Google and Cisco announced on Monday plans to roll out free high-speed  Wifi zones across India. It significantly expands on Google's relationship with RailTel to provide such WiFi at railway stations. 
The Cisco partnership will take the facility  to high streets, malls and bus stands. 

Cisco will work with gStation platform to provide communities around the country access to a free, open, high-quality public Wi-Fi. The service is already live in 25 locations in Bangalore. According to Google, it will be available in 500 locations in Bangalore over the next few months. Sajith Sivanandan, Managing Director and Business Head, Google Pay and Next Billion User Initiatives, India, said, “The results from gStation’s railway station roll-out have been hugely encouraging, and we’re delighted to join hands with Cisco to broaden gStation’s coverage in the city of Bengaluru. ”

   This is not the first of such partnerships for Google however. Three years ago, Google partnered with Railtel, the telecom arm of Indian railways through which they are already offering free Wifi on 400 railway stations across the country.