"Mobile phones can be used in the tunnel of the subway", cell phone manufacturer consults for maintenance and reports

Among those who use the subway for daily commuting and schooling, although they can communicate at home, every time they enter the tunnel,Out of service areaAlthough it seems that it may be dissatisfied with sending / receiving of e-mails and downloading of contents, it may be dissatisfied that they are forcibly disconnected, but to make mobile phone makers use the mobile phone even in the tunnel of subway It was reported that you consulted the station for maintenance at its own expense.

Unfortunately it is not a story of Japan, but even in JapanTokyoYaOsakaIt is becoming a very worrisome content just as the movement realized by the subway is starting to appear.

Details are as below.
China's Huawei 'in London Underground phones bid' - Yahoo! News

Huawei to Give London Subway a Mobile Network, Sunday Times Says - Bloomberg

According to these articles, we asked the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer "Huawei" to establish a network to use mobile phones in the tunnel of London subway for the Olympics to be held in the UK in 2012 It is said that the Sunday Times reported.

Although the Sunday Times newspaper does not clarify the source of information, the consultation which Huawei said is supposed to do is to arrange the base station of the mobile phone along the ceiling of the tunnel of the subway, and the traveler contacts even in the subway It will be possible to take. It is estimated that it will cost 50 million pounds (about 6.7 billion yen) for maintenance, but Huawei is supposed to bear the cost on its own and collect maintenance costs from mobile phone companies.

Regarding this matter, the public institution "Transport for London" responsible for the transportation agency in London has said that it is beginning to take measures to develop base stations for cellular phones in the subway, but accepts whether Huawei is involved or not Is not ...

In addition, Rep. Patrick Mercer of the British Conservative Party cited the case that China is engaged in cyber attack against the UK on this matter, and Mr. Ren Zhengfei (Mr. Norimasa), who was a senior official of the People's Liberation Army of China, We are commenting on the danger of providing Huawei 's network to Sunday Times newspaper.

By the way, since this year we have started to see movement to make mobile phone available in subway tunnel in Japan,As of 2007, NTT docomo, KDDI and Softbank Mobile all showed a very passive attitudeI can not but feel the change of the times.