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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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IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.