As promised earlier Telangana government has made Hyderabad as free wi fi zone. Now the net lovers in the city can surf free net within a 10 km radius around Hussainsagar. The free Wi-Fi service will start in phases across the entire city.
The service will be available in areas such as Necklace Road, Tankbund, Lumbini Park and surrounding places. People can utilise free Internet services for the first 30 minutes with a speed of 2 Mbps to 20 Mbps.
BSNL officials explained that the pilot services have already started in the Hussainsagar area. The officials informed the minister that about 1,800 to 2,500 people can log in into Internet at a time. After the free 30 minutes, the users have to pay for the services.
The minister asked BSNL to provide quality services to the people and expand the services to other areas in a phased manner. The officials said the services can be expanded to the entire city by laying about 4,800 km fiber net. IT secretary Harpreet Singh, BSNL and Quad Zen officials were present in the meeting.