Indian railways commissions Wi-Fi facility at 6,000th stationIndian Railways said that it is continuing to extend the Wi-Fi facility at far-flung stations to connect the passengers and the general pub...
16 May, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
3000th railway station gets Wi-FiIncidentally, the 2000th station to get Wi-Fi was Rana Pratap Nagar, also under the North Western Railway, on August 3, 2019.
19 Aug, 2019, 07.51 PM IST
2.35 crore people used rlys' free WiFi in May; 4,791 more stations to be covered this year: RailTelThe railways' bid to provide access to free WiFi at stations began from Mumbai Central in January 2016 and within 16 months the RailWire Wi...
25 Jun, 2019, 07.45 PM IST
RailTel turns 1600 railway stations into RailWire Wi-Fi zoneRailWire is a retail Broadband initiative of the RailTel, which envisages extending broadband and application services to the public.
10 Apr, 2019, 03.16 PM IST
Free Wi-Fi is the engine of change at railway stationsRailtel and Google had joined hands to provide free high-speed Wi-Fi in more than 400 stations, and it’s already available at 389 stations.
14 May, 2018, 11.21 AM IST
Free Wi-Fi provided to 50 lakh people in 115 stations: Suresh PrabhuA total of 400 railway stations will be covered in the first batch and the criterion adopted to instal the service depended upon the volume...
10 Mar, 2017, 04.48 PM IST
Free Wi-Fi service now available at 100 railway stations across India, 400 stations to be covered next yearIn January this year, railways launched its first free Wi-Fi services at Mumbai Central station and then continued with connecting all busy...
27 Dec, 2016, 01.02 PM IST
Porn sites blocked for Wi-Fi users at Patna JunctionA Railway Board official said the ministry is likely to review the proposal to provide free Wi-Fi service on all premier trains like Rajdha...
26 Oct, 2016, 11.39 AM IST
Over 1.5 million Indians enjoying high-speed wi-fi at 19 stations: Google"While we are only at approximately 20 per cent of the rollout schedule for this year, the response has been phenomenal... At this scale, t...
20 Jun, 2016, 08.49 PM IST
Google's free Wi-Fi at Bhubaneswar station to be launchedTrial of the Wi-FI is going on for some time at Bhubaneswar in Odisha and it will be launched on Sunday, said a senior Railway Ministry off...
15 Apr, 2016, 02.07 PM IST
100 stations to get wi-fi in one year: Suresh PrabhuRailway Minister Suresh Prabhu said that in one year at-least 100 railway stations across the country will have Google wi-fi.
23 Jan, 2016, 10.12 PM IST
Sistema Shyam to launch Wi-Fi services at key railway stations like Ahmedabad, Agra, Mumbai CSTAnalysts at PwC expect India to see a spurt in Wi-Fi hotspots, driven by “the government’s smart cities and Digital India as well as privat...
22 Apr, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Rail Budget: Railways plan to build 400 wi-fi zones, private players like Tata Tele, Vodafone, MTS to benefitThe railways have proposed to explore the possibility of offering some coaches in select trains connecting major tourist destinations to tr...
27 Feb, 2015, 03.42 AM IST
Railway Budget 2015: Wi-fi plan, SMS big opportunities for telecom industrySuresh Prabhu did not share any further details on rolling out this service to each of the 400 category B railway stations, during his budg...
26 Feb, 2015, 06.44 PM IST
Wi-fi service to be launched tomorrow at New Delhi railway stationCome tomorrow and passengers at New Delhi railway station would be able to access wi-fi internet within its premises as the public transpor...
03 Dec, 2014, 10.05 PM IST
Bangalore station becomes 1st station to have WiFi facilityWiFi facility will be available to the passengers on their mobile phones free of charges initially for a period of 30 minutes.
28 Oct, 2014, 08.33 PM IST
Chennai Central set to be India’s first Wi-Fi railway stationAccording to senior railway officials, the Wi-Fi system will have a signal booster to maintain 512kbps bandwidth speed for up to 60 metres ...
27 Sep, 2014, 09.33 AM IST