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Indian Railways is in talks with Reliance Jio Infocomm to allow the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom major’s use of its towers. The aim is seamless mobile and internet connectivity for passengers along the 67,368-km of tracks.
The Railway Board has entrusted its RailTel Corporation arm to work on the modalities with Jio. The railways has around 900 towers across the country — a little over 500 under the traditional microwave system and 300-400 for mobile radio communication.
Jio got, with effect from January 1, 2019, the contract for the corporate account of IR, which has around 195,000 connections. The national transporter
