January 27, 2015
Kolkata to become India’s first fully Wi-Fi enabled metro city
Kolkata will become India’s first fully Wi-Fi enabled metro city in the next two or three months. West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee made the landmark announcement at the inauguration ceremony of the 39th Kolkata International Book Fair.
Reliance Jio will be providing Wi-Fi services to people throughout all the 145 municipal wards of the city, starting with Park Street in early February, 2015. The rest of the city will be made Wi-Fi enabled in phases over the next three months.
After making the announcement, the CM tweeted:
Delighted to announce that #Kolkata will become India’s first fully Wi-Fi enabled metro city in the next 2-3 months. Park St from Feb 5
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 27, 2015
Thank u Reliance Jio. This will transform Kolkata into a networked society – Smart, Simple & Secure. Kolkata leads the way in digital world
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 27, 2015
Reacting to the announcement, National Spokesperson of the Trinamool Congress, Derek O’Brien tweeted:
Let others talk about Digital India.We just delivered Digital Kolkata
— Derek O’Brien (@quizderek) January 27, 2015
The response on the social media after the announcement was overwhelming:
@quizderek Thank you Thank you Thank you 🙂 Very happy to hear of this giant leap for #Kolkata
— Gunjan Chakrabarty (@Gunjan47) January 27, 2015
@quizderek @Gunjan47 Kolkata is moving ahead in the race of smart city, even Delhi don’t have wi fi except CP.
— SKP (@spurkayastha203) January 27, 2015
Kol to become fully Wi-Fi enabled in two months. This will be landmark in the resurgence of #Bengal under the leadership of @MamataOfficial
— অগ্নিভ নিয়োগী (@Aagan86) January 27, 2015
