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Free wifi hotspots across Delhi was one of AAP's main election promise for Delhi Elections 2005[1]

Delhi is the first city in the world with free Wi-Fi across the city [2]
-- 11,000+ hotspots installed across the city[1:1]
-- Total ~21 lakh users (Avg ~7 lakh daily users with 99% satisfaction)[3]

FUTURE Plans

For further expansion, expected to be relaunched in mid-2024[1:2]
-- Scheme got halted in December 2022
-- 50% extra hotspots with at least 250mbps speed

Entire City Covered[1:3]

  • 100 in each of the 70 assemblies at parks, markets and important government buildings
  • 4,000 at bus queue shelters
  • Total 11,034 hotspots access points installed across the city

Usage Details

21 lakh mobile phone users take benefit of this facility[1:4]

~7 lakh daily users with 99% satisfaction level[3:1]

  • User identified through his mobile number
  • Everyone got 15GB free data every month at a speed of 200mb/second within 50m of each hotspot device[1:5]
  • Each Hotspot device could concurrently handle 150-200 users[1:6]

Future plans

  • Scheme was halted in December 2022 as Delhi government is reworking its scheme[4]
  • "The scheme is being redesigned. There is no fund crunch," asserted PWD minister Atishi[4:1]
  • ~50% increase in hotspot devices with at least 30 assembly constituencies, which are densely populated, will get more hotspot points[1:7]
  • Download speed of the free internet facility from 200mbps to at least 250mbps to give a better experience to people[1:8]

REFERENCES:


  1. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhi-government-to-relaunch-better-free-wi-fi-facility-next-fiscal/articleshow/98054569.cms ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/delhi-govt-approves-continuation-of-free-wi-fi-scheme-in-the-city-121080301539_1.html ↩︎

  3. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/at-11000-free-wifi-hotspots-across-delhi-no-network-for-over-a-year-9221646/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/no-funds-crunch-govt-redesigning-scheme-to-resume-free-wifi-atishi/articleshow/104078806.cms ↩︎ ↩︎

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