February 5, 2015
WB CM launches ‘WiFi Kolkata’ with a groupfie
Kolkata is going to become the first fully Wi-Fi enabled city in India. WB CM Ms Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated the first phase of the Wi-Fi services at Park Street.
High speed 4G Wi-Fi service is now available in Park street along with the adjoining areas from this evening. The rest of the city will be covered in a phased manner within the next three months. Salt Lake, Barasat, Rajarhat and Howrah will also be made Wi-Fi enabled, CM announced.
The launch event was attended by WB CM Ms Mamata Banerjee, Honourable Mayor of Kolkata Sovan Chatterjee, ministers, MPs and representatives from Reliance group. The highlight of the launch was a ‘groupfie’ taken by WB CM
আমার সকল ওয়াইফাই বন্ধুরা, আমি #WiFiKolkata ব্যবহার করে আমার প্রথম টুইট করলাম। আমি গর্বিত কলকাতা ভারতের প্রথম ওয়াইফাই নগরী।
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) February 5, 2015
All my WiFi friends, I am tweeting using #WiFiKolkata. So proud to be first WiFi Metro city in India. Congratulations to us all — Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) February 5, 2015
At the event, the Mayor of Kolkata made his foray into the world of Twitter with his first tweet using WiFi services:
আমার প্রথম টুইট। টুইটারে আমার যাত্রা শুরু #WiFiKolkata দিয়ে। কলকাতা ভারতের প্রথম ওয়াইফাই শহর হতে চলেছে বলে আমি গর্বিত
— Sovan Chatterjee (@SovanKolkata) February 5, 2015
Delighted to begin my journey on Twitter using #WiFiKolkata. Proud to announce Kolkata will be India’s first WiFi Metro city
— Sovan Chatterjee (@SovanKolkata) February 5, 2015
Here are some pictures from the launch: http://goo.gl/3Aq7b8
