In 2015, tech giant Google India had launched an initiative to bring free WiFi to India’s railway stations and it has recently crossed its target of reaching 400 stations. According to a statement released by Google, the service was kicked off from Mumbai Central station in January 2016, and Dibrugarh in Assam has become the 400th station to go live on Thursday.

It was launched as a key initiative under Digital India programme, and it leveraging on the nationwide optic fiber network backbone created by RailTel, which is the telecom arm of Indian Railways.

The service, which offers thirty minutes of free access to the internet, saw users consuming about 350 MB of data per session on an average. The statement further highlighted that, while majority of the users are in the age group of 19-34 age group, efforts to help older and first time users with onground support staff has helped millions to experience the internet for the first time.

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