The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday stated it has begun subject trials for a brand new high-tech leisure content material distribution eco-system service, which can allow switch of content material to cellular units at speeds 400 occasions that of 4G with out the necessity to have an lively web connection.

The expertise, developed by Japanese agency HRCP Research and Development, allows the switch of a full-length two-hour HD film in 2 seconds, and has been designed for the comfort of metro passengers on the transfer. Trials shall be carried out over the subsequent 30 days, and primarily based on the suggestions acquired, the corporate will attempt to make the service out there for public use by the top of subsequent 12 months, DMRC stated.

Anuj Dayal, principal govt director, company communications at DMRC, stated, “A demo of the technology was done at Metro Bhawan in the presence of DMRC’s managing director Vikas Kumar and officials from DMRC and HRCP.”

DMRC stated as soon as downloaded, the content material will be performed with none buffering and will be accessed any time by a passenger. To avail the service, customers must connect a dongle (connected to a cellular) to a contact level (switch machine) and obtain content material from an app developed by HRCP.

“The app will have a collection of popular movies as well as games. As part of the trials, these special dongles enabling such high-speed transfer of data will be distributed among some employees of DMRC as well as some other leading corporates,” stated a DMRC spokesperson.