ET BureauNEW DELHI: US’s Mojo Networks is bullish on India’s public WiFi space and is “deeply” engaged with internet service providers (ISP) and players like Google and Facebook for the WiFi deployment, a top official said.
The company has already deployed over 80,000 access points for Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio, which is building a billion-user Wi-Fi network in India as part of a broader network expansion, Kiran Deshpande, co-founder & president of Mojo Networks, told ET, adding that initiatives like smart cities offer great opportunity for Mojo to expand in pubic Wi-Fi space. “With Jio, our deployments have covered three primary use cases: hotspots, colleges and (4G) LTE offload. It [Jio project] has created opportunities with ISPs deploying WiFi and smart cities,” Despande said.
The company has already deployed over 80,000 access points for Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio, which is building a billion-user Wi-Fi network in India as part of a broader network expansion, Kiran Deshpande, co-founder & president of Mojo Networks, told ET, adding that initiatives like smart cities offer great opportunity for Mojo to expand in pubic Wi-Fi space. “With Jio, our deployments have covered three primary use cases: hotspots, colleges and (4G) LTE offload. It [Jio project] has created opportunities with ISPs deploying WiFi and smart cities,” Despande said.
While Cisco is also a part of Jio’s WiFi deployment, Deshpande said Mojo will continue to deploy more access points across the country.
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( Originally published on Jul 06, 2017 )
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