HFCL starts commercial production of optical fiber cables in Hyderabad facility
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Last Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 03:25 PM IST
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Mahendra Nahata, Managing Director, HFCL said, Our latest facility in Hyderabad makes HFCL the largest FTTH player in the Country.
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With the start of this new facility on Wednesday, HFCL together with its subsidiary HTL Limited, has become the largest manufacturer of FTTH cables in India with a capacity of 6 lakh kms per annum.
Hyderabad: HFCL Limited (formerly
Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited) new Fiber-to-the- home cable manufacturing facility here has commenced commercial production of optical fiber cables for Fiber to Home Applications. With the start of this new facility on Wednesday, HFCL together with its subsidiary HTL Limited, has become the largest manufacturer of FTTH cables in India with a capacity of 6 lakh kms per annum.
December 17, 2020
Mahendra Nahata, Managing Director, HFCL×
With the government’s thrust on rural broadband network infrastructure, the company to tap vast potential besides the export market. HFCL (formerly Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited) has launched a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) cable manufacturing facility at its facility here. It has begun commercial production of optical fibre cables for fibre-to-home applications on December 16.
“With the start of this new facility in Hyderabad, HFCL, along with its subsidiary HTL Limited, has become the largest manufacturer of FTTH cables in the country with a total capacity of 6 lakh km per annum,” an HFCL spokesperson said.
The firm invested ₹260 crore in its Hyderabad plant for the manufacturing of optical fibre. It was commissioned in January 2020.