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Posted by Winston
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Sunday, 03 April 2011 21:58 |
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I guess the people who run the London Underground didn't realise how much it would actually cost ... plus the UK government has been cutting spending across the board because ot its austerity plans.
"Plans to offer mobile phone coverage on the London Underground have been derailed because of high costs. Talks between Chinese telecoms provider Huawei and the UK's operators have broken down.
They had agreed to examine the idea of getting coverage on the tube in time for the London 2012 Olympics. But putting antennas throughout the Tube's antiquated network have proved too costly."
Source: BBC
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