BAI finishing infrastructure build with TTC
TORONTO – BAI Canada and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) have turned on their expanded underground wireless network and Freedom Mobile customers will be the first to benefit from full connectivity, the three organizations announced this morning.
BAI Canada has completed its wireless network installation in all subway platforms and is continuing its work to expand cellular service to subway tunnels, too (pictured is an anrenna in the Queen St. station).
Thanks to a long standing agreement which dates back to Freedom Mobile’s former owners, (and when it was branded Wind), customers who ride the TTC are now able to use their cellular LTE services at all 75 TTC subway stations, including the Line 1 extension’s six brand new stations and nine kilometres of underground tunnel when it opens to the public this Sunday, December 17.
This adds to the cellular connectivity already available to Freedom customers in the downtown loop of the TTC’s Line 1 between the Bloor/Yonge station and King station, says the companies’ press release.
While the underground wireless infrastructure is in place for all cellular carriers to join whenever they choose to, Freedom Mobile was the first to do so in 2015 and continues to be the only mobile carrier to provide wireless service in Toronto subway stations.
BAI remains on schedule to complete the installation of cellular connectivity in the downtown loop tunnel from Bloor/Yonge all the way down to Union and back up to St. George station by the end of summer 2018, added the release.
“Today marks another exciting milestone with the expansion of cellular service across the new Line 1 extension and free Wi-Fi and cell connectivity available at all 75 stations. This step demonstrates our ongoing commitment to enhancing the customer experience and modernizing the entire system. We look forward to continuing to partner with BAI and Freedom Mobile to keep our customers connected during their commute,” said Josh Colle, TTC chair, in the release.
“Our customers are the first to have cellular service at all TTC subway stations to stay connected with friends, families and colleagues throughout their day. With all subway stations now online, we continue to work with the TTC and BAI Canada to expand our in-tunnel cellular network in 2018 to ensure our customers stay connected while in transit,” added Paul McAleese, Freedom’s COO, in the release.
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