Subway Line 10: Now With Mobile Signals
Who This Is For: Line 10 people dying to use their mobile phones while on the move
It looks like the impasse between the Beijing Subway and the Chinese mobile telcos have finally given way. “In the name of the Olympics”, we are made to believe by the Subway company, mobile telephony services have been switched on for users of both networks, after Portable Handset services were switched on sometime ago.
This is good news for China Mobile and China Unicom people: it means that you are now free to chat, text, yak, and even tweet underground. Horray!
News of this impressive breakthrough first came by means of two Beijing Twitter-ers: @chinabuzz and @flypig. Your Beijingologist (@DavidFeng) will be giving the Subway network a good tryout tomorrow morning to see if there are indeed any permanent signals.
For the moment, though, it’s probably time to get ready for your arrival at a now mobile-enabled Line 10 station!
Technorati Tags: Beijingology, Beijing transit, Beijing Subway, Line 10
Sources: Local
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