Reliance Jio to supply free WiFi

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, May 19, 2017, 11:06 AM

Reliance Jio to supply free WiFi

Punjab, May 19: The Punjab Technical Education minister Charanjit Singh Channi has announced here on Thursday, The Punjab state govt has signed a MoU with sensational telecom operator Reliance JIO, which will provide free Wi-Fi facility in all colleges in the state.

The free wifi facility for all government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), polytechnics including engineering colleges.

He said that The MoU will help provide free Internet facility to students of all institutions for their academics and also to encourage cashless transactions and digitalisation.

He said that a MoU for providing free Wi-Fi for the campuses of all govt institutions was signed between private firm Reliance Jio and Punjab government on Thursday.

Minister Channi said that Reliance Jio would set up the infrastructure and provide its services free of cost. In addition, the company will also bear the cost of equipment and electricity required for the functioning of Wi-Fi, he said.

"All the principals of respective colleges have been directed to provide suitable space and security for Wi-Fi and other relevant network equipment," he said.

The minister said that all objectionable websites would be blocked as per Government of India's directions.