CBS Brings Wi-Fi to Midtown Manhattan

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NEW YORK In an initiative led by CBS Corp., a bustling swath of midtown Manhattan will soon have free wireless access.

Through the wiring of billboards, Metropolitan Transit Authority displays and the offer of free routers to local businesses, the “CBS Mobile Zone” will provide free WiFi service through more than 20 city blocks extending from Times Square north to Central Park South and from Sixth Avenue west to Eighth Avenue.

Certain locations already are up, and the whole area is expected to be outfitted by month’s end, CBS said Thursday.

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