Residents of the State capital were provided free Wi-Fi service in various areas of the city from Monday.
The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited’s Wi-Fi service ‘Bhubaneswar Me WiFi’ was launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here.
Patnaik said similar free Wi-Fi service would also be made available in Cuttack, Sambalpur, Brahmapur, Rourkela and Puri cities in coming days.
As many as 518 Wi-Fi hotspots having 1,800 access points would be been created across Bhubaneswar. Under the service, each user is provided with 30 minutes of free internet service subjected to a usage limit of 250 MB data at a speed up to 2 Mbps per day.
One Wi-Fi hotspot is able to handle 150 users at a given point of time.
After consumption of the free data, users can opt top-up recharge for continuation of the service.
As many as 100 Wi-Fi hotspots having 275 access points were launched on day one; and the free internet would be available from the KIIT area to the Governor House, Acharya Vihar to AG Square, Sishu Bhawan to Vani Vihar and Nalco Square to AG Square.