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Topic: WiFi

E-commerce ads, integration with new app — how Railways plans to monetise its free WiFi

WiFi monetisation project is aimed at generating a revenue of Rs 250 crore through advertisers & helping RailTel monetise its assets — 1.7 million unique users of its public WiFi.

Travelling by Delhi Metro? You can now access free Wi-Fi at Yellow Line stations

In January 2020, the urban transporter had launched a high-speed WiFi facility inside train coaches on the Airport Line that connects New Delhi and Dwarka Sector 21 stations.

Project to provide Wifi in trains dropped, railways says it’s not cost effective

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tells Lok Sabha that pilot project on Howrah Rajdhani Express train tech had recurring costs in the form of bandwidth charges & the internet available to passengers was inadequate.

Modi govt permits airlines to provide in-flight Wi-Fi services

Vistara CEO Leslie Thng said that it would be the first carrier in India to provide the service.

Free WiFi to villages connected by BharatNet till March 2020, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

The union minister said the govt was targeting connecting 2.5 lakh gram panchayats to the BharatNet optical fibre network.

Airline seatback screens may be an endangered species

Advent of onboard Wi-Fi has given airlines option of using your phone or tablet as entertainment portal, avoiding costly hardware behind every seat.

Kejriwal govt to provide upto 1 lakh free Wi-Fi hotspots through integration with CCTVs

As per the plan, CCTV cameras will be installed with Wi-Fi routers in it and the entire system will work through a wireless mesh network.

Google takes on Facebook in India with hyper-local network Neighbourly

In an era of fake news, trolling and privacy concerns, Neighbourly could help Google take on Facebook and WhatsApp. A Mumbai train commuter who witnessed...

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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi’s first test is on 28 October—her meeting with Trump

Sanae Takaichi is no feminist icon—her views on gender roles and same-sex marriage are conservative—but she is seen as resolute, even hardline, on policy.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.