The company rolling out mobile phone coverage on the London Underground has signed its first two commercial contracts, with Three and EE. Although Wi-Fi coverage is available in the stations for all networks except Vodafone, and mobile coverage is available on all networks along the length of the Jubilee line extension, that was a pilot installation carried out by London Underground to test the service.Earlier this year, a 20-year commercial contract was signed with BAI Communications to extend that to the rest of the London Underground, and they need to sign new contracts with the mobile networks to provide phone services in the extended network.
Installation work at some of London’s busiest stations, including Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road, Bank, Euston and Camden Town is currently underway for launch later in 2022.
They’ve now signed up Three and EE as their first customers. That leaves Vodafone and O2 to sign up, and in a related statement this morning, Vodafone said that “negotiations have progressed well, and we expect to sign up with BAI next month”.
