has begun phase two of its project with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to bring wireless service and Wi-Fi to more stations of the New York City Subway System.

Service will roll out progressively throughout phase two, starting with 11 stations in mid-town Manhattan, including Grand Central Terminal, 34th St - Herald Square and Bryant Park. Construction for the entire borough of Queens will begin rolling out in March.

Phase two will provide nearly 250 million annual riders with cellular service as well as Wi-Fi. The phase two build-out is expected to be completed by June 2014.

Transit Wireless is currently building a new, secure Base Station Hotel in Queens to house the wireless carriers’ telecommunications equipment and continues to build the high-speed underground fibre network that will bring cellular service and Wi-Fi to the Queens underground subway stations.

The company has released statistics from the 36 online stations in 2013. The Wi-Fi network served 2.6 million connections throughout the year. The network processed more than 60 terabytes of data - more information than the Hubble Space telescope has collected in two decades.