Public Wi-Fi to contribute $20 billion to India’s GDP by 2019: Analysys Mason

Bangalore: Public Wi-Fi can play a key role in driving ubiquitous connectivity and digital inclusion in India, as explored in an Analysys Mason study — ‘Accelerating connectivity through public Wi-Fi: Early lessons from the railway Wi-Fi project’, published today. Despite fast increases in number of people connected (316 million at the end of 2017, compared to 200 million the previous year), mobile broadband penetration in India stood at only 31% at the end of 2017, still significantly behind many of India’s peers. The report, prepared through the lens of Google…

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