In collaboration with RailTel, the telecom arm of Indian Railways, Google kicked off its first free Wi-Fi service from Mumbai Central in January 2016. Today, this service has reached 400 railway stations across India with Dibrugarh in Assam becoming the 400th station to get the free Wi-Fi service from Google.
The mission of this project focussed on bringing connectivity to millions of unconnected Indians and they have been successful in their endeavour.
K.Suri, Director, Partnership India, Google India said, “With over 8 million monthly unique users connecting to the network, this is a lighthouse project for India and every growing economy that is looking to bring the benefit of connectivity to everyone in their country.”
The service offers thirty minutes of free access to the internet and majority of the users are in the age group of 19-34. Although with on-ground support staff, efforts to help older and first time users have also been successful.
Remarkably, Indian Railways is trying hard to provide world-class facilities to the passengers across all its zones for a pleasant travel experience.
