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	'''RailTel Corporation of India Ltd.''' is under the [[ownership]] of [[Indian Railways]] , [[Ministry of Railways]] , [[Government of India]] focusing on providing [[broadband]] and [[VPN]] services. RailTel was formed in September 2000 with the objective of creating a nationwide broadband, telecom and multimedia network, to modernise train control operation and safety system of [[Indian Railways]]. RailTel's network passes through around 5,000 stations across the country, covering all major commercial centres.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=100106 \|title=RAILTEL Celebrates its Annual Day\|date=18 October 2013 \|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Indian government\|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref>		'''RailTel Corporation of India Ltd.''' is under the [[ownership]] of [[Indian Railways]], [[Ministry of Railways]], [[Government of India]] focusing on providing [[broadband]] and [[VPN]] services. RailTel was formed in September 2000 with the objective of creating a nationwide broadband, telecom and multimedia network, to modernise train control operation and safety system of [[Indian Railways]]. RailTel's network passes through around 5,000 stations across the country, covering all major commercial centres.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=100106 \|title=RAILTEL Celebrates its Annual Day\|date=18 October 2013 \|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Indian government\|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref>

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	In June 2018, Google announced that its Free Wi-Fi project was now powering 400 Indian railway stations. As a result, there were more than 8 million people accessing the internet each month via the project.<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/google-says-free-wifi-available-at-400-railway-stations/articleshow/64492865.cms</ref>		In June 2018, Google announced that its Free Wi-Fi project was now powering 400 Indian railway stations. As a result, there were more than 8 million people accessing the internet each month via the project.<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/google-says-free-wifi-available-at-400-railway-stations/articleshow/64492865.cms</ref>

	The partnership between Google and Railwire ended in May 2020. Now Railwire alone provides free WiFi for 30mins at low speed and further paid plans at 34Mbps to more than 5000 railway stations in India.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/google-ends-its-free-wifi-service-at-indian-railway-stations/article30878776.ece</ref>		The partnership between Google and Railwire ended in May 2020. Now Railwire alone provides free WiFi for 30mins at low speed and further paid plans at 34Mbps to more than 5000 railway stations in India.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/google-ends-its-free-wifi-service-at-indian-railway-stations/article30878776.ece {{Bare URL inline\|date=November 2021}}</ref>

	===Railwire===		===Railwire===
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{{short description|Indian Railways organisation}}
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| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|2000|09}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Evolution of Railtel|url=http://www.railtelindia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=83&lang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215053800/http://www.railtelindia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197&Itemid=83&lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 February 2014|website=www.railtelindia.com|access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref>
| hq_location = 143, Institutional Area, Sector-44
| hq_location_city = [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]]
| hq_location_country = India
| area_served = India
| key_people = Puneet Chawla, Chairman & Managing Director
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'''RailTel Corporation of India Ltd.''' is under the [[ownership]] of [[Indian Railways]] , [[Ministry of Railways]] , [[Government of India]] focusing on providing [[broadband]] and [[VPN]] services. RailTel was formed in September 2000 with the objective of creating a nationwide broadband, telecom and multimedia network, to modernise train control operation and safety system of [[Indian Railways]]. RailTel's network passes through around 5,000 stations across the country, covering all major commercial centres.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=100106 |title=RAILTEL Celebrates its Annual Day|date=18 October 2013 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Indian government|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref>

==History==
The Indian Railways (IR) was initially solely dependent on the Department of Telecom (now [[BSNL]]) for their control and administrative communication circuits. To increase circuit efficiency, the Railways began building up its own communication systems from early 1970s based on overhead telephone lines, quad cables and [[microwave]] signalling. In 1983, the Railway Reforms Committee decided to introduce [[optical fibre cable]] (OFC) based communications in IR to provide safety, reliability, availability and serviceability through use of a dedicated network. The decision was also taken to create a network independent of the DoT and replace the existing microwave telecom systems (60% of which had reached end of life) with OFC.

Indian Railways commissioned the first OFC on the [[Western line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Churchgate–Virar line]] in Mumbai in 1988 for train operation and control purpose, which consisted of 60 km of network across 28 stations. The network was expanded in Central India with the commissioning of 900 km of OFC network in 1991–92 across Durg–Nagpur, Nagpur–Itarsi and Itarsi–Bhusaval sections of the [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]], and in Eastern India with the commissioning of 60 km of OFC network in [[Tatanagar–Bilaspur section|Tatanagar–Chakradhrapur section]] of the same line.

The second National Telecom Policy in 1999 opened the National Long-Distance segment under favourable licensing conditions with revenue sharing to assist mobile network operators to spread their networks across India. In 2000, the Government announced the formation of a telecom corporation to build a nationwide broadband multimedia telecommunication network. RailTel was established in 26 September 2000 as a [[Public Sector Undertaking]] (PSU), wholly owned by the Indian Railways.<ref>[http://www.railtelindia.com/profile/about-us.html Rural Broadband Connectivity Provider in India | RailTel]</ref>

==Projects==
{{see also| Future of rail transport in India | Bharat Broadband Network | label 2 = BharatNet | UMANG}}

===Wi-Fi and WiMax===
RailTel, in collaboration with Google, provides free [[WiFi]] access at selected railways stations across India. Google chose railway stations as the location to provide free WiFi because stations have access to reliable power supply and fibre provided by RailTel, and because the passengers at a station come from all demographics of India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google teams up with RailTel to give free Wifi to all railway stations in India|url=http://www.indialivetoday.com/google-teams-up-with-railtel-to-give-free-wifi-to-all-railway-stations-in-india/16505.html|website=India Live Today|access-date=25 August 2016|date=30 July 2016}}</ref>

The free WiFi service was launched at [[Mumbai Central railway station]] in January 2016.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/mumbai-central-gets-googles-highspeed-wifi-network/article8140702.ece Mumbai Central gets Google's Wi-Fi network – The Hindu]</ref> In April 2016, the service was expanded to nine more railway stations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Google, RailTel expand free WiFi reach, cover 9 more stations|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/google-railtel-expand-free-wifi-reach-cover-9-more-stations-116041500438_1.html|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> In June 2016, Google announced that free WiFi was available across 19 stations in India and was being used by over 1.5 million people.<ref>{{cite web|title=1.5 million Indians enjoy high Speed Wi-Fi across 19 Railway Stations|url=http://googleindia.blogspot.in/2016/06/15-million-indians-enjoy-high-speed-wi.html|website=Official Google India Blog|access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref>

In September 2016, Google announced a public WiFi initiative called [[Google Station]]. Google plans to expand free WiFi coverage under the initiative to locations such as cafes and malls across India, and later expand worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Byford|first1=Sam|title=Google Station is a new platform that aims to make public Wi-Fi better|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/27/13070922/google-station-public-wi-fi-india|website=The Verge|access-date=28 September 2016|date=27 September 2016}}</ref>

In June 2018, Google announced that its Free Wi-Fi project was now powering 400 Indian railway stations. As a result, there were more than 8 million people accessing the internet each month via the project.<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/google-says-free-wifi-available-at-400-railway-stations/articleshow/64492865.cms</ref>

The partnership between Google and Railwire ended in May 2020. Now Railwire alone provides free WiFi for 30mins at low speed and further paid plans at 34Mbps to more than 5000 railway stations in India.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/google-ends-its-free-wifi-service-at-indian-railway-stations/article30878776.ece</ref>

===Railwire===
Based on its nationwide fibre network, RailTel offers various bandwidth intensive application to its customers. One such initiative is RailWire, a joint venture with MSPs to provide voice, video and multimedia access on a single wire at a customer's home or office.<ref>{{cite news|title=RailTel to tie up with MSOs to expand internet base in rural T.N.|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/railtel-to-tie-up-with-msos-to-expand-internet-base-in-rural-tn/article5387079.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 November 2013|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

==Awards==
RailTel received the 12th National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Railway PSU – "RailTel" Bags 12th National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management 2014|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=123344|access-date=19 July 2015|publisher=Press Information Bureau of India}}</ref>

==References==
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