You will now have cell service between stations on the 42nd Street Shuttle

This is a major step forward in modernizing our transit system, whether it's checking email, answering a phone call, people want to be able to do work on the mass transit system." MTA Chair Janno Lieber said during an official press conference. "And we also have to recognize there's a lot of people who want to play Candy Crush or continue their domestic arguments, and we have to accommodate them as well.

The effort is part of a larger project by the MTA to add 5G connectivity throughout the entire underground transportation system. They hope to wrap up the plans by 2032.

Gothamist reports that the project is part of a $600 million deal with Boldyn Network, the company that will install the system "at no cost to the MTA."

Next up: the 4 and 5 subway lines that connect Brooklyn and Manhattan through an East River tunnel. MTA construction chief Jamie Torres-Springer revealed that those upgrades will likely be completed by the middle of next year.

Read at Time Out New York