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The metropolitan government of Seoul has announced it will upgrade Wi-Fi services on the city’s subway system.

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Seoul's subway.
Seoul's subway. <span class="media-attribution">Image by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/imuttoo/230426921/in/photolist-mmZTX-m3vhd6-fRWDVm-9uHqkR-9uLR6q-pGUS1V-9uLqD7-yqtrA-9jPbBp-BWuHCJ-9DPwhQ-4kmvkP-9KZHZd-9KZKFb-9KZKmb-9KWV7T-9KV21H-9KV1G6-9KV2wF-iqj6d-7uhVcP-9uHqjX-nDqGUu-6oYntd-7umMYf-5j3Ab8-r5dkr1-7uhV8t-4uYGVn-r5q9uB-4ybcjn-4ybbZz-iqiYm-iqiPL-6ekCMM-iqiTL-2ovf2u-BMUc9F-fL2WXu-cjK7SS-iqEfn-9jPdcK-DFUjL-4vRDKX-dzgd2K-4uYHNK-bBhbSf-5UHWfV-8G1hB-9jP8xk" target="_blank" rel="external">Ian Muttoo</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/" target="_blank" rel="external">CC BY-SA 2.0</a></span>

At present, passengers can access free Wi-Fi through wireless broadband, and there have been numerous complaints that connectivity becomes slow and difficult to use during busy periods. The city plans to upgrade the system to free high-speed Wi-Fi by 2017; subway lines 4 and 8 will be the first installations. The city has also mulled installing relay devices in stations to boost Wi-Fi signals over longer distances. Read more: koreaherald.com

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