Sprint Nextel service now available in 20 busiest stations of the Washington D.C. metro system

Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel customers can now use their mobile phones in the 20 busiest underground stations in the Washington, D.C. Metro system. As a result, those living in the capital of the United States can use their phone while commuting, at least in select stations: Ballston, Bethesda, Columbia Heights, Crystal City, Dupont Circle, Farragut North, Farragut West, Federal Triangle SW, Foggy Bottom-GWU, Friendship Heights, Gallery Place-Chinatown, Judiciary Square, L’Enfant Plaza, McPherson Square, Metro Center, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Rosslyn, Smithsonian and Union Station.

The carrier expects to offer service in the Metro’s remaining underground stations by the fall of 2010. Service should be available in 50% of the Metro system’s tunnels by the fall of 2011, with complete coverage expected to be established in all the tunnels by the fall of 2012.