VSNL sets up railway station cyber cafe at Bangalore

Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) has kicked off setting up of cyber cafés at major railway stations across the country, with the first one coming up at Bangalore railway station today.

"This effort will enable VSNL implement the promise made in the Union Railway Budget of setting up cyber cafés across the leading railway stations in the country. We are keen on making internet easily available so that passengers can stay connected even while on the move," Shashi Kalathil, president, broadband and retail business, said in a release here today.

VSNL was awarded franchisee rights for running cyber cafés at 68 locations, according to the Railway Budget 2006-07. The Tata group company plans to make all the 68 cyber cafés operational in the next few weeks.

The cyber cafés will enable all Tata Indicom subscribers access the internet using their existing accounts. Each of these cyber cafés will be equipped with 10-20 high-end multimedia PCs with flat panel monitors and will remain open on a 24x7 basis.

Tata Indicom will also create select Wi-Fi areas, providing wireless internet access to passengers on their laptops or Wi-Fi-enabled PDAs.