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NEW DELHI: Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has launched high speed RailWire Wi-fi zone in Delhi's National Rail Museum.
The Wi-Fi facility has been commissioned by RailTel in association with Google for providing high speed state of the art world class internet experience to the hundreds of people visiting the National Rail Museum every day.
The service built over the fiber network of RailTel is designed to offer high-speed broadband like experience to users. Along with experiencing the rich history of Indian Railways, the visitors of this museum will now be able to stay connected to high speed internet and easily stream a high definition video, download a book or a new game.
A total number of 23 access points, 11 access switches and 1 Fiber switchhave been used to create the state-of-the art Wi Fi facility atThe National Rail Museum.
RailTel is also in process of providing fast Wi-Fi at 5 more tourists sites of Delhi namely Red Fort, Humayun Tomb, Safdar Jung Tomb, QutubMinar and Rajpath Lawnsbeing maintained by Archaeological Survey of India.
Wi-Fi services to visitorsare being provided under ‘Railwire’,the retail Broadband distribution model of RailTel. Designed to offer users the best Internet experience, Railwire Wi-Fi will be available to any user who has a working mobile connection on a smartphone.
In year 2016, RailTel commissioned Railwire Fast Wi-Fi services at 110 railway stations with 115 stations enabled till date. The services are being used by over 6 million (60 lakh) users monthly. Extending the project we are in process of providing this service at another 200 stations during the current year.
In parallel to providing Wi-Fi at urbanareas, RailTel is also expanding Railwire Wi-Fi services at 200 rural railway stations across the country. These stations shall also be provided with a Digital Service Centre to provide various E-gov services, Digital literacy & various online services for the rural population.