Sunday December 31, 2006

New York City Cabs to Map Out Cell-Phone Dead Zones

In an attempt to put an end to dead zones in NYC, Ericsson is going to enlist the local taxi service to assist in mapping out low signal areas.

Because taxis in New York are on the road all day and all night, and ostensibly travel into every corner of the city, company executives said they are a cheap way of covering vast amounts of territory with limited effort.