Hyderabad: Wi-Fi connectivity around 10 km of Hussainsagar was formally launched on Thursday.
‘Hy-wi’ (without password) is an open Wi-Fi and an user needs to log in with his or her name, phone number and email id. A one-time password (OTP) will be generated, showing both complimentary and paid services. The complementary service will be valid for 30 minutes.
State IT minister K.T. Rama Rao, during the launch, said that the state government aspired to reach a target of Rs 1.2 lakh crore in IT exports from the current level of Rs 60,000 crore in the next five years. The ICT sector currently employs over 3.25 lakh IT professionals.
Hyderabad Wi-Fi project is positioned to enable the fastest Wi-Fi hot spot using the readily available OFC network of over 4,000 km length in the twin cities.
The government plans to provide Wi-Fi services at over 2000 locations in the twin cities and about 50 villages in Telangana in Phase I in the next 180 days.
It also has plans to connect all major district headquarters in Telangana with Wi-Fi.
Users can experience high-speed internet access with speeds at 10 mbps.
The beneficiaries of the free Wi-Fi would be colleges, schools, hospitals, bus stations, parks, tourist locations and the entire Cyberabad area. Citizens will get free Wi-Fi (300 MB) for the first half an hour and subsequently on a chargeable basis.
Mr Rao had a formal video interaction with Union IT minister Ravishankar Prasad.
