The service will first be introduced in station concourses and on platforms this summer. Wu Liang-tai, the company’s executive vice-president for emerging technology, said putting it in trains for access on the go was the next step.

A third-generation (3G) mobile-phone network allows users to connect to the internet on the move at speeds of 3.6 megabits per second.

Wi-fi (wireless fidelity) gives users online access at 54 megabits per second, fast enough to watch videos on the internet. It costs HK$20 a day for unlimited access.

On trains, it would work with receivers at each end of the train picking up a 3.5G signal from transmitters in the tunnel.

The Wi-fi network will give users access to the internet through Wi-fi-compatible devices such as laptop computers and mobile phones.

“Wi-fi is much cheaper than 3G for internet access, so we can deliver our content to users when they are on MTR trains,” Dr Wu said on the sidelines of a telecoms conference in Beijing.

Mobile operators charge about HK$100 per month for 10 megabytes of 3G use.

via. SCMP

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