Link
Interactive Urban Connectivity

In 2016, Link began in New York City as part of an ambitious program to replace the City’s aging payphone infrastructure with the world’s largest and fastest free municipal Wi-Fi network. Links provide free super-fast Wi-Fi, local information, phone calls, device charging, and a tablet to access digital services. Paid for by advertising at no cost to New Yorkers, LinkNYC generates significantly increased revenue for the City of New York.

Since its launch in 2016, LinkNYC has expanded, with over 1,700 Links across New York, Philadelphia, and Newark.

Through Link, cities have unprecedented ability to communicate with residents and visitors in real time. Content can be targeted by neighborhood, proximity to points of interest, or other custom attributes, and can be responsive to the surrounding environment and time of day. Leveraging many of Link’s capabilities, LinkNYC has become a beloved platform for facts about the city, news, cultural programming, and local art.

Link was born from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s challenge to reinvent the New York City payphone. Our vision was to create a network of modern, iconic street furniture that provides a platform for connectivity, communication, and digital services for the City and its residents and visitors. The result was a sleek, modular and programmable kiosk that could be deployed in cities around the world.