New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday launched free WiFi service at three more railway stations across India via videoconferencing here.
These stations are at Patna in Bihar, Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, and Ranchi in Jharkhand.
So far, Mumbai Central, Bhubaneshwar, Kachiguda, Vijayawada, Raipur, Bhopal, and Jaipur have got WiFi facility.
The minister said the government planned to introduce the service at all major railway stations in the country in three years.
"By this year-end, free WiFi facility will be in place at 100 major railway stations. We will achieve our target of 400 stations in three years. Once in place, it will be the largest public WiFi system in the world," Prabhu told reporters here.
The service was commissioned by RailTel, a mini-Ratna public sector undertaking, in association with Google for providing high-speed internet to rail commuters at these places.
The services will be provided under 'Railwire', the retail broadband distribution model of Railtel.
Mumbai Central was the first railway station in the country with free WiFi facility.
Last year, Google India and Indian Railways joined hands to introduce high-speed WiFi network at 400 stations in the country.
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