WiFi plays a major role in connecting people to the Internet. As a part of Digital India, RailTel in collaboration with Google had an agreement in providing WiFi in Indian Railway Stations. Recently Mumbai Central Station became the first station to have high-speed WiFI Internet facility for thousands of its passengers. Now the passengers at Jaipur and Ranchi stations are provided with the free high-speed WiFi Internet facility.
It is a part of railways commitment to provide better Internet connectivity to passengers at over 100 busiest stations by the end of the year. WiFi service is provided at four stations including Jaipur, Ranchi, Allahabad and Patna said a Railway Ministry official. The service will eventually be rolled out at 400 stations across India.
Railtel, railway’s telecom arm, will provide Internet services as RailWire via its extensive fiber network at stations. Designed to offer rail users the best Internet experience, Railwire WiFi will be available to any user who has a working connection on a Smartphone.
Users will be able to easily stream a high definition video while they are waiting, research their destination, or save some videos for offline viewing, download a book or a new game for the journey. According to the railways’ vision to provide world-class high-speed public WiFi network at stations, millions of passengers at 100 stations will be able to avail the facility by the end of this year.