Tag: Free WiFi

Google Adds Free Public WiFi to Five More Railway Stations

Google’s aim to provide free public WiFi at 400 railway stations in India is getting closer by five more stations which include Ujjain, Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati and Allahabad railway stations.

Google said it has been deploying the service over the extensive fibre network of Indian Railway’s arm Railtel which provides Internet services as RailWire. A few other stations to get this service soon include Dadar, Bandra Terminus , Churchgate, Thane, Kalyan, Panvel, Vashi, Kurla, Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus, Borivali and a few others.

The project which aims for 400 stations will achieve 100 stations providing WiFi access for free to 10 Million Indians. Other stations which already have this service include Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Ernakulam Jn, Kacheguda, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam and Mumbai Central.

May 11, 2016
Google Will Provide Free Public Wi-Fi to 400 Railway Stations in India

Delhi Metro is not the only one working on Free Wi-Fi. Google is woking with the Indian Railways and Railtel to provide High-Speed Wireless Internet access to 100 Railway stations by the end of this year and a total of 400 Stations in the coming years. A service which will be free to all passengers and visitors.

The service has already been launched at 9 stations including Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Ernakulam Jn, Kacheguda, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, and Vishakhapatnam. In January, the service was launched at Mumbai Central which makes the list a complete 10.

Google aims to make free Wi-Fi available to 10 Million Indians every day in its goal to hit 100 Railway stations by the end of 2016. The service is already a success according to Google with over 100,000 users logging in daily at Mumbai Central alone.

Google’s target of 400 stations may take a few years to come, but the service will be appreciated by everyone none the less.

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April 20, 2016
Delhi Metro to Provide Free Wi-Fi in All Trains and Stations

DMRC or Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is working on launching free Wi-Fi for all its passengers at all 187 stations and 250 + Km of track on its 222 trains. The service will be free to passengers and will be rolled out by the end of 2016.

Delhi Metro Network is amongst the largest Metro Networks in the world with ridership touching 3.5 Million in a day. With lines launching in 2016 which will also interconnect existing lines, daily ridership is expected to increase dramatically.

The current model is set to provide seamless connectivity via the Metro app or a Third party app which will also track your location and tell you wat station you are on or if your stop has arrived.

Earlier this year DMRC had also announced smart-tags which could be managed using their app to be reloaded and used to access train stations. The DMRC is trying to catch up with the modern world. Hopefully, their execution is as exciting as these launch announcements.

April 20, 2016
Indian Government to Roll Out Public Wi-fi in 25 Cities by June 2015

The present government has taken proactive actions to make India technically strong. In an age where connectivity is power, it’s a step in the right direction. At municipal levels there have been many initiatives to provide Wi-Fi in pockets of the cities like Delhi. The government now plans to identify public places across the nation where it can begin offering Wi-Fi service by June 2015.

This initiative is a part of the audacious Digital India program, the aim of which is to connect cities with a population over 1 million and tourist spots with WiFi by December 2015. The task does look massive, and a lot of bits have to be figured out, most importantly the security aspect in this volatile nation.

According to an official source, the government will work with three or four service providers to provide the services in 25 cities across India. The project is being undertaken jointly by the Department of Telecom and the Ministry of Urban Development. The service providers will have three months time on their hands to roll out the service.

To boost tourism the government has identified 25 archeological sites for providing free WiFi access. The monuments are Humayun’s Tomb, Red Fort, Qutub Complex in Delhi, Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri Sravasti and Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh, Shore Temple in Mahabalipuram, Vaishali-Kohua in Bihar, Martand Temple and Leh Palace in J&K, Konark Temple in Odisha, Rani-ki Vav Gujarat, Khajuraho and Mandu in Madhya Pradesh and Rang Ghar in Assam. So after June next year, you wouldn’t have to wait till you get to your hotel or home to upload those selfies.

The initiative is definitely appreciable, but the government needs to make sure that the plan is executed to the finish. In India, it is really easy to inaugurate an initiative but maintenance is the tough part. The government needs to ensure that the telecom operators provide a standard service which make them accountable for any malfunction. Connecting India should have a long term view and should not just be seen as a PR activity by the government. This service can attract more people to come to the Indian shores and increase revenues for the nation. Even businesses can benefit from ever present internet services and in turn help to grow the economy. This is a serious endeavor, and the government should proceed with the development understanding its healthy consequences for the economy.

December 17, 2014
Free Wi-Fi Service to Kick Off in Connaught Place from 16th November

Good times are about to arrive for the residents of Delhi in a couple of days, especially for those who are frequent to the city’s most prominent market, Connaught Place. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Mr. Najeeb Jung will be inaugurating the Public Wi-Fi access facility in the central market on 16th of this month. This will be a great incentive for people to go out of their houses and be stuck on their screens in the open air.

The facility is being provided through a collaboration of Tata Teleservices and NDMC (New Delhi Municipal Corporation). The Wi-Fi service is provided in a range of 4.5 sq.km. The provider claims that the connectivity will be seamless and uninterrupted across the inner and outer circle of the market.

Tata DOCOMO has good service feedback when it comes to Wi-Fi setup. The company holds two records in the Limca Book of Records for the largest Wi-Fi coverage for an indoor and outdoor event. The cellular service provider already provides Wi-Fi service in prominent places like Indira Gandhi International airport (T3), amongst other associations such as Bangalore Airport, Chinnaswamy Stadium, Wankhede Stadium etc.

The service will be inaugurated for the public by the Lieutenant Governor at the Central Park in Delhi at 3.30 PM. Plans are also taking shape to introduce Wi-Fi service in other major population-centric markets in the city. Now, we won’t get truly excited about this until we take it for a spin ourselves.

November 14, 2014
San Francisco to Deliver Free High-Speed Outdoor Public Wi-Fi Access

Ruckus Wireless today announced a partnership with the City and County of San Francisco to deliver free, high-speed outdoor public Wi-Fi service. This service will be available in the City’s world-famous Market Street corridor.

However, initially this service will be available in an approximate area of 5 kilometers between the Embarcadero and Castro Street. This was first proposed in the year 2007, but as it is said better late than never, Sans Francisco now has Free High-Speed Outdoor public WiFi access. San Francisco now offers free internet of speeds upto 50 Mbps, but only limited in the above mentioned area. The free WiFi will show up in your device as ‘_San_Francisco_Free_WiFi’.

Because San Francisco is at the world’s epicenter of technology innovation and use, residents, visitors and even businesses now have a fundamental expectation for pervasive wireless connectivity,” said Mayor Edwin M. Lee. “We have gone to great lengths to build the foundation to deliver on these expectations with the best Wi-Fi technology we could find right in our own backyard.”

This service will not only be a boon for the locals but will also be great for the visitors as they would probably not have to rely on hotel’s WiFi.

Our goal was to identify and install some of the world’s best Wi-Fi technology that could deliver an exceptional experience to some of the world’s most discerning users,” said Marc Touitou, Chief Information Officer and director of the Department of Technology for the City and County of San Francisco. “We’ve found that technology right in our own backyard, and have worked hard with Ruckus Wireless to build the foundation of what we believe is one of the country’s premiere public Wi-Fi services.”

December 17, 2013