Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces plans to install free wifi in 400 Indian railway stations

Wed, 16 December 2015

17:55

Google's new chief executive Sundar Pichai used his first official visit to India Wednesday to outline plans to bring hundreds of millions of Indians online, including installing free wifi at railway stations.

The Indian-born Pichai said the first train station, Mumbai Central, would go online in January and the tech giant intended to cover 100 of India's stations by the end of 2016.

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