Tata Communications, Tomizone Ally To Bring Wi-Fi Revolution In India

Tata Communications Internet Services and Tomizone have announced a partnership deal by which TCISL will use Tomizone proprietary software to usher in a Wi-Fi revolution in India. Auckland headquartered Tomizone is a Wi-Fi hotspot and metro Wi-Fi zone solutions provider across Australia, China, India and New Zealand.

“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 1000 Wi-Fi hotspots in India. As a result of this partnership, the number of such hotspots can grow manifold in a much shorter time and also give retail consumers a chance to take part in this exciting new business opportunity,” said Prateek Pashine, COO, TCISL.

He further added, “The association with Tomizone will help in expanding the Wi-Fi footprint in India enabling any Tata Indicom Broadband customer to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot and the software and user authentication systems have been designed in line with the Wi-Fi security guidelines mandated by DoT.”

The partnership would allow Tata Indicom broadband customers to set up Wi-Fi hotspots at their premises instantly. Besides his or her personal usage, the customer will also get an opportunity to utilise their unused bandwidth by offering it to others, say neighbors. In return, they will get credit (of Internet surfing time) on their account, thus subsidising the cost of their Broadband connection.