Internet activity in the St. Petersburg metro grew by 4.5 times

According to the operator Vodafone, the mobile Internet traffic consumed by its subscribers in the St. Petersburg metro, has more than 4.5 times. This summer, the GPRS-traffic in the St. Petersburg metro grew by more than 360% compared to the summer period last year, SMS-messages over the past summer was sent to more than 25%, the volume of voice traffic increased by 12%. According to the technical director of the North- West Branch of OJSC "MegaFon" Sergei Semenov, the results become a reality after the operator has equipped not only the station, but all the underground tunnels special radiating cable, base stations and additional amplifiers signal. As a result of the first phase, completed last fall, had access to the network, as well as the ability to communicate on a cell phone without breaking the connection in most metro tunnels. The last stage of the installation of special equipment in the St. Petersburg metro was completed in early 2012. To date, the mobile Internet from MegaFon in the subway is available almost throughout the tunnels.