WiFi at 715 Railway Stations in India ⋆

WiFi at 715 Railway Stations in India

RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL), a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Railways has entered into an agreement with M/s. Mahataa Information India Private Limited (M/s. MIIPL), an Indian subsidiary of Google Inc. for providing free Wi-Fi at 438 A1 and A category stations. More about India wifi services is below.

Free mobile Wi-Fi services at 715 railway stations have been used by 1.3 million unique users till the month of October 2018.

The cost of providing Wi-Fi at 438 stations where RCIL has entered into an agreement with M/s. MIIPL is shared by RCIL & M/s. MIIPL and no fund has been provided by Government. However, for the cost of providing Wi-Fi at 200 rural stations where RCIL has entered into an agreement with the Ministry of Communications, funds of ₹ 27.77 Crore have been provided by the Ministry of Communications under USOF. india wifi

Mumbai Central Station india wifi

Google India and Indian Railways’ telecom arm RailTel have launched free Rail Wire Public Wi-Fi service for railway passengers at the Mumbai Central Station. With this, Mumbai Central has become the first railway station in India to have a free high-speed Wi-Fi Internet facility.

You no longer have to wish for wireless internet in India, as Wi-Fi is no longer a dream, but a reality in India. Wi-Fi though limited to metro cities in India, has been deployed in SOHO sectors, Indian enterprises, coffee shops, airports, luxury hotels and campuses for the last couple of years.