Ravi Shankar Prasad dedicates Wi-Fi Hotspot at Vaishno Devi

Union Minister for Telecom and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday dedicated 1000th WI-FI hot spot to the nation with the operationaliation of WI-FI facility at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that as part of Government’s initiative to modernize BSNL so as to make it relevant in the competitive environment which telecom sector is facing today. He said the Public Sector has plans to invest Rs 2000 crore for the upgradation of its network which includes adding another 21000 BTS. He said the addition would include 13000 BTS which BSNL would use for its 3G services.

As part of its drive to tap new sources of revenue while meeting aspirations of the Government, it has introduced a plan to deploy public Wi-Fi hotspots across the country covering all religious, tourist and important locations in the country. In first phase of the plan it proposes to set up 2500 WIFI hotspots across the country.