Free wi-fi to Hyderabad Citizens

Hyderabad June 20: Here is the good news for the Hyderabadi citizens, As they are getting the Wi-Fi spots across the city.

Coming to detail, Telangana government has been launched the 'Hyderabad City Wi-Fi' project, providing the wireless networking technology at over 1,000 public places in the city, here on today.

GHMC Mayor B Rammohan, who launched the project, said it will eventually cover around 3,000 hotspots in the city.

Jayesh Ranjan, who is the Telangana IT Secretary said that 3,000 public locations were identified in the city.

He further said that The network has now been installed at 1,000 hotspots with an assured bandwidth of 5-10 Mbps offering 30 minutes of free wi-fi.

The remaining 2,000 places will be covered in next three months, he added.

The project will be a cost of around Rs 300 crore, he said adding that the money has been invested by the industry.

Earlier, In June 2015, under the 'Digital Telangana' umbrella, the Telangana govt had launched the pilot version of the 'Hyderabad City Wi-Fi' project.

Based on its success, the government decided to scale up the project to cover over 3,000 locations across Hyderabad, through industry participation.