Commuters in New South Wales will soon be able to review their emails and be online their social networking sites while on transit to work or school.

Train commuters will have internet access as the NSW government approved and is now working with telco biggies Telsta, Optus, and Vodafone to install no less than 10 kilometres of cable for laptops, tablets and mobile phones.

Sydney's thriving business district has been in the dark in terms of providing internet access to residents and visitors, which according to the NSW Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian has been embarrassing for the city.

Transport Minister Berejiklian added that Sydney's Circle Line for the first time will have a network upgrade.

A live testing in now being conducted and a switch on will take place by as early as Monday, the transport minister said in a related AAP report.

NSW, which still awaits the completion of Australia's NBN plan, for the whole country to be interconnected is still a goal unfulfilled.

Free Public Wi-fi

Cities world-wide have embarked on similar infrastructure development to serve the mobile internet needs of residents and tourists alike with free public wi-fi.

Other Asia-Pacific countries have taken the lead. Singapore has opted to interconnect the whole island-city, which made it more appealing to investors.

In the United States, Google Inc had taken the initiative to interconnect the southwest part of Chelsea near its city headquarters in New York.

Free public wi-fi is also offered in other U.S. stateof Minneapolis, Minnesota and in Moncton,Canada.