Mumbai WiFi: Empowering Citizens

Solution Deployment

Maharashtra Information Technology Corporation (MITC) selected Fortinet to provide wireless Internet access to the citizens of Mumbai, India.

• Fortinet’s access points provide Wifi Internet access for the public in Mumbai and are deployed in more than 500 locations across the city for the MumbaiWiFi project. The WiFi network is also planned to be used for smart transportation in the near future.

• This deployment is part of the state government’s digital empowerment program, and Fortinet beat several other enterprise wireless providers to win the deal.

• Fortinet is uniquely able to support the technical implementation of this project with a wireless R&D centre in Bangalore.

• In its first phase of the Mumbai WiFi project, the Maharashtra Government has deployed a combination of Fortinet indoor and outdoor access points with omnidirectional antennas, wireless controllers, and a wireless manager to provide simplified deployment and scaling, voice mobility, and the high performance is required.