GOVT WEIGHS INTEROPERABILITY FOR PUBLIC WI-FI

The government is considering a proposal to enable interoperability for public Wi-Fi network, which will translate into a seamless connectivity experience for users, a top department of telecom official said Friday. Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan said 370,000 Wi-Fi hotspots have been deployed by the industry—against the stated commitment of rolling out one million Wi-Fi hotspots by December 2019— and added that once security nod is obtained on interoperability, it would lead to seamless experience for users and generate new revenue sources for small enterpreneurs. “Working in tandem with Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) and with service providers, we are hoping to deploy an interoperable public Wi-Fi network,” Sundararajan said.