Agartala, Dharmanagar and Panisagar Rail Stations in Tripura will have Wi-Fi facilities – thanks to PM-WANI-based access of RailTel’s public Wi-Fi services.
In a press release, NFR mentioned, RailTel, on May 9, 2022, launched the Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) scheme based on access of its Public Wi-Fi services across 100 Railway Stations having 2384 Wi-Fi hotspots. These stations are spread in 22 states and include 71 Category A1, A stations and 29 stations of other categories.
Out of the 100 Railway Stations across India, 10 Railway stations are within the jurisdiction of N.F. Railway. These Railway stations are: Agartala, Dharmanagar, Panisagar, Kamakhya, Guwahati, Siliguri, New Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Ghoom and Goalpara Town. To access this Wi-Fi network, presently android based Mobile App named ‘Wi-DOT’ can be used which is available on Google Play Store.
RailTel, a “Mini Ratna (Category-I)” Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, is one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fibre network covering several towns & cities and rural areas of the country. RailTel is working towards creating a knowledge society on various fronts and has been selected for the implementation of various mission-mode projects for the Government of India in the telecom field.
RailTel’s Wi-Fi network, spread across 6102 Railway Stations across India, has 17,792 Wi-Fi hotspots, and is still growing. PM-WANI based access of RailTel’s public Wi-Fi services would be extended to all 6102 Railway Stations (where Wi-Fi facility is already available) in a phased manner by the end of June 2022 (total 1000 Stations by 10th June, 3000 Stations by 20th June and all 6102 by 30th June’22).
Wi-Fi hotspot plays a key role in last-mile connectivity for delivering broadband internet access to users. PM-WANI is an ambitious program of the Department of Telecom, Government of India to facilitate ease of use and proliferate broadband usage for the masses. C-DOT has designed and developed the framework of PM-WANI and N. F. Railway, as a zone to Indian Railways will be highly benefited from this PM-WANI scheme in the near future.