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DU allocates Rs 67.71 crore for setting up WiFi in all college campuses

The Delhi University has allocated a fund of Rs 67.71 crore for setting up a WiFi network across all its college campuses and in an upcoming girls' hostel in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, according to an official document. The WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) connectivity will be set up across about 90 colleges of Delhi University, on both north and south campuses and the Dhaka Hostel complex, the document said. The execution of the work will be funded from the loan corpus of Rs 938.33 crore taken by the varsity from the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) in October last year to undertake various developmental projects. A loan share of Rs 261.33 crore from this corpus has been sanctioned by the HEFA for setting up the WiFi network as well as to start the work for the construction of a building for the Faculty of Technology. The HEFA is a joint venture company of Canara Bank and the Ministry of Education which provides financial assistance for the creation of educational ...

DU allocates Rs 67.71 crore for setting up WiFi in all college campuses
Updated On : 07 Mar 2024 | 7:33 AM IST

Li-Fi: Know about light-based wireless tech that is 100x faster than Wi-Fi

Li-Fi uses special LED light bulb as routers and works on optical wireless communications technology

Li-Fi: Know about light-based wireless tech that is 100x faster than Wi-Fi
Updated On : 19 Jul 2023 | 4:51 PM IST

India misses its 10-million target of public Wi-Fi coverage by end of 2022

The count is just 0.5 million, whereas the target set by the government was 10 million by the end of 2022; India is also likely to miss its 50 million public wifi hotspots target by 2030

India misses its 10-million target of public Wi-Fi coverage by end of 2022
Updated On : 06 Jul 2023 | 11:48 AM IST

Absence of incentives, poor awareness hobble rural WiFi scheme PM-WANI

Scheme central to government's plans to create up to 10 mn public WiFi hotspots by Dec

Absence of incentives, poor awareness hobble rural WiFi scheme PM-WANI
Updated On : 29 Nov 2022 | 10:33 PM IST

Public WiFi zones activated at 3 locations for Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu

The two other locations where the WiFi zones were established are Jammu railway station and the main bus stand, the official said.

Public WiFi zones activated at 3 locations for Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu
Updated On : 03 Jul 2022 | 12:08 AM IST

Jammu to get free WiFi at 20 more locations under smart city mission

Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) has signed an agreement with service provider LMES to install the WiFi hotspots

Jammu to get free WiFi at 20 more locations under smart city mission
Updated On : 25 Nov 2021 | 2:39 AM IST

Delhi Metro launches free WiFi services at Yellow Line metro stations

Delhi Metro commuters can now access the internet using free high-speed WiFi at all its Yellow Line stations

Delhi Metro launches free WiFi services at Yellow Line metro stations
Updated On : 17 Oct 2021 | 4:12 PM IST

Tremendous potential for proliferation of Wi-Fi hotspots in India: Trai

The PM WANI initiative can result in a massive scale-up of the internet in rural areas, which will be transformative, Trai Chairman said

Tremendous potential for proliferation of Wi-Fi hotspots in India: Trai
Updated On : 18 Jun 2021 | 9:41 PM IST

Two steps to boost broadband usage

The first, fixing technology gaps, should be easy. The second warrants consideration for better services and to avoid undue disruption

Two steps to boost broadband usage
Updated On : 07 Jan 2021 | 4:34 AM IST

Cabinet approves setting up of public Wi-Fi networks across India

The networks will be set up through public data offices (PDOs) that will establish, maintain, and operate WANI-compliant Wi-Fi Access Points

Cabinet approves setting up of public Wi-Fi networks across India
Updated On : 10 Dec 2020 | 2:03 AM IST

Kejriwal doing vote-bank politics: Gambhir on installation of WiFi hotspots

Earlier in the day, Kejriwal announced that free 11,000 WiFi hotspots will be set up in the national capita

Kejriwal doing vote-bank politics: Gambhir on installation of WiFi hotspots
Updated On : 08 Jan 2020 | 10:00 PM IST

Cisco partners Google to roll out free, high-speed WiFi zones in India

Under the partnership, Cisco is providing the network infrastructure and about 25 locations already live in Benagluru and another 200 locations will go live in the next 2-3 months in the city

Cisco partners Google to roll out free, high-speed WiFi zones in India
Updated On : 29 Jul 2019 | 3:28 PM IST

Soon, get Wi-Fi data vouchers from street vendors: All you need to know

The PDO creates Wi-Fi hotspots using 2G, 3G or 4G signals

Soon, get Wi-Fi data vouchers from street vendors: All you need to know
Updated On : 22 Apr 2017 | 10:00 AM IST

Public WiFi can be vulnerable to data theft: Norton

India has nearly 31,000 such hotspots installed

Public WiFi can be vulnerable to data theft: Norton
Updated On : 18 Nov 2016 | 1:07 AM IST