Centre’s public WiFi scheme faces adoption hesitancy: Report

Nearly two years after its launch in December 2020, the Centre’s public WiFi scheme has seen 1,32,000 hotspots activated, but hesitancy in adopting the scheme stemming from lack of interest due to low financial incentives, is hampering further adoption.

The Centre has plans to install 1 crore hotspots across the country under the Prime Minister’s WiFi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) scheme, but the sluggish pace of migrating WiFi hotspots to the network by state-run entities such as Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) and the Indian Railways, has also impeded progress, Business Standard reported, citing officials aware of the situation.