Trai caps connectivity costs of public Wi-Fi providersTo boost internet accessibility under the PM-WANI initiative, the telecom regulator has capped broadband connectivity costs for public Wi-F...
17 Jun, 2025, 08.48 AM IST
Best Wifi Router in India to Bring Internet to Your Home (2024)Are you looking for a high-quality Wi-Fi modem for your home? If so, then continue reading this article to learn about the best Wi-Fi modem...
17 Dec, 2024, 04.38 PM IST
Trai proposes lower cost structure for public Wi-Fi providers under PM-WaniThis comes after Trai noted that in the name of commercial agreement, TSPs/ISPs are often pushing public Wi-Fi providers to connect the acc...
24 Aug, 2024, 08.51 AM IST
India’s public WiFi coverage falls way short of targetIndia’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...
05 Jul, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
DoT widens scope of infra sharing to boost public WiFi, broadband reachThe Department of Telecommunications has amended the unified access service licence rules, widening the scope of active infrastructure shar...
07 Apr, 2021, 07.38 AM IST
DoT widens scope of active infra sharing to boost broadband penetrationUnder the amended Clause 33 (IV) of the UASL rules, “active infrastructure sharing related to WiFi equipment such as WiFi routers, access p...
06 Apr, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
Reasonable spectrum pricing, forward movement on 5G among priorities for 2021: BIFThese key issues along with finalisation of Spacecom and Satcom policies, need to be placed high on policy agenda for the coming year, Broa...
27 Dec, 2020, 11.28 AM IST
Public WiFi may not be viable way to boost broadband penetration: AnalystsThe public WiFi model, they said, had also lost much of its utility for telcos in tackling network congestion as the latter now have adequa...
16 Dec, 2020, 02.03 PM IST
DoT asks telcos to give road map for building public Wi-Fi systemDoT hopes to rapidly roll-out around 5 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots across the country by the end of 2018, with at least one in every village in Ind...
09 Aug, 2018, 07.27 AM IST
Telecom industry body opposes Trai recommendations on public WiFiTrai has mooted concept of public Wi-Fi to offer a seamless data connectivity to end users and allow small entrepreneurs to set up and main...
13 Jun, 2018, 10.27 PM IST
Facebook ties up with Airtel for 20,000 wi-fi hotspotsFacebook has also onboarded as a partner, telecom giant Bharti Airtel, which will deploy over 20,000 wi-fi hotspots over the next few month...
05 May, 2017, 12.47 AM IST
Facebook to create scalable, monetisable wi-fi model for Indians: Munish Seth"Many of the unconnected parts of the country are in rural India, and we have to solve not just the affordability puzzle but sustainability...
27 Mar, 2017, 11.44 AM IST
Affordable public WiFi: Trai asks DoT to tweak rulesTrai also recommended an aggregator model, suggesting that a new category of ‘public data office aggregators’ (PDOAs) deliver public Wi-Fi ...
10 Mar, 2017, 12.47 AM IST
Trai looking to provide high-speed internet at 2 paise per MB by easing access to Wi-FiThe regulator feels that Wi-Fi network can help take the load off from choked telecom operators, who are battling poor call quality and slo...
07 Mar, 2017, 09.44 AM IST
TRAI explores framework for wide deployment of public WiFiThe regulator said that it is also exploring monetisation and sustainable business models for public WiFi networks though the consultation ...
16 Nov, 2016, 10.49 PM IST
Trai backs open interfaces used in Aadhar, e-KYC, UPI for public WiFiTrai has also sought industry views on whether public WiFi access providers must be allowed to resell capacity and bandwidth to retail user...
15 Nov, 2016, 08.37 PM IST
India a great opportunity for WiFi and vice-versa: Edgar Figueroa, CEO, WiFi AllianceOur goal is to address the obstacles to market growth and to continue to deliver good experience with WiFi, said WiFi Alliance CEO Edgar Fi...
30 Jan, 2016, 03.45 PM IST