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<ul><li>The Union Cabinet today revealed its plan for how it plans to provide India’s 1.36 billion population with free public Wi-Fi connectivity called PM-Wani. </li><li>Any business, even tea stalls and kirana stores can sign up to provide public Wi-Fi service through public data offices (PDO).</li><li>They do not need to apply for a license, register or pay any fees, according to Union Minister <keyword id="6354886" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ravi-Shankar-Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</keyword>.</li></ul>The Indian government has revealed its plans to launch public Wi-Fi networks across the country called PM-Wani (Wi-fi Access Network Interface). The three-tier system is aimed at providing last-mile connectivity and bringing all of India’s population of 1.36 billion online. And, it starts at your local tea shop or kirana store. According to the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, anyone can sign up to be a public data office (PDO). They don’t need to apply for a license, registration or cough up fees. Businesses can take services from <keyword id="15491" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Airtel">Airtel</keyword>, <keyword id="2003276" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jio">Jio</keyword> or any such internet service provider (ISP) and use their physical location to provide Wi-Fi to anyone who happens to be nearby. “Anyone can log on to the internet using the Wi-Fi provided by these PDOs,” he said. The second layer is the PDO aggregators. Their job is to aggregate the PDOs, their accounting and authorisation, according to Prasad. And, the final layer — the layer that the public will actually interact with — is the app provider. “The application will be available on the App Store or Google Play Store. There will be automatic digital authentication. It will be available on the government’s website as well. We will also spread awareness through newspapers,” explained Prasad. PM-Wani will empower India’s ‘digital revolution’ India currently has 120 crore mobile phone users, more than half of whom are on smartphones. The government justifies its new PM-Wani platform as the next step of India’s digital revolution. According to Prasad, the digital ecosystem — which includes direct benefit transfers, the goods and services tax network, unified payments interface, and other aspects — will be strengthened as more people have access to the internet, especially when it’s free. The Union Cabinet also approved the provision of submarine optical fibre cable connectivity between Kochi and the Lakshadweep Islands. The USOF Scheme for providing mobile coverage in Arunachal Pradesh and two districts of Assam under the Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for North Eastern Region also got a green light. The project aims at providing mobile coverage to 2,374 uncovered villages. Lastly, they approved the setting up 1 crore data centres across the country. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/icertis-helps-google-microsoft-and-apple-manage-their-contracts-is-hiring-for-techies-and-people-in-sales/articleshow/79640659.cms">EXCLUSIVE: This Indian unicorn helping Google, Microsoft and Apple manage their contracts is hiring⁠— it needs techies as well as people in sales</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/the-33-billion-itc-one-of-indias-most-trolled-stock-in-recent-weeks-seems-to-have-turned-a-corner/articleshow/79641456.cms">The $33 billion ITC, one of India’s most-trolled stock in recent weeks, seems to have turned a corner</a>

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<ul><li>Cisco-Google partnership promises to provide free, high-speed public Wi-Fi zones in India.</li><li>Project currently on a roll-out mode, with 200 locations in Bengaluru identified.</li><li>Wi-Fi is seen as a means to offload traffic from mobile networks.</li></ul>Tech giant Cisco plans to begin the rollout of free, open, high-speed public Wi-Fi zones across India, soon. It will use Google’s gStation platform to create these zones, it said during Cisco India Summit 2019. The project to provide public Wi-Fi zones is already underway and is currently in its first phase of implementation. By September 2019, over 200 locations in Bengaluru, including hospitals, bus stops and government offices will be Wi-Fi enabled, followed by another 300 Wi-Fi zones in the second phase. Massive untapped potential According to a TRAI report, globally there is one Wi-Fi hotspot for every 150 users. In India, currently, there are only 52,000 Wi-Fi hotspots. To match the global ratio in India, eight million new hotspots must be installed. This has created a new market for infrastructure providers and ISPs in India. Speaking at the event, Sameer Garde, President, Cisco India &amp; SAARC, said, “We are excited to partner with Google to bring free, open, high-quality internet access to everyone in India. This also represents a significant growth opportunity, the demand for public Wi-Fi hotspots is expected to go up by 100X over the next 3 years, creating new markets for Cisco and our partners.” Wi-Fi as an extension of cellular networks Globally, telecom providers have started using Wi-Fi access points and zones as a means to offload users from the mobile network onto the more affordable Wi-Fi network. This allows users to maintain connectivity while de-congesting the mobile network. According to a report by CISCO VNI, almost 59% of the internet traffic will be offloaded from mobile networks to Wi-Fi by 2022. This market is ripe for the picking.

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<ul><li>The project was launched back in 2015. </li><li>As of now, the project provides free internet connectivity to 400 railway stations in India. </li><li>Facebook’s ExpressWiFi service is similar to this.</li></ul>As of June 2018, the Search giant <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword> <a href="http://fortune.com/2018/06/07/google-station-india-railway-wifi/">provides</a> free <keyword id="6407150" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="public-wifi">public WiFi</keyword> services to 400 Indian railway stations, and over 8 million people are using this service to access the Internet every year. The project, which was first announced in the year 2015, aimed to provide stable internet connectivity and hence improve the wireless infrastructure of the country. The project that delivers internet to hundreds of railway station was brought into action in collaboration with <keyword id="228222" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="RailTel">RailTel</keyword>, a public sector telecom infrastructure provider, and the <keyword id="6355455" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-railways">Indian Railways</keyword>. Google also has a similar project operational in Mexico and is planning to expand it to more countries. The company announced its plans to start the Google Station Internet project in Indonesian recently. Providing WiFi in the country helps bring more people online, but given that they’ll likely head to Google only, it also benefits the company. Its advertising driven revenue model is based on acquiring user data and learning how users behave on the Internet. So, by connecting more users in India, Google stands to improve its chances of monetising one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Google isn’t the only one trying to provide such services though. Facebook, the world’s largest social network, has also taken a few shots at the country. While its efforts with Free Basics were banned by India’s regulators, Facebook currently collaborates with Airtel for a service called “ExpressWiFi”. This is an app that you can download on your smartphone, which lets you buy data packs for high speed data. Facebook is collaborating with businesses to set up hotspots, which can be accessed through these hotspots.

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New Delhi, Jan 10 () Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Friday said its mobile customers across the country can now use its Wi-Fi calling service using any Wi-Fi network.
 Airtel, which had introduced voice-over Wi-Fi last month, said the service has crossed one million users.
 The service enables customers to switch seamlessly from LTE to Wi-Fi-based calling when they are inside their homes or offices, thereby enhancing indoor voice calling experience for smartphone customers. There are no extra charges for making calls via Airtel Wi-Fi calling.
 "Following the extremely positive customer feedback, the company has accelerated the roll-out of its innovative service across the country. Airtel Wi-Fi calling is now available to Airtel mobile customers across India," a statement said.
 It added that the service can now be accessed by Airtel mobile customers over any home or public Wi-Fi network.
 The company said it has been engaging with smartphone manufacturers to make all popular smartphone models compatible with the service.
 Over 100 smartphone models across 16 brands are now compatible with Airtel Wi-Fi calling, it added.
 "The technology has transformed the indoor network quality for Airtel mobile customers, particularly in high population density areas in urban markets. Airtel is also the first to make the service LIVE across India and our customers can use the feature on any Wi-Fi," Bharti Airtel Chief Technology Officer Randeep Sekhon said.
 Earlier this week, Reliance Jio had launched voice and video calling over Wi-Fi service. The company had said Jio Wi-Fi calling, which works on the largest ecosystem of handsets, will also allow users to make video calls over Wi-Fi. SR HRS

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<keyword id="905742" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi-led-government">Narendra Modi-led government</keyword> is planning for a speedy rollout of <keyword id="47655" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</keyword> services across top 25 Indian cities by June 2015 states a PTI report. 
 
An official source, disclosing the information to the leading news agency, had said, "Government has plans to empanel 3-4 Wi-Fi service providers for speedy roll out of Wi-Fi hotspots across top 25 cities in the country by June 2015. The services will be available at select public places within these cities.” 
 Expansion of Internet services is one of the major steps that will take place under the BJP government’s ‘<keyword id="1929810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Digital-India">Digital India</keyword>’ initiative. By December 2015, the new government at the Centre aims to cover cities with population of over 1 million and tourist destinations with Wi-Fi services. 
 The <keyword id="62528" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Department-of-Telecom">Department of Telecom</keyword> and <keyword id="162100" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ministry-of-Urban-Development">Ministry of Urban Development</keyword> have joined hands to enhance Internet connectivity in India. 
 According to the PTI report, the central government has also separately identified 25 archaeological monuments to provide free Wi-Fi access, which includes: Humayun's Tomb, Red Fort, Qutub Complex in Delhi, <keyword id="6355354" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Taj-Mahal">Taj Mahal</keyword>, Fatehpur Sikri Sravasti and Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh, Shore Temple in Mahabalipuram, Vaishali-Kohua in Bihar, Martand Temple and Leh Palace in J&amp;K, Konark Temple in Odisha, Rani-ki Vav Gujarat, Khajuraho and Mandu in Madhya Pradesh and Rang Ghar in Assam. 
(Image: AFP)

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India is one of the fastest growing Internet markets in the world with the projected data demand to increase by 400% by the year 2020. 
 
However, we have one of the lowest internet penetration rates in the world with only around 35% of the population having access to Internet services and a mere 7% having access to fixed-line broadband connections. We, therefore, need a low-cost solution to cater to the huge data demand that exists. Public Wi-Fi <keyword id="50752" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Networks">networks</keyword> become crucial in that case. 
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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Ankur-Tewari-turned-an-Ola-cabs-driver-for-a-day/articleshow/54418745.cms">ALSO READ: This Indie Musician Turned An Ola Cab Driver For A Day</a> 
 <keyword id="36673" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ozone">Ozone</keyword> is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Back2Basics-is-an-organic-food-startup-that-wants-you-to-eat-the-most-sustainable-and-the-healthiest-produce-available/articleshow/54407604.cms">India</a>’s leading <keyword id="6407150" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Public-Wifi">Public WiFi</keyword> service provider, which has deployed more than 7000 access points and 1500 hotspots in more than 26 cities, partnering with brands like McDonalds, KFC, PVR, Big Cinemas, Barista, Costa Coffee, Fortis, Apollo Hospital, <keyword id="131257" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Taco-Bell">Taco Bell</keyword>, Pizza Hut, and <keyword id="1270882" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mumbai-international">Mumbai International</keyword> airport. Across these public Wi-Fi locations, Ozone sees an average footfall of 50-75 million people with more than 4.5 million customer logins and monthly data consumption of around 126 TB. 
 
Ozone in its business plan aims to establish an extensive network of neutral public Wi-Fi hotspots that provides connectivity to a majority of users who cannot afford a per month plan for a home broadband connection. <keyword id="824043" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Business-Insider">Business Insider</keyword> caught up with <keyword id="2584658" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sanjeev-Sarin">Sanjeev Sarin</keyword>, CEO, Ozone Networks in the wake of their recent partnership with Café Coffee Day. He explained how easy it is for consumers to use this service, ‘’You just have to enter your Mobile number, accept terms and conditions, and enter an OTP, then you’re good to go.’ 
 But, giving it all away for free, surely can't be a viable business model. So how do they make it work? Sarin says, “We aim to use Wi -Fi as a means of <keyword id="771372" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="data-analytics">Data Analytics</keyword> opening avenues to a number of features accessible by retailers, consumers and service providers. They can have access to loyalty programs, product promotions, geofencing services, and customer feedback portals. We wish to create the biggest Wi-fi infrastructure in India to provide quality internet to all.” 
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Public wi-fi in India is currently very limited in its reach and quality, hopefully, these tie-ups can result in making the user fully-connected, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Build-a-Smart-Home-with-Oakter-an-IOT-startup/articleshow/54458806.cms">which looks like a distant dream</a>. 
 
(Image courtesy- NASA)

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>By the end of next year, New Yorkers will be able to access free, fast public Wi-Fi across all five boroughs.
The plan, called LinkNYC, will replace the city's aging pay phone system with "Links." 
Links are hubs for free Wi-Fi that run at up to gigabit speeds, and they offer a bunch of other services, including free phone calls within the U.S., access to 311 and 911, a free charging station for your phone, and a touchscreen tablet interface so users can access directions and city services. 
Links will also serve as digital displays for advertising, and they're expected to generate more than $500 million in revenue for New York City over the next 12 years. 
Building the service won't cost taxpayers anything. The five-borough LinkNYC plan will be funded through advertising revenue. 
LinkNYC will install up to 10,000 Links. Thousands of those Links will have free gigabit WiFi, which is more than 100 times faster than average municipal Wi-Fi speeds. 
"LinkNYC is a first-of-its-kind communications network that will bring the fastest available municipal Wi-Fi to millions of New Yorkers and visitors," according to a press release from CityBridge and LinkNYC.
LinkNYC will also offer an encrypted network connection, though the press release adds: "We encourage you to continue to use end-to-end encryption, such as HTTPS, for any sensitive matters or data. The network will also prevent peer-to-peer security threats by eliminating the ability to communicate device to device."
The project is the result of a partnership between the NYC Mayor's Office of Technology and Innovation, the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, and a New York-based group called CityBridge. Mobile tech giant Qualcomm will serve as CityBridge's technology advisor. Titan, the outdoor media company that in October <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-city-stops-phone-booth-beacons-2014-10#ixzz3JLdpSlli">quietly installed and later removed 500 beacons in pay phone booths throughout the city</a>, will oversee LinkNYC's advertising program. 
Work on the LinkNYC network will begin in 2015. The first Link structures will be operational by the end of 2015.

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