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On its 18th Birthday, Google Launches Service to Take Internet to India Malls, Cafes

27Sep By PriyankaNo Comments

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On its 18th Birthday, Google Launches Service to Take Internet to India Malls, Cafes

On his Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, said on Tuesday it launched Google Station in India, a service that aims to deepen its reach across the country, as the search giant seeks to bring more people on to its Google platform. Under the service, Google will roll-out Wi-Fi hot spots in places frequented by a large number of people, such as malls and transit stations, and in social hangout locations such as cafes and universities, the company said on Tuesday. "The goal is to give people many hot spots within a few minutes walk from their home, university, or workplace, unified by a simple login process that works across all of them," Caesar Sengupta, Vice-President, Next Billion Users at Google was quoted as saying in the statement. Google currently offers free Wi-Fi access at 53 rai...

Digital India Can Be a Major Driver of The India’s Growth – Arogyaswami Paulraj

13Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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Digital India Can Be a Major Driver of The India’s Growth – Arogyaswami Paulraj

Indian American inventor Arogyaswami Paulraj, known for his contribution to faster wireless connectivity popularly known as MIMO, the core technology used in all modern wireless networks, said digital India can be a major driver of the country's growth story if executed in the right manner. He also said that Make in India is "a good slogan" but "it is a long way from a good slogan to execution". "Digitisation of the country at every level will help and particularly with Adhaar, we can do a lot more. We really need to improve broadband access in India, which will be part of digital India campaign and the way to do it is through wireless and the way to wireless is largely through wi-fi as the access is cheaper," Arogyaswami Paulraj said. MIMO is a core technology used in all modern ...

BSNL Testing Wi-Fi Technology to Connect 1 Lakh Panchayats in a Year

11Apr By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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BSNL Testing Wi-Fi Technology to Connect 1 Lakh Panchayats in a Year

As the government's rural broadband project is facing long delays, telecom PSU BSNL is testing an alternative Wi-Fi-based network to connect about 1 lakh village panchayats in a year with high-speed Internet. "The process of laying fibre network calls for huge amount of physical labour. We have started a pilot to test broadband connectivity to village panchayats using Wi-Fi network. With this we are hopeful of connecting about 1 lakh village panchayats in a year," BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava told PTI. The state-run firm is testing sustainability of technology in three villages in Alwar district of Rajasthan. "We have written to the Department of Telecom about this project and looking for support of USO fund for it. Once we get the approval, we will start...

Indian Govt. Asks Google To Choose Telecom Partner For Loon Project

1Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Indian Govt. Asks Google To Choose Telecom Partner For Loon Project

The government has asked technology giant Google to select a telecom operator in India for testing its Loon Project, the balloon-based Internet technology. "Google wants to test the Loon Project in expensive and scarce spectrum bands. It has been asked to partner with any telecom operator that can meet its requirement and then approach the government for testing Loon," an official said. "This approach should resolve the spectrum band sought by Google as well as security to some extent," the official added. The Loon Project is a research and development project being developed by Google X with the mission of providing Internet access to the rural and remote areas. The project uses high-altitude balloons placed in the stratosphere at an altitude of about 18 km to create an aerial...

After Google, Now Indian Firm Joister Wants to Offer Free Wi-Fi at Railway Stations in Maharashtra

22Feb By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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After Google, Now Indian Firm Joister Wants to Offer Free Wi-Fi at Railway Stations in Maharashtra

After launching free Wi-Fi services at about 500 locations in four major cities of Maharashtra, broadband and gaming provider Joister Infomedia has offered to provide free Wi-Fi at all railway stations in the state. Google had last year announced that it will provide free Wi-Fi access at 400 railway stations in the country, and started the rollout in January. Joister Infomedia, which offers free Wi-Fi to about two lakh registered users in Mumbai, Pune, Thane and Navi Mumbai, has approached Central Railways and Western Railways to offer free Wi-Fi at all stations in Maharashtra. "We appreciate the government's 'Digital India' campaign and to lend our bit of support, we have sought permissions from Central Railway and Western Railway to give free Wi-Fi facility at all railway stations ...

5Jan By AnkitaNo Comments

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Digital India – Har ki Pauri and Ajmer Sharif Will connect with Free Wi-Fi Soon

Har ki Pauri and Ajmer Sharif, religious places of India are set to be the part of Digital India campaign. Very Soon the tourists and residents will be able to access free wi-fi services at those religious places, Thanks to BSNL. The state run operator will offer free Wi-Fi for first 30 minutes for consumers and then it will be charged at Rs 30 per hour there on. BSNL in association with Trimax (Trimax IT Infrastructure and Services), an IT services provider has put the required infrastructure at Har Ki Pauri and Ajmer Sharif to offer free Wi-Fi service. Trimax is installing nine Wi-Fi access device at each location so that subscribers can get quality coverage. Har ki Pauri Har Ki Pauri is a famous ghat on the banks of the Ganges in Haridwar. It is believed that it is a preci...