CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -RailTel, a PSU under the Ministry of Railways, had partnered with Google for five years to provide free WiFi in 415 A1, A, C category stations. Google was responsible for the technology support and provided Radio Access Network (RAN) while Railtel provided the physical infrastructure and the ISP connection as well.

Detailed explanation-2: -“In this partnership, Google provided the RAN and technology support and RailTel provided the physical infrastructure and internet bandwidth (ISP). But going forward, apart from these 415 stations, we have also provided free WiFi in 5190+ B, C, D stations as well,” RailTel said in a statement.

Detailed explanation-3: -September 2022) Google Station was a Google service that allowed partners to roll out Wi-Fi hotspots in public places by providing software and advice on hardware to turn fiber connections into Wi-Fi. It was only implemented in India and Indonesia but in March 2018, the service was launched in Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -With mission of turning Railway stations into platforms for Digital inclusion, RailTel has provided state of the art public Wi-Fi under the brand name of Railwire. Currently 6108+ stations are live with RailTel’s RailWire Wi-Fi. This is one of the largest and fastest public Wi-Fi networks of the world.