Free WiFi in Delhi from December 16, announces CM Arvind Kejriwal 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday anunced that national capital will get free WiFi from December 16, reby fulfilling AAP-led government’s last poll promise. Delhi goes to polls early next year. Delhi government h approved free WiFi proposal in August and will start first phase of deployment of said service from December 16. 

free WiFi service will begin in national capital from December 16 with Delhi government kicking things off by installing 100 hotspots. reon, government plans to install 500 hotspots every week, eventually leing into a set target of 11,000 hotspots in six months. public-private partnership (PPP) project will entail in an investment of around Rs 100 crore with Delhi government paying charges to partnering companies per hotspot on per month basis.  

Delhi to get free WiFi: More details

Once deployed, people in Delhi will be able to use free WiFi with speeds ranging from 50Mbps per hotspot (as per cabinet te) to 100Mbps (as per preliminary estimate) with a data limit of 15GB per month (1.5GB a day) per user. Hotspots will be available across bus stands (4,000), markets and RWAs (7,000) with every hotspot being able to support 150-200 concurrent users. 

service, as is usally case with such things, will be accessible via an app that users will need to sign into after completing a KYC process. Once signed in, users will be able to move between multiple hotspot zones connecting to free WiFi automatically. 

AAP-led Delhi Government has been floating idea of free WiFi as one of its flagship projects for a very long time w. project, that has been talk of town since at least 2015-16 budget, has been a long time coming, after having missed multiple delines. It’s a ‘major’ step in making Delhi a more techlogically vanced city, according to Delhi government, but wher it would be as seamlessly implemented is something only time will tell. same is true about monetary aspect. We don’t kw if Delhi government will also be looking to monetize it through plans that would offer faster speeds/more data to those willing to buy into it.     

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