O-zone signs pact with Ericsson for 30K Wi-Fi spots in India

Wi-Fi services company O-zone and Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson today signed a service agreement for setting up 30,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in the country.
Ericsson will provide Wi-Fi technology based solutions, according to a service level agreement for a period of five years.
"The partnership will also ensure that O-zone is able to establish the neutral Wi-Fi model in India, which will help the Indian government make the right to internet access a reality for every Indian," O-zone Chief Executive Officer Sanjeev Sarin said in a statement.
Ericsson will provide O-zone with 30,000 Wi-Fi access points and network management tools using small cells, as well as a variety of options for monetizing the Wi-Fi network in the first stage of the project.

These include opportunities for offering telecom operators the chance to reduce the data burden on their network by utilizing the neutral Wi-Fi network of O-zone to offload some of the traffic, the statement said.