Today, WiFi has earned on all lines of the Moscow metro
From December 2, the wireless Wi-Fi network became available on the trains of all Moscow Metro lines, the metro press service reported .
The long-suffering project, promised more than three years ago , nevertheless brought to the end.
Recall in brief the history of the project. In September 2011, Mayor Sobyanin and President Medvedev spoke in favor of introducing WiFi in the metro. The Moscow Department of Information Technologies immediately began negotiations with key operators and the metro. In 2012, the operators launched test sections of free WiFi on the ring line, and the authorities planned to hold an auction to determine the general contractor.
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However, in February 2013 it turned out that there was no one who wanted to participate in the auction. MTS, VimpelCom and MegaFon declined to participate, because “the conditions of the auction do not ensure the payback of the project”. Examination of the project documents showed that unfavorable conditions were created in advance. For example, a full advance of construction in the amount of 1.3 billion rubles. from the operator, the transfer of all installed equipment in the city property, etc.
As a result, the contest was nevertheless held ... with one participant , which was given by a certain “Maxima Telecom”, which belongs to a group of private investors. For construction, she took a loan for seven years and hired a contractor for the NVision Group, who completed all the work.
The results of the auction were announced in July 2013, and the construction of the network began on September 1, 2013. At the first stage, the free Internet appeared on the Kakhovskaya and Koltsevaya lines, but with time they connected the rest of the lines. To the credit of Maxima Telecom, she fully fulfilled her obligations and completed the project within one year.
The service is available to passengers only in cars. The data transfer rate is more than 100 Mbit / s per train.
“All 12 lines with a length of more than 325 km are equipped with free internet access, while the number of cars with access points exceeds 5,000. Thus, the project to equip the Moscow Metro with a WiFi network was completed a month earlier than the promised time, "the metro’s press release says and adds that there is no analogue to the Moscow metro network access project in the world yet:" In some cities of the world Wi-Fi there are at metro stations, but not in tunnels. ”
The long-suffering project, promised more than three years ago , nevertheless brought to the end.
Recall in brief the history of the project. In September 2011, Mayor Sobyanin and President Medvedev spoke in favor of introducing WiFi in the metro. The Moscow Department of Information Technologies immediately began negotiations with key operators and the metro. In 2012, the operators launched test sections of free WiFi on the ring line, and the authorities planned to hold an auction to determine the general contractor.
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However, in February 2013 it turned out that there was no one who wanted to participate in the auction. MTS, VimpelCom and MegaFon declined to participate, because “the conditions of the auction do not ensure the payback of the project”. Examination of the project documents showed that unfavorable conditions were created in advance. For example, a full advance of construction in the amount of 1.3 billion rubles. from the operator, the transfer of all installed equipment in the city property, etc.
As a result, the contest was nevertheless held ... with one participant , which was given by a certain “Maxima Telecom”, which belongs to a group of private investors. For construction, she took a loan for seven years and hired a contractor for the NVision Group, who completed all the work.
The results of the auction were announced in July 2013, and the construction of the network began on September 1, 2013. At the first stage, the free Internet appeared on the Kakhovskaya and Koltsevaya lines, but with time they connected the rest of the lines. To the credit of Maxima Telecom, she fully fulfilled her obligations and completed the project within one year.
The service is available to passengers only in cars. The data transfer rate is more than 100 Mbit / s per train.
“All 12 lines with a length of more than 325 km are equipped with free internet access, while the number of cars with access points exceeds 5,000. Thus, the project to equip the Moscow Metro with a WiFi network was completed a month earlier than the promised time, "the metro’s press release says and adds that there is no analogue to the Moscow metro network access project in the world yet:" In some cities of the world Wi-Fi there are at metro stations, but not in tunnels. ”
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/363749/
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