Cricket has entered a 10-year long deal with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to lease their wireless communications infrastructure in the Red Line and Blue Line subways, agreeing to pay $22,250 per month, as a result.
Cricket is not the first company to offer its wireless service to the passengers of Chicago’s 11.4-mile subway system — Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular are already doing so, and I guess other carriers will announce similar deals in the near future, considering the importance of the Chicago market.
For the record, the CTA installed technology in 2005 to improve its two-way radio system and subway communications options for its needs, as well as for the Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Fire Department…
[Via: Chicago Tribune]