Public Wi-Fi hotspot providers under the PM-WANI scheme support the telecom regulator's recommendation for a price ceiling but seek more in...

The telecom regulator proposes capping the broadband connectivity costs for public data offices (PDOs) at twice the retail home broadband r...

A conflict is emerging between telecom and internet service providers and tech companies over the government's PM-Wani Wi-Fi hotspot initia...

Amendments to the PM-WANI framework are set to boost local Wi-Fi hotspot setups, creating many micro-entrepreneurs. Broadband India Forum (...

Despite the PM-WANI scheme's goal to democratise internet access, its impact has been limited due to resistance from telecom operators and ...

This comes after Trai noted that in the name of commercial agreement, TSPs/ISPs are often pushing public Wi-Fi providers to connect the acc...

India has missed its public WiFi hotspots rollout target by a mile. The count is a paltry 0.5 million, a far cry from the 10-million target...

India’s public WiFi hotspots rollout has missed its target by a long way—just 0.5 million have been rolled out so far, compared with a targ...

Once the service is live, anyone can register as a public data operator aggregator (PDOA) by filling in a one-page form on the central regi...

Last week, the government approved setting up of public Wi-Fi networks and access points by local kirana and neighbourhood shops through pu...

Millions of data-hungry consumers across India will soon enjoy top download speeds and quality video experience anywhere and at all times w...

The ambitious model of a public Wi-Fi grid aims to slash internet access cost by 90 per cent, and push broadband reach in India.

The ambitious ‘Public Open Wi-Fi’ project aims to proliferate the use of Wi-Fi by offering cheap internet connectivity to people in tier-2 ...

These’pay-as-you-go’ PDOs will deal in sachet-sized data packs, offering broadband connectivity to price-sensitive consumers at a fraction ...

Under the proposed system, any entity with valid pan number will be able to set up public data offices (PDOs), similar to PCOs of yesteryea...

The public wi-fi hotspots are proposed to be set up on the lines of yesteryear's PCOs that were used for making phone calls by public on pa...

The import duty applicable on wi-fi access point equipment should be revisited in co-ordination with the Ministry of Commerce, Trai suggest...