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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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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...

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.