Note4Students

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level : RailWire, RailTel

Mains level : Internet connectivity across railway stations

• RailWire Wi-Fi by RailTel is now live at 1,600 railway stations across the country, with Santa Cruz railway station in Mumbai becoming the 1,600th station to become a RailWire Wi-Fi zone.

RailWire

• RailWire is a retail broadband initiative of RailTel, which envisages extending broadband and application services to the public.
• RailTel is working to establish bringing fast and free Wi-Fi at all stations (except the halt stations) within a year.
• The Wi-Fi at 415 A, A1 and C category stations has been provided in association with Google as the technology partner.
• Wi-Fi connections at 200 stations were provided with support from the Universal Service Obligatory Fund of the Govt. of India.

About RailTel

• RailTel Corporation is a Mini Ratna(Category-I) PSU of Ministry of Railways.
• It is the largest neutral telecom services providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fiber network covering all important towns & cities of the country and several rural areas covering 70% of India’s population.