Free WiFi now at 5,500 railway stationsThe Railways began the service of providing free WiFi at its stations from January 2016 from Mumbai Central station, and in a span of 46 mo...
06 Dec, 2019, 08.58 PM IST
Public WiFi hotspots in India to reach 21 lakh by 2021: DigiAnalysysTelecom operators have promised the government to install 10 lakh WiFi hotspots by December this year.
22 Aug, 2019, 07.34 PM IST
Railway provides free wifi facility in 2,000 stationsRana Pratap Nagar railway station of Ajmer division in Rajasthan became the 2000th station in the country to have free internet facility, P...
03 Aug, 2019, 04.27 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
After stations, railways to install CCTV cameras, wifi connections at its hospitalsIn a set of instructions sent to the general managers of all the zones on September 14, the Railway Board has asked them to ensure that the...
18 Sep, 2018, 03.43 PM IST
Free WiFi facility at stations without expenditure on Railways' account: MinisterRailTel has been advised to follow revenue sharing model for "B" and "C" category stations as well.
18 Jul, 2018, 07.45 PM IST
Railways now offers free WiFi at over 700 stations, covers 8 million people a monthThe service, which offers thirty minutes of free access to the internet, saw users consuming about 350 MB of data per session on an average...
22 Jun, 2018, 11.39 AM IST
Google's free WiFi now available at 400 Indian Railways stationsThe project has succeeded in its mission of bringing connectivity to millions of unconnected Indians, leveraging on the nationwide optic fi...
07 Jun, 2018, 03.30 PM IST
Coolie taking advantage of free railway WiFi to realise civil services dreamSreenath has been earning his livelihood carrying heavy luggage at Ernakulam Junction in Kerala for the past five years.
10 May, 2018, 08.21 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
300 stations to have free wifi service by year endIn 2016, the ministry's telecommunication arm Railtel in partnership with internet giant google had provided free wifi connectivity at 100 ...
20 Jan, 2017, 07.06 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
After Google, Facebook may offer wifi at railway stations, nearby villagesFacebook recently concluded a pilot across 125 rural locations after purchasing bandwidth from state-run BSNL, and is currently in talks wi...
25 Aug, 2016, 01.54 AM IST
WiFi in 400 railway stations by next year: Suresh Prabhu"We are tying up with Google for providing WiFi at 400 railways stations across the country. We have started with Mumbai Central Station", ...
06 May, 2016, 03.50 PM IST
Free video service available in some trains: PressPlayTV"The company is in talks with Northwestern Railways to offer this service on 30 more trains in the next quarter. The service is absolutely ...
21 Feb, 2016, 01.52 AM 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
Railway terminus Chennai Central to offer free WiFi internet accessThe facility, implemented on a pilot basis, offers wireless internet access for up to 30 minutes to users in their laptops, mobile phones a...
26 Sep, 2014, 07.05 PM IST