Soon, you can buy Wi-Fi data vouchers from street vendors starting at Rs 10

Trai estimated that cost per megabyte in Wi-Fi network could be less than Rs 2 paise

Are you limiting your data usage due to high-cost Wi-Fi connection? Your local street vendors can come to your aid soon. According to a report in Economic Times, data consumer can soon purchase W-Fi powered data packs from kirana shops at denominations as low as Rs 10. 

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended lowering of import duty on Wi-Fi equipment with the introduction of ‘public data offices’ (PDO) and aggregators providing public Wi-Fi services under Rs 50,000.

Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) has developed a service where the street vendors will be provided with a licence