Wednesday, 4 July 2018

Google taking abroad public Wi-Fi experience from India, say sources

Prime Minister Modi launched 'Digital India' in 2014 after which Facebook and Google started meeting with the Prime Minister's Office

After deploying Wi-Fi at 400 railway stations, infotech giant Google is taking its Station project outside India to other countries, including and  Sources mention Southeast Asia, Latin America and some other countries in this sub-continent.
The company is also in talks with multiple for deployment of the public Wi-Fi in India. In 2015, it had collaborated with RailTel for free Wi-Fi at 400 stations. "We are constantly looking at other areas. We are talking to a lot of people, including telecom companies," said K Suri, India, director, partnership, 
Most of the markets it is now looking at in hopes of gaining the next billion internet users have demographics similar to that of India. So, it would be easier to roll-out Wi-Fi there, sources said.

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