Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Mobiles sound on the Underground

From: Marcelrf <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:24:48 -0500

Mobiles sound on the Underground
Monday, 1 March, 2004, 18:17 GMT
BBC

People travelling on London's
Tube network may be able to
talk on their mobile phones
even when deep underground
by the end of the year.

BBC London has learned that
London Underground (LU) has
been in negotiation with the four
main mobile phone companies.

It means a new series of
underground transmitters will be
installed in stations and potentially in tunnels.

The technology is already in use on the Tyne and Wear Metro system.
BBC London's transport correspondent Andrew Winstanley said the system
would have to be fully tested in London's far more extensive network.

The Tyne and Wear Metro has only four miles of tunnels whereas London's
Tube has 130 miles of tunnels.
Travellers 'in favour'

But Metro engineers are said not to foresee too many problems and it has
worked well in Newcastle.
LU's Richard Squire told BBC London: "So many people have got mobile
phones, we feel from a customer services point of view we're going to
have to do this."

LU has conducted a series of surveys among its passengers and most have
welcomed the system as long as people were sensible and respected the
space and privacy of other travellers.

The system could also make money for LU because Orange, O2, T-Mobile and
Vodafone would have to rent the space the equipment occupies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3523479.stm
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