Google decides to stop free Wi-Fi in Railway Stations!
Posted on: 19/Feb/2020 12:02:47 PM
Google has announced that it is stopping the free Wi-Fi facility provided so far in 400 Railway Stations in India.
One of the globally most popular companies, Google, entered into an understanding with India�s largest public-sector undertaking, Indian Railways in the year 2015.
Accordingly, it was announced the scheme of providing free Wi-Fi at 400 important Railway Stations in India. This scheme is being carried out until now.
In this scenario, Google has announced that it intends to stop this.
One of the Vice-Presidents of Google, Caesar Sen Gupta, shared regarding this: �The price of the mobile data is even less than the price of 1 GB throughout the world. Further, the network speeds and features keep advancing technologically. It has become increasingly easier to use mobile data.
As per a recent survey conducted by TRAI, it is established that on an average, an Indian uses 10 GB data per month! So. we have decided to stop the free Wi-Fi facility given so far in Indian Railway Stations. This �Google Station Plan� will be closed globally during the year 2020. Following the huge success of this free WiFi in India, we provided a similar facility in countries such as Brazil, Soth Africa, Nigeria, Thailand, Philipines, Mexico, Indonesia, and Vietnam. We are stopping this facility in these countries as well!�
Meanwhile, Railtel has informed that it will continue with the free Wi-Fi service not only at the 415 Railway Stations (which was provided by Google) but also a total of 5600 Railway Stations in India!
