How Google and RailTel are bridging the digital divide in India
https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/ 2018/01/08/how-google-and-rail tel-are-bridging-the-digital- divide-in-india/ Pictures-Copyright-Neelam Mathews Jan 8, 2018 A relic of the British colonial era, India’s railway stations are undergoing a transformation. Since 2016, Indian Railways subsidiary RailTel has worked with Google to provide free wifi through a fiber optic network to railway stations across the country. Today, over 250 stations offer wifi to ten million passengers every month. That number might seem like a drop in the bucket, given that over 23 million passengers travel every day across the stations, but work is in full swing for the joint partnership to offer wifi at 400 stations by March, as confirmed by RailTel chairman and managing director Ashutosh Vasant during a recent conference. RailTel enables Internet as the ISP through its “RailWire” service via a fiber network. For its part, Google sets up the wireless infrastructure and provides tech support. The RailWire...