Russian Railways JSC (RZD) has launched free Wi-Fi at 64 railway stations. By the end of the year the company will increase the number of stations offering free Internet access to 100, while expanding the Wi-Fi
coverage area.
“As we expand the coverage on our stations’ landside areas, daily connections have reached 6,000. Moscow and Saint Petersburg account for a better part of connections”, says a release from Russian Railways. It took the rail operator six months to reach this level of connections, specifi ed a company’s spokesperson in an interview for ComNews. The amount of traffi c and Wi-Fi data rate will depend on the passenger load at a facility.
The service is carried out by a subsidiary of Russian Railways – Vokzal Infocom.
The company is currently preparing the trial launch of WiFi offl oad technology which enables automatic offl oading of mobile data to Wi-Fi at Moscow Kursk railway station and stations in Yekaterinburg and Perm.
The cost of the project for free Wi-Fi at railway stations was not disclosed. ◊
coverage area.
“As we expand the coverage on our stations’ landside areas, daily connections have reached 6,000. Moscow and Saint Petersburg account for a better part of connections”, says a release from Russian Railways. It took the rail operator six months to reach this level of connections, specifi ed a company’s spokesperson in an interview for ComNews. The amount of traffi c and Wi-Fi data rate will depend on the passenger load at a facility.
The service is carried out by a subsidiary of Russian Railways – Vokzal Infocom.
The company is currently preparing the trial launch of WiFi offl oad technology which enables automatic offl oading of mobile data to Wi-Fi at Moscow Kursk railway station and stations in Yekaterinburg and Perm.
The cost of the project for free Wi-Fi at railway stations was not disclosed. ◊
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