Circle · Datacenter Dynamics
Boldyn was unable to show the tour down the tunnel, for obvious reasons
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Although the job of connecting the tunnels with the cables is complete, Boldyn still has to add high-power radios in the stations.
Key facts
- New York’s Subway “operates 24/7, but they've got bigger tunnels,” says Nick Hudson, UK&the reporter CEO at Boldyn Networks
- In 2021, Boldyn was awarded a 20-year contract by TfL to provide high-speed, 5G-ready mobile coverage across the entire London Underground network
- At Battersea station, there are 16 radios front of house and 67 back of house
- We're doing similar work in New York on the MTA subway, San Francisco for the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), and also in Rome,” he says
Summary
Limited mobile coverage is a headache that London commuters are all too familiar with. Poor signal is par for the course even above ground in the UK capital, and for those who use the London Underground, the city’s subway system, connectivity has always been nonexistent. Now the Tube is getting a 5G network, and the task of bringing it to life has been handed to neutral host provider Boldyn Networks, formerly BAI Communications. In 2021, Boldyn was awarded a 20-year contract by TfL to provide high-speed, 5G-ready mobile coverage across the entire London Underground network. The UK’s three mobile networks, EE, Virgin Media O2, and VodafoneThree have provided their own network coverage on top of the network hosted by Boldyn, and are sharing the infrastructure to allow customers to surf the web on the tube.