<s>
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
was	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
service	O
that	O
allowed	O
partners	O
to	O
roll	O
out	O
Wi-Fi	B-Application
hotspots	I-Application
in	O
public	O
places	O
by	O
providing	O
software	O
and	O
advice	O
on	O
hardware	O
to	O
turn	O
fiber	B-Application
connections	I-Application
into	O
Wi-Fi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
service	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
seeks	O
to	O
provide	O
"	O
fast	O
Wi-Fi	O
for	O
everyone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
highlights	O
that	O
data	O
will	O
be	O
"	O
safe	O
and	O
protected	O
"	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
envisions	O
expanding	O
the	O
offering	O
,	O
potential	O
partners	O
include	O
"	O
large	O
venues	O
and	O
organizations	O
,	O
network	O
operators	O
,	O
fiber	B-Architecture
providers	I-Architecture
,	O
system	O
integrators	O
,	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
companies	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
's	O
advantages	O
include	O
being	O
a	O
simple	O
,	O
easy-to-use	O
solution	O
(	O
both	O
for	O
users	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
partners	O
)	O
that	O
also	O
offers	O
monetization	O
opportunities	O
through	O
advertising	O
(	O
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
calls	O
itself	O
"	O
an	O
advertising	O
platform	O
,	O
backed	O
by	O
a	O
world-class	O
advertising	O
sales	O
team	O
and	O
network	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
when	O
Indian	O
Prime	O
Minister	O
Narendra	O
Modi	O
visited	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
headquarters	O
in	O
Mountain	O
View	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
CEO	O
Sundar	O
Pichai	O
further	O
detailed	O
the	O
plan	O
in	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
on	O
the	O
Official	O
Google	B-Application
Blog	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
"	O
largest	O
public	O
Wi-Fi	O
project	O
in	O
India	O
,	O
and	O
among	O
the	O
largest	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
by	O
number	O
of	O
potential	O
users	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
launched	O
the	O
program	O
at	O
the	O
Mumbai	O
Central	O
railway	O
station	O
in	O
India	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Indian	O
Railways	O
and	O
RailTel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RailTel	O
,	O
a	O
state-owned	O
enterprise	O
,	O
provides	O
Internet	O
services	O
as	O
RailWire	O
via	O
its	O
extensive	O
fiber	B-Application
network	I-Application
alongside	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
railway	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
christened	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
rolled	O
out	O
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
at	O
the	O
100th	O
railway	O
station	O
in	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
NDTV	O
reported	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
had	O
started	O
testing	O
a	O
paid	O
model	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
slated	O
to	O
reach	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
400	O
railway	O
stations	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
month	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Station	O
projected	O
had	O
expanded	O
beyond	O
railway	O
stations	O
by	O
launching	O
150	O
hotspots	B-Application
in	O
Pune	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
worked	O
with	O
Larsen	O
&	O
Toubro	O
,	O
India	O
's	O
largest	O
engineering	O
and	O
construction	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Smart	B-Device
City	I-Device
Pune	I-Device
,	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
India	O
's	O
Smart	O
Cities	O
Mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2018	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
deployed	O
WiFi	O
at	O
400	O
railway	O
stations	O
across	O
India	O
with	O
Dibrugarh	O
railway	O
station	O
being	O
the	O
400th	O
station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
was	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
around	O
8	O
million	O
users	O
per	O
month	O
and	O
the	O
average	O
data	O
session	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
consumed	O
350	O
MB	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
bringing	O
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
to	O
Indonesia	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
FiberStar	O
and	O
CBN	O
,	O
two	O
Indonesian	O
telecommunications	O
companies	O
that	O
plan	O
on	O
rolling	O
out	O
Wi-Fi	B-Application
hotspots	I-Application
at	O
hundreds	O
of	O
venues	O
across	O
the	O
islands	O
of	O
Java	B-Device
and	O
Bali	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
Nigeria	O
"	O
event	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
station	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
Lagos	O
with	O
the	O
promise	O
of	O
expanding	O
to	O
200	O
locations	O
in	O
5	O
cities	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
by	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
the	O
Philippines	O
,	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Smart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2019	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
São	O
Paulo	O
,	O
Brazil	O
,	O
with	O
expansion	O
to	O
other	O
Brazilian	O
cities	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Station	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
125	O
locations	O
around	O
Cape	O
Town	O
,	O
South	O
Africa	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Think	O
WiFi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
service	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
no	O
longer	O
necessary	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
it	O
had	O
become	O
difficult	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
find	O
a	O
sustainable	O
business	O
model	O
to	O
scale	O
the	O
program.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
India	O
,	O
RailTel	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
service	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
offer	O
free	O
WiFi	O
without	O
Google	B-Application
branding	O
.	O
</s>
