Trai's proposal on public wi-fi hot spots awaiting DoT approval

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai’s) proposal for allowing data resale, a move that will help in proliferating public wi-fi hot spots, has been pending with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for over a year.

Trai had on March 9 last year said public wi-fi would make broadband services available at low cost.

It had said small entrepreneurs or shop-owners could work as public data offices (PDOs) to offer wi-fi service and for that data resale should be allowed.

“The Authority is well aware of the fact that introduction of PDO along with an aggregator would entail resale of data services as