Bengaluru Gets 6 Free Public Wi-Fi Hotspots

On Friday, Karnataka government launched free Wi-Fi connectivity in six commercial hotspots in Bengaluru. This is said to be the 1st free public Wi-Fi service of its kind in India which includes airports and confined retail spaces. This service will gonna be extended to 10-15 more locations over the next few months.

Free public Wi-Fi will enable you to access the internet on your mobile devices even when you are on the road. You no need to have a 2G or 3G connection.

Plenty of  applications can be built using free public Wi-Fi. Bengaluru is looking at using it for high-definition traffic surveillance, and parking management. Cameras have already been installed at Wi-Fi hotspots, and so that people can view the traffic conditions on those roads and will also help people to where parking is available.

At these 6 hotspots, one can access Internet at a speed of up to 512kbps and the usage will be limited to three hours per day or up to 50MB data.

Around the globe, many governments and cities are beginning to provide free Wi-Fi connectivity. In United States of America, at least 57 cities now have free Wi-Fi. Many European and Asian cities too provide free public Wi-Fi.

Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu said the project proposal is still at a nascent stage and the civic body was working on the security aspects. "We have appointed consultants who are studying how all security concerns can be addressed before kickstarting the project," Prabhu said.