The Indian Railways’ arm RailTel which provides Internet services as RailWire via its extensive fiber network, has announced the launch of free high-speed public Wi-Fi service in partnership with Google at Mumbai Central.
The project was announced last September during Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Google headquarters in Mountain View.
Google has committed to work with Indian Railways’ and RailTel to expand the network quickly to cover 100 of the busiest stations by the end of this year and will eventually roll out the service in 400 railway stations across India.
Even with just the first 100 stations online, it’s the largest public Wi-Fi project in India and among the largest in the world by number of potential users
RK Bahuguna, Chairman and Managing Director of RailtelOur intent was to fulfill Indian Railway’s vision of providing Railway passengers access to high-speed Internet through our Optical fiber communication network. Affordable smartphones have made it possible for the common men to experience the power of the internet. With our partnership with Google, we are very confident of rolling out a robust, scalable service at Railway stations in the near future.
The next four stations that will get free Wi-Fi are Allahabad, Patna, Jaipur and Ranchi.
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