Railway partners with Google for Wi-Fi at 400 stations

[IndianMascot]

The telecom wing of the Indian Railway, RailTel, has signed an agreement with the subsidiary of Google India to provide Wi-Fi facilities at 400 stations across the country, the government said today.

In a written reply to Rajya Sabha, minister of state for Railways Manoj Sinha said that RailTel Corporation of India Ltd (RCIL), a PSU under Railway Ministry, signed an agreement with Mahataa Information India Pvt Ltd (MIIPL), an arm of Google Inc, to equip 400 stations with Wi-Fi in two phases,

In first phase, as many as 100 stations out of the total A1 and A categories would be covered with the offering, while the facility would be extended to 300 stations in the second phase.

 

[Sanjeev]

Good initiative by Railways

 

[Technoglitch]

RailTel, nice name

 

[IndianMascot]

RailTel, nice name

Its there since decades bro. Railway themselves have a dedicated Telecom Network.

 

[Technoglitch]

i am hearing it for the first time.

 

[IndianMascot]

We used to have a section on this name. It got removed and merged with General Broadband a couple of weeks.

 

[scorpionking76]

Good initiative, hope this doesn't wade through like Rail neer scam.