Lakhs of suburban rail commuters served by select telcos will be able to enjoy faster internet on their mobile phones courtesy of a new technology. Cloudextel, which pitches itself as a “network as a service” company, has tied up for a pilot project with Railtel to provide the shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution at nine railway stations between Churchgate and Dadar on the Western Railway.
The company’s founder and chief executive, Kunal Bajaj, said it has already fixed up the equipment at the Mumbai Central railway station, and claimed that the results have been very satisfactory with higher data speeds.
At present, subscribers of Vi and Airtel will be able to avail the services without any extra cost or a new login like the one required to log on to a public Wi-Fi, Bajaj said.
