“Previously, with a help of MTS, we tried to figure out whether underground passengers need Wi-Fi in a tube, interviewing them on a Moscow tube’s belt line (all three major providers had their separate experiment zones in other underground lines – INTERFAX), Yermolaev said. “This experiment has shown, there is a need for Wi-Fi, and right now we’re working out a model of providing an access to Internet throughout the tube.”

Right now, according to Yermolaev, a contest on choosing a contractor is being prepared. Its aim is to organize a Wi-Fi access in subway coaches, modernize a cable network and a subway’s corporate network. The contest preparation is at the level of working out a technical task.

Yermolaev also reported that a winner will get a discount on underground cable laying. Meanwhile, he noted that the main task is to provide a non-discriminatory access of other operators to future infrastructure. It means, their subscribers will be able to use the web. Yermolaev believes, Moscow Metro may become a guarantor of a non-discriminatory access to Internet.

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