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Tubetastic times as Three and EE first to offer mobile services on London Underground from 2022

Going underground with full coverage by late 2024

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You’ll soon be able to use your phone across the London Underground network. Three and EE are the first carriers to announce their customers will be able to use phones underground just as if they were overground, but other operators will follow. Indeed, Vodafone has been in touch since we published this story to say it expects to sign up in the new year.

The connections will be 4G at first, but are also ‘5G ready’ so will be upgraded at a later stage.

Initially, you’ll be able to use your phone on platforms and in tunnels on the Elizabeth line as soon as its much-delayed opening happens (presumably) in early 2022. It won’t be long before this service is rolled out elsewhere; all stations and tunnels across the Tube network will have uninterrupted mobile coverage by the end of 2024.

Work is already underway to connect up other high traffic stations including Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road, Bank, Euston and Camden Town by the end of 2022.

The deal is between the two networks and a company called BAI Communications. The latter was awarded a 20-year deal from Transport for London (TfL) earlier in 2021 with the aim of uninterrupted coverage throughout the journey.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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