Sitting in the café, accessing emails/ browsing the Internet/ or indulging in online shopping while sipping favourite latte!
Isn’t it a dream come true?
Indeed it is!
The advancement in Wi-Fi technology has made it possible with the robust Public Wi-Fi enabling affordable, scalable, and versatile measures to facilitate the spread of Internet access in commercial spaces like railways, malls, cafes, and other public zones.
Public Wi-Fi is wireless connectivity offered in popular public places like airports, coffee shops, malls, restaurants, hotels, railways, bus among many others. It augments mobility among local civilians/ tourists while permitting businesses to elevate productivity to another level.
Public Wi-Fi; fuelling the digital revolution
The digital tsunami is well accentuated by none other than Public Hotspots serving the digital ambitions at large. The Internet connectivity on the public space provides an unmatchable competitive edge for businesses to engage their customers immediately and use that momentum to gain a return of investment.
Undoubtedly, the public hotspot has fuelled the digital revolution campaign across the geographies while building a neutral stance leading to the massive scale-up of the Internet in the underserved areas.
From the perspective of businesses, the significance of public Wi-Fi cannot be measured within a few words. The plethora of advantages that come along with this sort of connectivity is commendable. It enables employees to work on their assignments comfortably on the go with a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) model.
In this model, companies encourage employees to use their personal devices to connect to their organizational networks and access work-related systems and potentially sensitive or confidential data. Herein, personal devices like smartphones, personal computers and tablets can be used.
With the COVID pandemic, more and more organizations support employees working from home and maintaining a flexible schedule. Hence connecting on the go while on work travel or commutes, BYOD solutions have become more prevalent.
Considering the cost-intensive model, high bandwidth, low latency, advanced capabilities to extend the range, among many other advantages, Public Wi-Fi is indeed a technological advancement that turned out to be a panacea for most of the use-cases around us.
– Sandeep Kumar Chawla, AVP, HFCL Limited
Let’s divulge into more detail how different sectors are benefitting from public Wi-Fi connectivity.
Smart Cities
Smart cities are no longer serving the futuristic idea, as they are very much reality.
It has been estimated that by 2025 the global population will grow by 65 Million per year, making Smart Cities pivotal to meet the needs of the changing demographic.
In simple words, public Wi-Fi is one of the most widely deployed Smart City use cases, providing an incredible opportunity for Government to connect cities and empower citizens with the advancing technologies.
The relentless efforts made within the space of urbanization have led to demographic shifts, encouraging new technologies to reshape how public services are delivered to customers across the geographies.
Further, it becomes a hassle-free job to address urban challenges and transform cities into smart cities with this advancing technology. To make this possible, the Internet is the cornerstone for the functioning and integration of these technological advancements.
Futuristic Tourism
Public Wi-Fi is vital for locals and visitors alike and allows people to stay connected with their kith and kin while traveling. The free Internet access benefits them for navigation and sightseeing and removes the unnecessary clutter of excessive roaming charges.
This encourages tourists to travel to a location offering free Wi-Fi access. On the other hand, it boosts the local economy from the large scale of tourism- a mutually beneficial scenario for tourists and local retailers.
Smart Transportation
Transportation through any means-road, air, or water, gets enhanced with Public Wi-Fi, enabling people to have a seamless, high-speed Internet with an ability to stay connected seamlessly.
On the other hand, free Wi-Fi on-board can enhance the commuting experience, letting commuters utilize their journey time effectively.
Last-Mile Connectivity Boosting Economy
The very concept of Public Wi-Fi has tremendous potential and successfully penetrates and provides last-mile connectivity to every nook and cranny across the geographies.
Whether it is a local retailer, student, or an individual on the way to work, all can stay connected with Public Wi-Fi while contributing to the economy on a massive scale.
What’s NEXT for Public Wi-Fi?
The advancement in Wi-Fi technology has ushered our world into the “age of tele-everything” movement. Today, connectivity is much more than simple Internet and has deepened its roots within every possible sector people rely on to improve the outcome exponentially.
It has further expanded its vision to re-routing traffic, monitoring air pollution, conserving water, public safety, besides offering ubiquitous connectivity for education, work, healthcare, finance, social interaction, and whatnot.
IO by HFCL boosting Public Wi-Fi efficiency & Security
Public Wi-Fi is an inevitable part of the digital revolution serving broadband requirements with a remarkable uptake and consumption. The range of Wi-Fi solutions crafted by IO by HFCL is catering to the needs of the fast-transforming Digital revolution with pre-eminent uptake and consumption across both the urban and rural turfs.
Our Wi-Fi solution range is bracing up with futuristic Wi-Fi capabilities to support tomorrow’s super-connected world.
To know more about how we are incorporating Wi-Fi technology avalanche with the incessant connectivity demands, get in touch with IO experts at: iosales@hfcl.com
This article was written by Sandeep Kumar Chawla, AVP, HFCL Ltd.
