Free Wi-Fi Service 'Google Station' Shutting Down Across India

Google on Monday announced it is gradually winding down its free public Wi-Fi Station programme currently available at over 400 railway stations in India, and volition work with the Indian Railways and Railtel Corporation to help them with existing sites so they can remain useful resources for people.

Google launched its Station initiative in India in 2015 to bring fast, free public Wi-Fi to over 400 of the busiest railway stations in the country by mid-2020. "Nosotros crossed that number by June 2018 and implemented Station in thousands of other locations around the country in partnership with telecommunications companies, ISPs and local authorities", Caesar Sengupta, Vice President, Payments and Side by side Billion Users, Google, said in a statement.

"Over time, partners in other countries asked for Station too and we responded appropriately. We're grateful for these partnerships, especially with the Indian Railways and the Government of Bharat, that helped u.s. serve millions of users over the last few years", he added.

According to Google, the decision to shut Station has been taken keeping the affordable mobile information plans and mobile connectivity in mind that is improving globally including in India. "India, specifically now has among the cheapest mobile data per GB in the world, with mobile data prices having reduced past 95 per cent in the last 5 years, equally per TRAI in 2019", said Sengupta.

The Indian users swallow close to 10GB of data, each month, on average, according to reports. "Our commitment to supporting the adjacent billion users remains stronger than ever, from continuing our efforts to brand the net work for more people and building more than relevant and helpful apps and services", Sengupta noted. Global networking behemothic Cisco last yr teamed upward with Google to roll out costless, loftier-speed public Wi-Fi admission globally, starting with Republic of india. The first pilot under the partnership was rolled out at 35 locations in Bengaluru.

Sengupta said that in addition to the changed context, the claiming of varying technical requirements and infrastructure amidst our partners across countries has also fabricated it difficult for Station to scale and exist sustainable, particularly for our partners. "And when nosotros evaluate where nosotros can truly make an impact in the future, nosotros see greater need and bigger opportunities in edifice products and features tailored to work better for the adjacent billion user markets", he said.

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