Indian Government is right now keen on developing a ‘Digital India’; and wants every Indian to be able to access Internet without any hassles. Talks are on to make Internet a fundamental right, just like education and freedom of speech.
We have collated all the cities and places where free public WiFi Here is a list of all public places where you can access free WiFi connectivity and surf the web:
New Delhi
City
New Delhi
Free WiFi Zone Currently Available
Khan Market ; North Block in Connaught Place
Soon to be Available
Whole Connaught Place, Karol Bagh Market
New Delhi Municipal Council has recently kickstarted it’s ambitious project of creating Free WiFi zones in the city; and Khan Market situated in Central Delhi has became the first public place to have one. Besides this, N-Block area in Connaught Place is also having free WiFi zone on a pilot basis, which would be soon spread to whole Connaught Place. After registering, a user will be able to access free WiFi for a certain usage, after which he needs to purchase credit.
In June this year, we had reported about this plan, which has finally made live.
Mumbai:
City
Mumbai
Free WiFi Zone Currently Available
Shivaji Park, Mumbai Metro Train and Stations
Soon to be Available
Navi Mumbai, Mumbai State Transport Buses
Shivaji Park was the first public location in Mumbai to get free WiFi, and as per Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Navi Mumbai will soon get quite a few free WiFi zones as well. Earlier we had reported that Mumbai Metro trains and stations have started free WiFi service as well, something which Metro travelers in Delhi miss a lot. And as per reviews of users, connectivity in Mumbai metro has been excellent so far. Additionally, Mumbai State Transport buses will soon have free WiFi connectivity as well.
Bangalore:
City
Bangalore
Free WiFi Zone Currently Available
MG Road, Brigade Road, Shanthi Nagar bus station, Yeshwantpur bus station, Koramangala bus station and CMH Road, Indiranagar
Soon to be Available
Whole city
Bangalore was the first Indian city which offered free WiFi connectivity to it’s citizens in January this year. Soon the trend was caught on, and thanks to the Indian elections, lots of other state governments also started offering this service. Besides these 6 locations, Bangalore will soon have free WiFi for the entire city as well. We will keep you updated. Besides Bangalore, plans are also running to install free WiFi in cities such as Mysore, Mangalore and Hubli, which are developing their own IT infrastructure to compete Bangalore.
Ahmedabad
City
Ahmedabad
Free WiFi Zone Currently Available
Kankaria Lake, Gandhi ashram, Iskon mall, Karnavati club, Science city, Civil hospital, Drive-in, Madhupura market
Soon to be Available
Sabarmati Ashram, BJ Medical College and lots of more places
On its 603rd birthday in February this year, Ahmedabad received it’s gift in the form of free WiFi connectivity in more than 8 locations as shared above. Modi, who was previously Gujarat CM had made it clear that digital is the new highway, and every citizen should be connected with this information superhighway. Reliance Jio has teamed up with Gujarat government to provide such free WiFi zones in Surat, Baroda and more cities in the state, which would be powered by 4G. We will keep you updated.
Patna
City
Patna
Free WiFi Zone Currently Available
Between NIT-Patna on Ashok Rajpath to Danapur; stretch of 20 kms
Soon to be Available
N/A
Bihar has beaten Beijing to open up world’s longest corridor of free WiFi connectivity; when the state government launched free WiFi zone between NIT-Patna on Ashok Rajpath to Danapur. A stretch of 20 kms of free WiFi zone is no-where in the world! But the response to this initiative has been dismal as several users have complained that the service is not available most of the times.
Besides these locations, free WiFi is now provided almost in every airport across the country, in addition to popular cafés such as Café Coffee Day and Barista. Interestingly, even Indian Railways is planning to provide free WiFi across its trains and platforms via satellite connectivity.
Here is a exhaustive list of all Free WiFi zones in the country, which includes both public and private locations.
Have we missed any location? Please help us build this list by mentioning any other Free WiFi zone in your city and state by commenting right here!
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