Modi’s WiFi revolution: Cabinet okays setting WiFi across country

In an effort to increase ease of doing business and take another step towards Digital India, the Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for setting up public Wi-Fi networks across the length and breadth of the country. This public Wi-Fi Access Network Interface will be known as PM-WANI. The cabinet said that the move is expected to be more business-friendly and in line with efforts for ease of doing business. It further said that Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated the delivery of stable and high-speed Broadband Internet services to an increasingly large number of subscribers in the country including areas that do not have 4G mobile coverage, which can be achieved by deployment of public Wi-Fi.