First wi-fi city in the world?
PUNE is headed towards becoming the first wi-fi city in the world. The powers-that-be are already moving towards making wireless connectivity a reality.
The technology, the people, the will, the drive and even the pilot projects are all in place. Now only government will is required.
The PMC is already in preliminary talks with the wi-fi technologists of the world to chalk out a roadmap for the same. “Pune can definitely become the first wi-fi city of India,” says Sanjay Kumar, commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).
PT also carried out a reality check about the viability of the service and found that Media Lab Asia, the world renowned IT firm, has already tested the wi-fi technology successfully in VIT College, Baramati.
Satish Jha, chairman, Digital Partners, India, who was instrumental in the implementation, explains, “We have selected Pune as the first city in the world to get wi-fi status.”
Pune has been selected because it is smaller compared to Hyderabad and Bangalore.
“At the same time, over the last two years, Pune has established itself as a worldclass centre for IT,” adds Jha.
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