According to a recent report, Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) Vice Chairman Ashish Khetan announced on Friday that the government of Delhi will be providing 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspot zones in the national capital by the end of this year and that three access points would be made in every hotspot zone.
“This Wi-Fi project will facilitate people to use high-speed internet free of cost. It will be the largest public Wi-Fi project in the world. As many as 120 people would be able to login in every hotspot zone and take benefit of high speed internet,” Khetan told reporters.
He added that the Delhi government’s IT department is the nodal agency for Wi-Fi project and the tender process will begin very soon.
He also unveiled that the government has decided to create a common fiber network in order to take the high speed internet to every household in Delhi under its ‘Fiber to Home’ project.
“We need common fiber network for improvement in health, education, water and electricity, public transport and safety sectors which is mandatory for developing a city into smart city,” Khetan said.
Source: IANS
