Ozone aims to reach 1 mn hotspots by 2020; ties up with retail chains

New Delhi: After offering Internet services at the Mumbai airport, Ozone Network is all set to provide wi-fi serivces in Delhi's Hauz Khas village as it aims to reach one million hotspots by 2020.

The company is providing Wi-Fi to the Mumbai Airport (T1 & T2 terminals) and leading retail chains such as McDonalds, Haldiram’s, bluO and is in the process of signing with large coffee and food chains.

Ozone has also started deploying market Wi-Fi with a deployment in Aurobindo Market.

The Hauz Khas village resident welfare association (RWA) and Ozone Networks have come together to provide their patrons and customers the opportunity to login the moment they enter an Ozone Wi-Fi hotspot, therefore extending a Home Wi-Fi experience to people while in Hauz Khas village, a statement said.

Sanjeev Bobby Sarin, Founder and CEO, Ozone Networks said “We are delighted to launch Wi-Fi for visitors and tourists at Haus Khas village which has a young and affluent crowd. The network has been designed for offload so that mobile operators can take advantage and reduce congestion on their networks today”.

He further added, “We have signed a 10-year contract, with a lock-in period. With this partnership, Hauz Khas village will become fully operational within 6 weeks. This area sees a high footfall of around 500.000 people/per month. This will provide users a home-like broadband experience and will seamlessly connect users across our network. By doing this, the Delhi government can see a “real live” operational network for the Delhi citizens, and get some early feedback on what the consumer thinks and wants.

Ozone today has deployed 6,500 access points and 1,500 are public hot spots across 26 different cities, top 23 major metros covering the Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets. The company aims to reach one million hotspots by 2020.