The Konkan Railway in its continued efforts for community development and with a view to provide free internet bandwidth to the rural areas of Konkan region, has tied up with M/s SYSCON/JOISTER for provision of 2 Mbps peer to peer, 24 hours free Wi-Fi internet bandwidth at 28 stations of Konkan Railway.

In line with government’s ‘Digital India’ initiative, M/s SYSCON/JOISTER, who is providing the ‘JOISPOT’ brand Wi-Fi in educational institutes of Pune and Mumbai, has undertaken as a part of their ‘Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity of providing free Wi-Fi bandwidth to the rural areas on the Konkan route.

JOISPOT free Wi-Fi mobile app provides 2 Mbps high speed wireless internet.

According to the press release issued, some of the highlights of free Wi-Fi internet bandwidth provided at Konkan Railway stations are:-

It covers the station entrance and surrounding area

To access  the free Wi-Fi, user has to open the JOISPOT mobile app and register using his/her name and mobile number and request for ‘one time password’ (OTP)

The system can provide access to about 300 users at bigger stations and about 100 users at smaller stations.

Minister of Railway Suresh Prabhu will inaugurate the said facility very soon, said the press release.

Team TNV