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The six month trial will bring wi-fi connectivity to the ticket hall and both the Bakerloo and Northern line platforms.
It will be free for BT broadband customers and for mobile users with free wi-fi minutes.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson wants to see widespread mobile coverage.
The Charing Cross trial begins on 1 November.
The arrival in SA last year of the Seacom undersea cable, which has increased the amount of internet bandwidth available, would make for a double threat.
"History also shows that malicious activity increases in a country after new bandwidth is made available," [said analyst Paul Wood.]
This is the key finding of the Internet Access in South Africa 2010 study, conducted by World Wide Worx and jointly sponsored by Cisco, released this morning, Thursday, 14 Jan 2010.
The headline data shows that the Internet user base grew by 15% last year, from 4,6 million to 5,3 million, and is expected to grow at a similar rate in 2010.
