{"id":19070,"date":"2019-07-19T12:28:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T11:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=19070"},"modified":"2019-07-19T12:28:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T11:28:54","slug":"tfl-4g-mobile-to-cover-whole-of-london-underground-by-mid-2020s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/07\/tfl-4g-mobile-to-cover-whole-of-london-underground-by-mid-2020s.html","title":{"rendered":"Tfl &#8211; 4G Mobile to Cover Entire London Underground by mid-2020s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After several trials <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfl.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transport for London<\/a> (TfL) has today announced that they will make <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-116 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"4g\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_mobile.php\">4G<\/a> mobile (mobile broadband) services available across the whole of their London Underground (tube trains) network by the &#8220;<em>mid-2020s<\/em>&#8220;, starting with the eastern half of the Jubilee line from March 2020 (tunnels and stations).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2017 we reported on a number of related 4G trials (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/11\/successful-trial-sees-tfl-prep-4g-mobile-cover-london-tube-2019.html\">here<\/a>), which took place in tube tunnels on the Waterloo and City Lines and involved all four of the primary mobile network operators (<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"vodafone\">Vodafone<\/a>, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-43\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"ee home broadband\">EE<\/a>, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"o2\">O2<\/a>, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-80\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"three uk\">Three UK<\/a>). At the time TfL said they would tender for a service provider that could deploy it across their entire Tube network from 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today and TfL has announced that another &#8220;<em>trial<\/em>&#8221; will take place to cover the platforms and tunnels between Westminster and Canning Town. The service will also cover ticket halls and corridors within stations along this section of the Jubilee line, with the exception of London Bridge and Waterloo stations which, subject to final approvals, will be added later during 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The new network (supporting 2G, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-115 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"3g\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_mobile.php\">3G<\/a> and 4G technology) is expected to build on the existing free <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-124 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"wifi\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_wireless.php\">WiFi<\/a> service (operated by UK cable broadband ISP <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-65\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"virgin media\">Virgin Media<\/a>) that TfL offers both within more than 260 <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-124 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"wifi\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_wireless.php\">WiFi<\/a>-enabled London Underground stations and on TfL Rail services.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the initial rollout will &#8220;<em>shortly<\/em>&#8221; be followed by the next stage of procurement for a primary supplier, which then aims to make 4G services &#8220;<em>available across the rest of the network<\/em>&#8221; by the mid-2020s. TfL has already been busy preparing for all of this by installing hundreds of miles of new fibre optic cabling across their network.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Shashi Verma, Chief Technology Officer at TfL, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The London Underground network is an incredibly challenging environment in which to deliver technological improvements, but we are now well on the path to delivering mobile connectivity within our stations and tunnels. We have begun the complex work to allow our customers to be able to get phone reception within our tunnels from March 2020, with more stations and lines coming online during the coming years.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m delighted that we will be introducing mobile connectivity to the London Underground from next March. This is a really important step for the millions of people who use the Tube each year.<\/p>\n<p>Introducing 4G and, in the future, 5G will help Londoners and visitors keep in touch and get the latest travel information while on the go. London is the best place to live, visit and work &#8211; and projects like this will help make it even better.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Delivering mobile connectivity within the London Underground network, which is one of the world&#8217;s largest and gets used by more than 5 million passengers a day, is going to be extremely challenging. Once fully delivered, more than 2,000 kilometres of cabling are expected to have been installed within tunnels and stations, all of which will need to be fitted outside of operational hours (space is very limited and this tends to hinder such work).<\/p>\n<p>TfL claims to have already shortlisted four bidders who will be invited to tender for the concession and if all goes to plan then the final contract could be awarded by next Summer 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several trials Transport for London (TfL) has today announced that they will make 4G mobile (mobile broadband) services available across the whole of their London Underground (tube trains) network by the &#8220;mid-2020s&#8220;, starting with the eastern half of the Jubilee line from March 2020 (tunnels and stations).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,60,78,476],"class_list":["post-19070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-4g","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-trains","tag-wifi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tfl - 4G Mobile to Cover Entire London Underground by mid-2020s - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After several trials Transport for London (TfL) has today announced that they will make 4G mobile (mobile broadband) services available across the whole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/07\/tfl-4g-mobile-to-cover-whole-of-london-underground-by-mid-2020s.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tfl - 4G Mobile to Cover Entire London Underground by mid-2020s - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After several trials Transport for London (TfL) has today announced that they will make 4G mobile (mobile broadband) services available across the whole\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/07\/tfl-4g-mobile-to-cover-whole-of-london-underground-by-mid-2020s.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-19T11:28:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-19T11:28:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/tfl-4g-mobile-to-cover-whole-of-london-underground-by-mid-2020s.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/tfl-4g-mobile-to-cover-whole-of-london-underground-by-mid-2020s.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"Tfl &#8211; 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