Railwire Wi-Fi goes live at 6,000 railway stations

RailTel has successfully completed the work of providing public Wi-Fi at 6,000 stations across the country. Hazaribagh Railway Station of East Central Railway zone, became the 6,000th station in the country to have public Wi-Fi. This Wi-Fi is free for first 30 minutes of usage per day.

Talking about the success of the Wi-Fi network, Puneet Chawla, CMD, RailTel said, “RailTel has invested a significant amount of capex in building this network and to monetise this we have launched paid wi-fi plan across all Wi-Fi stations. Post 30 minutes of free usage @1mbps user have to purchase prepaid plans for high speed wi-fi by paying a nominal fee. We are also going to monetise the network through advertisement-based revenue for which we are coming out with an EOI shortly.”

The prepaid plans vary from Rs Rs 10/day to Rs 75/30 day excluding GST.  A number of payment options like net banking, wallet, credit card can be used to purchase plan online. RailTel also envisages to extend the Wi-Fi / broadband services to nearby villages using its POPs at the already existing station Wi-Fi.

The Wi-Fi is being provided under the brand name of Railwire- the retail broadband service of RailTel. Passengers use this facility for streaming High Definition (HD) Videos, download of movies, songs, games, and do their offices work online. Designed to offer users the best Internet experience, RailWire Wi-Fi at Railway stations will be available to any user who has a smartphone with working mobile connection for KYC considerations.

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