Maxima Telecom has simplified the connection of passengers to Wi-Fi in Moscow city transport

2022: Organization of seamless connection to Wi-Fi

Maxima Telecom, a public Wi-Fi network operator and rolling stock digital service provider, and the Moscow Department of Transport have simplified connection to the MT FREE network and provided seamless Wi-Fi access for passengers when transferring to the metro. The company "Maxima Telecom" announced this on December 6, 2022.

Now Wi-Fi users in the ground transport Moscow when transferring to the metro do not need to go through a second one, authorization entering the metro train car. Also, passengers will be able to continue using the service without interrupting Internet the session when transferring from one metro line to another. In this case, the subscriber's mobile device MT FREE networks is connected to automatically. This will allow passengers to continue using free Wi-Fi as usual without taking additional action.

In addition, it became possible to connect to the MT_FREE without changing the network settings on the smartphone when you first log on to the network. Earlier, in order to connect to the network for the first time, each user needed to go to the Wi-Fi settings on the mobile device and change them. Now our new users just need to register online and use the Internet.

In 2014, on behalf of the Mayor of Moscow. Sobyanin earned free wireless Internet access using Wi-Fi technology on all lines of the Moscow metro. As of December 2022, 100% of the cars are equipped to connect to a high-speed network. Also, free Internet works on other types of urban transport. For the convenience of passengers, we have updated the Wi-Fi connection system, now you can connect even easier and faster. Trips will become more comfortable, and communication will become more accessible, "said Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the Moscow Government for Transport.

We constantly improve the quality of service and strive to make our Wi-Fi network even more convenient for users. Thanks to the work done to improve the user experience, passengers of Moscow transport will be able to connect to Wi-Fi even faster and maintain their usual lifestyle throughout the trip in the Moscow metro: watch videos, listen to music, stay connected and use the stable Internet at a comfortable speed, - said Boris Volpe, General Director of Maxima Telecom.

The Track Side Network is used as a technology for organizing radio communications inside moving trains. It provides a reliable signal in the difficult conditions of the metro infrastructure and the uninterrupted operation of service and passenger services, such as video broadcasts on screens in cars.

A single Wi-Fi MT_FREE network in Moscow is available on the MCC, MCD, buses and electric buses of main routes, trains CPPK and Aeroexpress.

2020: Plans to install an additional 430 Wi-Fi hotspots

On February 26, 2020, Maxima Telecom announced that in 2020 it will additionally install 430 access points to free Wi-Fi on trains of Moscow central diameters. In addition, 1.2 thousand screens with online television broadcasting will appear in the compositions.

{{quote 'author = said the head of the Directorate of the MCD of the Moscow Department of Transport Andrei Akimov ' A large single Wi-Fi space on public transport has been created in Moscow. High-speed free internet has long been available to metro and ground public transport passengers. At the launch of the Moscow central diameters, wireless Wi-Fi also became a mandatory standard for passenger infrastructure. As of February 26, 2020, almost 250 access points to free Wi-Fi have been installed on 39 Oriole trains that run on MTsD-1 and MTsD-2, }}

All digital services for MCD trains are installed in wagons directly on the conveyor of the car-building plant. This is the first practice in Russia to equip trains with Wi-Fi equipment and screens at the stage of assembly of the train. The installation of digital services at factories is the basis for the digitalization of Russian transport, we will continue this practice in 2020, noted Ilya Cherkasov, director of the infrastructure business "Maxima Telecom"

Since the launch of traffic along the Moscow central diameters in MCD trains, passengers have connected to free Wi-Fi 702 thousand times. The number of connections to the MT FREE network in electric trains running along the MCD has grown 2.8 times in two months.

For two months of operation of diameters, Wi-Fi at the MCD was more often used by men aged 25 to 34 years. At the same time, twice as many devices were registered on the network Android (68%) as on (iOS 32%).

To connect to free Wi-Fi in Moscow transport, you need to go through identification once using your phone number or through the Public services portal. Users who have already been authenticated on MT_FREE networks do not need to go through again.