The locations include – Kochi Corporation office, Subhash Park, Marine Drive, District Court Complex, Durbar Hall Road, High Court, Kaloor Bus Stand, Edappally Junction, Mattancherry and Fort Kochi. Customers of any mobile company can access BSNL’s Free WiFi Services in these locations.
BSNL provides a bandwidth of 2 Mbps to 20 Mbps in these WiFi locations within a radius of 300 metres. The facility will be available free of cost for the first
30 minutes in a day for a maximum of three occasions in a month for the
same mobile number. Apart from this, the customers will have to pay a
fixed tariff rate for using the WiFi and it can be available through
physical recharge coupons or through online recharge method.
How to access BSNL WiFi (QFI) Services?
1. Steps to access FREE WiFi:
- Switch on your WiFi
- Connect to “QFI-BSNL” SSID
- Check for“Connected” status
- Open any browser
- Get redirected to QFI portal, Fill details & press “Submit”
- Receive OTP SMS
- Enter OTP in browser
- Start browsing
2. Steps to access Voucher based WiFi:
- Switch on your WiFi
- Connect to “QFI-BSNL” SSID
- Check for“Connected” status
- Open any browser
- Get redirected to QFI portal
- Scroll down, select “Voucher Login”, fill details
- Receive OTP SMS
- Enter OTP in browser
- Start browsing
3. Steps to access e-voucher based WiFi:
- Switch on your WiFi
- Connect to “QFI-BSNL” SSID
- Check for“Connected” status
- Open any browser
- Get redirected to QFI portal
- Scroll down, select “Paid Login”, Click New User
- Fill details & press “Submit”
- Redirect to Payment Gateway
- Select the banks/card for payment option & input details
- Upon successful transaction, OTP will be sent to your mobile, enter OTP and start browsing:
A Rs 30 coupon has to be used for using 30 minutes. For Rs 50 recharge, one can use the facility for one hour. For two hours, the cost is Rs 90 and for the whole day the amount will go up to Rs 150.
See the latest BSNL WiFi Hotspot Tariff Plans and offers below:
Kochi Mayor Tony Chammany inaugurated the sale of WiFi recharge coupon on Friday (03-07-2015). Mayor said – “The new project will benefit hundreds of people who visit the city. The service will also be a benefit to the students as well. Soon, more hotspots will be installed in the main centres. The availability of internet network in public space is a part of the developmental activity.”
The official inauguration of the project was conducted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Digital India inauguration ceremony at New Delhi last Wednesday.
BSNL Ernakulam Principal General Manager Shri. G Muraleedharan said – “Considering the reception of the project, it will be extended to other parts of the city. The coupon for using the WiFi will be also available in the retail shops. As the BSNL optical fibre cable is connected with the hotspot, it can provide good speed for downloads.”
BSNL WiFi Photo / Video Contest
As part of Digital India Week celebrations, BSNL is also conducting a photography / video contest for the public.
The public has to take a photograph or video from the WiFi location and then have to post it to [email protected] with contact details. The entries should reach BSNL before Monday (06-07-2015) evening. For details, contact 9446071842
Dear readers, please share your views and opinions about the newly launched WiFi Services by BSNL via comments with us.
6 Comments
I am not getting QFI BSNL connection at Durbar Hall Road
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I am getting "efi" instead of "qfi" @ kaloor. pls help me to connect to the wifi
When make hotspots in Thrissur District 5 municipality
The qfi-bsnl WiFi was working fine,until one day all of a sudden I am unable to connect to it.its showing full range but showing connecting….location-high court
Where exactly in fort kochi?