174 Wi-Fi Hotspots, 4 Lakh Next Generation Network Connections to be Provided in Maharashtra.

35 Rural BPOs with 3500 Seats Planned for Maharashtra.

• The Government has planned to set up BPOs in the form of Mofussil call centres across India with 48,000 seats.
•  Out of these, Maharashtra will have 35 call centres of 3500 seats. “BPO Call Centres at small places and mofussil towns will become the crux of digital India”.

174 Wi-Fi Hotspots, 4 Lakh Next Generation Network Connections to be Provided in Maharashtra.

• four (4) lakh connections under Next Generation Network (NGN) will be made available in Maharashtra during the Financial Year 2016-17.
•  NGN Service will be available in Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Kalyan and Nanded in Maharashtra and Goa, which is also part of the Maharashtra Telecom circle. 
• NGN is a packet based network which provides voice, data and other media services at high speed.
• 174 Wi Fi hotspots will be installed in 58 cities across Maharashtra.
• A new Mobile Intelligence Network will be set up in Pune, which will facilitate pre-paid mobile service customers. 

Mumbai to get 1 Lakh High-Speed Broadband Connections

• For Mumbai, the MTNL is laying Optical fibre which aims to provide High Speed Broadband to 1 lakh households in the city. 
• 6,000 city surveillance cameras will be installed at 1800 locations, in collaboration with the Mumbai Police.

source: PIB