Name of the Company: Wifi Dabba
Name of Founder (s): Shubhendu Sharma and Karam Lakshman
City: Bengaluru
Revenues: NA
Headcount: 32
Industry: Internet Data
Y Combinator- backed startup is already selling data at a significantly low price. Check out their data packages: 100 MB for Rs 2; 500 MB for Rs 10; and 1 GB for Rs 20 - with a uniform validity of 24 hours.
This data is available in the form of pre-paid tokens sold by small shops like tea stalls and local bakeries in Bengaluru. "We do not ask our users to download any app. They just need to punch in their mobile numbers, fill in the OTP for verification, punch in the key and connect to the internet," explains Sharma
Wifi Dabba is a licensed ISP and it provides this data through small routers powered by fiber optics installed in these shops.
Cheap data, Fast data
The aim is to provide "super cheap" data at "super fast" speed to even those who have only Rs 2 to spare. The company does, however, provide the users with the option of choosing their own data limit and validity and pay for it online on their website.
All these plans are available in a pre-paid format because "90% of data connections in India are pre-paid. Not many people want to spend Rs 300 up front and this way, users can buy data when they need," explains Sharma
The promise of fast data is kept by using fiber optics to provide bandwidth instead of depending on airwaves. Fiber optics provides for a more reliable connection as compared to cellular towers, the speed of which degrades depending on the distance. "We provide a speed of 50 Mbps in a radius of 100-200 metres," says Sharma.
The masterplan
The aim is to be the preferred choice for internet data and the founders are not mincing their words.
'We're a new kind of network. The high-speed kind of network. We are going to provide insanely cheap wifi across Bangalore city. The government's not going to do it, the big companies should not be allowed to do it. It's up to you and we to just do it,' reads a statement on the website.
Bangalore, Sharma informs, is only the start. The plan is to criss-cross the entire nation with its high grade fiber optics to ensure that the user gets reliable data connection. ![100-mb-internet-for-rs-2-this-startup-wants-to-beat-jio-at-its-own-game.jpg]
Here is picture of Co-founders Shubhendu Sharma and Karam Lakshman
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