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==== Subway wireless services ==== {{Main|Toronto subway#Internet and mobile phone access}} The TTC has provided Wi-Fi through its TConnect service since 2013.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=23 December 2024 |title=Free Wi-Fi on TTC subway platforms shutting down on Friday |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-free-wifi-ending-subway-platforms-1.7417761 |work=CBC}}</ref> In August 2023, [[Rogers Communications|Rogers]] implemented 5G wireless service at all the TTC's downtown stations and within the tunnels between them.<ref name="TheStar-2023-09-11" /> In September 2023, the federal government imposed new licence conditions requiring that cellphone and data services be available on the entire subway network by the end of 2026 and that all mobile wireless carriers, including Telus and Bell, have access to it.<ref name="TheStar-2023-09-11">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/rogers-ordered-to-open-ttc-wireless-network-to-all-carriers-minister/article_4d7ac86f-fd46-51b7-9f07-6a217cea666e.html |title=Rogers ordered to open TTC wireless network to all carriers: Minister |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=September 11, 2023 }}</ref> <!--Don't mention any corporate disputes among carriers in this article as they are irrelevant. Stick to what services are provided, when they began and who provides the services.-->{{as of|2023|9}}, all downtown subway stations and some west-end stations, as well as the tunnels connecting them, have Rogers 5G wireless service. The service is available to customers of Rogers and [[Freedom Mobile]]; however, customers of other carriers (such as [[Bell Canada|Bell]] and Telus) can make 911 calls.<ref name="TheStar-2023-09-11" /> 5G wireless service is available between Bloor–Yonge and Dupont stations on Line 1, and between Castle Frank and Keele stations on Line 2.<ref name="TTC-2023-08-23">{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/news/2023/August/TTC-welcomes-subway-5G-service-and-more-stable-911-calling |title=TTC welcomes subway 5G service and more stable 9-1-1 calling, looks forward to system-wide rollout |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=August 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915211832/https://www.ttc.ca/news/2023/August/TTC-welcomes-subway-5G-service-and-more-stable-911-calling | archive-date=September 15, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> The stations and tunnels between [[Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station]] and [[Sheppard West station]] on Line 1 have a non-5G service.<!-- These stations were not mentioned in the 5G rollout. --><ref name="FM">{{cite web |url=https://www.freedommobile.ca/en-CA/transit-coverage/toronto |title=Toronto Subway & Tunnel Service |publisher=[[Freedom Mobile]] |work=freedommobile.ca |access-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref> In December 2024, the TTC said that the service would be discontinued on December 27, 2024, due to low usage.<ref name=":3" />
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