Plans to bring wireless service to another 30 subway stations have been delayed until March due to complications from super storm Sandy, officials said today.
The stations -- including Times Square, Rockefeller Center, and Columbus Circle -- were supposed to be wired for cell phones and computers by the end of this year.
Transit Wireless, the company contracted to bring the service to all of the city’s subway stations, now says it will be done by the end of the first quarter of 2013.
Underground stations already wired for cell phone and Internet include 14th and 23td Streets on 8th Avenue and 14th Street and 6th Avenue.
“A crisis such as Hurricane Sandy reemphasizes how vital telecommunications and mass transit are to our society and reaffirm our efforts to build much needed infrastructure throughout the New York City subway system, including Help Point Intercom units, which connect passengers to emergency and transit assistance,” said William Bayne Jr., CEO of Transit Wireless.
“We are working hand-in-hand with AT&T, T-Mobile, Boingo and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to minimize any delays to our construction schedule in light of the massive recovery efforts under way in the city.”
jennifer.fermino@nypost.com
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