BSE Ties Up With Tata Docomo For Free Wi-Fi Services

10 January, New Delhi

With the growing importance of internet services for government and business units, Asias oldest stock exchange BSE Sunday unveiled the free Wi-Fi services in partnership with Tata Docomo in the area of Mumbais PJ Tower and users can avail free Wi-Fi for four hours in a day.

Minister for Communications & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Mumbai is the financial hub of India and the BSE represents one of the key business centers in the city. Our aim is to modernise such influential structures that represent the true spirit of a metro like Mumbai. This initiative is a stepping stone in our endeavor towards evolving infrastructure development across the state; given the significance of internet these days, this will definitely benefit everyone. We look forward to similar initiatives in the future.”

Commenting on this announcement, Ramadorai, Chairman BSE said, “BSE strongly believes in India’s Financial Inclusion journey. This is one more step which BSE has taken to help common man on the streets of Mumbai to avail of the Free Wi-Fi and use it to better his knowledge and give him window to endless opportunities the internet can offer.”

Sunil Tandon, Head – Non Voice Services, Tata Teleservices Limited commented upon the necessity of public Wi-Fi services in the country. “We are happy to partner with Bombay Stock Exchange to provide Public Wi-Fi here and we are certain that this will benefit the users with real time connectivity.

For Tata Docomo, Public Wi-Fi access is an important step towards digitization and an earnest endeavor for the evolving high speed internet access infrastructure development in the country.