Tata Comm, Tomizone ventures to offer Wi-Fi internet in India

The tie up will let Tata Indicom broadband customers to set up WiFi at their respective premises instantly. In fact, the users can also utilize their bandwidth by offering it to others for which they will get credit of Internet surfing time, as per media reports.

On this, Prateek Pashine, COO, Tata Communications Internet Services said, "There is a need for higher penetration of Wi-Fi hotspots where laptop and Wi-Fi enabled-device users can connect to the Internet. Currently there are less than 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in India with Tata Indicom Wi-Fi having a share of over 50 per cent. Through this partnership, the number of such hotspots can grow manifold in a much shorter time."