Google eyeing to open Internet for everyone in India

CEO Sundar Pichai discusses providing more access to the Internet, making Google tools work for more people, and empowering Indians to build the Internet they need announcements include Railtel WiFi launch date of January 2016, an expanded Hyderabad campus, and training two million new Android developers over the next three years that make it easier for Indian developers to build solutions to local problems.

“Mobile has proven to be a great equalizer, giving access to computing to a billion more people and counting , with an idea open Internet for everyone,” Pichai laid out Google’s three-step approach to promoting the Internet in India, and his team, many of them visiting from the U.S, talked to the concrete steps Google has taken to help solve the current challenges.First, Google aims to give people in India and other developing countries better access to the full Internet through better connectivity and high-quality software:

Google is working with Indian Railways and Railtel to launch RailWire Wifi, providing free WiFi in train stations. Mumbai Central will be the first to go online in January 2016, with 100 more on the way. Marian Croak, Vice-President of Access Strategy & Emerging Markets, said, “Railways are the backbone of Indian transportation and run through the heart of almost every city, town, and village uniting the country. These lines connect India, and working as partners, Google and RailTel will connect India along digital lines as well.”