Hyderabad made a big leap towards becoming the city with the world class IT infrastructure and high speed internet connectivity with the State Government launching the ‘Hyderabad City Wi Fi Project’ or Hy-Fi.
The project which started with 1,000 hotspots across the city will eventually have 3000 hotspots.
The project will enable people to get a high speed connectivity at their homes as well as at public places. With a speed of 5 to 10 Mbps the first half an hour use will be free. Malls, tourist attractions, schools and colleges are among the first 1000 hotspots.
Principal Secretary IT Department Jayesh Ranjan said that the project will be a big boon to the businessmen, shop keepers, entrepreneurs, students and visitors as they will be able to get easy connectivity wherever they want.
The technical infrastructure for the project has been put together by the private sector telecommunication companies like Act Fibernet, Airtel and Indus Towers while the Cellular Operators Association of India is the technical advisor to the State Government. The full fledged project was launched following the success of the pilot project launched in 2015 at hundred hotspots. The number was gradually increased to 250.