Ranil, Mangala to roll out free Wi-Fi from today

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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera will roll out the free Wi-Fi service initiative from today as promised in the Government’s 100 day program. The initiative will be launched from the Fort Railway Station. Kandy, Colombo Fort, Polonnaruwa, Matara, Jaffna, Galle, Peradeniya, Katunayake, Ratnapura and Dehiwala are among the first cities to get the

free service which was promised by the present Government before the presidential elections. The Information Communication and Technology Agency (ICTA) said the free service would be expanded to 1,000 public locations in the country by the end of August. Today’s inauguration will be simultaneously telecast on giant LED screens at the Jaffna, Polonnaruwa and Matara Railway Stations and bus stands. Initially 26 public locations that will have free Wi-Fi access are: Fort Railway Station, Pettah public and private bus stands, the Temple of the Tooth Kandy, Floating Market in Pettah, Colombo Law College, Colombo Public Library, Dehiwala Zoo, Colombo Racecourse, Colombo Police Headquarters, Galle Railway Station, Jaffna Railway Station, Fort Dutch Hospital, Galle Face Colombo, Battaramulla Foreign Employment Bureau, Colombo Museum, Karapitiya Hospital, Ratnapura Museum, Polonnaruwa Base Hospital, Matara Bus Stand, Polonnaruwa Railway Station, Matara Railway Station, Mirijjawila Botanical Garden, Jaffna Public Library, Kandy Railway Station and Peradeniya Railway Station.