Google wants every public space on the planet to have fast Wi-Fi service.
Less than a year after Google started connecting railway stations in India with free Wi-Fi, the company has introduced a similar program to bring fast Wi-Fi service around the world. The company plans to bring fast Wi-Fi service to cafes, shopping malls and everywhere else, with a new initiative it is calling Google Station.
During the second installment of Google's India event in New Delhi today, Caesar Sengupta, VP of Google , said the company is opening up the platform to any person with a good internet connection.
The inspiration for Google Station came from the success of Google's partnership with the Indian Railways to provide free Wi-Fi services at railway stations in India. Currently, Google claims that the service is live at 52 stations and over 3.5 million users use it every month. Google also estimates that 15,000 Indians access the internet for the first time using the free Wi-Fi service every day.
On its website, the company invites citizens to connect with the company and discuss how they can help bring the internet to more people. It also plans to offer financial benefits to its partners, Sengupta added.
“It should work with large venues and organizations, network operators, fiber providers, system integrators, and infrastructure companies,” the company describes on its website.
