| The Company was incorporated on August 21, 2006 at Ahmedabad as Gujarat Tele Link Private Limited, as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956. Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors dated April 12, 2013 and a resolution of the shareholders dated April 12, 2013, the name of the Company was changed to GTPL Hathway Private Limited and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent upon change of name was granted by the RoC on May 6, 2013. the Company was converted into a public limited company pursuant to approval of the board at a board meeting held on August 23, 2016 and shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting held on August 26, 2016. Consequently, the name of the Company was changed to GTPL Hathway Limited and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent upon conversion to a public limited company was granted to the Company by the RoC on September 28, 2016.
Major events and milestones of the Company
The table below sets forth the major events and milestones in the history of the Company :
2006
-The Company was incorporated as Gujarat Tele Link Private Limited
2007
-Hathway acquired 50% share capital in the Company
-Received category B ISP license
-Installed digital head-end in Ahmedabad
2008
-Commenced broadband services
2011
-Ventured into state of Assam through memorandum of understanding with V&S Cable Private Limited
-Ventured into state of West Bengal through acquisition of Kolkata Cable & Broad Band Pariseva Limited
-Installed digital head-end in Kolkata
-Installed new digital head-end at Ahmedabad
2013
-Ventured in Patna through memorandum of understanding with Darsh Communication Private Limited
-Ventured into state of Andhra Pradesh through memorandum of understanding with Vaji Communications
-Digitalization of phase I & II completed
2014
-Commenced package based billing
2015
-Received category A ISP license
-Installed digital head-end in Dibrugarh
Awards and Accreditations
We have been given the following awards and accreditations
2015
-6th BCS Ratna Award for `Emerging Independence MSO-West'
2016
-7th BCS Ratna Award for `Fastest Emerging Regional MSO Nationally'
-Award for outstanding contribution to industry by Society for Digital Cable and Broadband Professionals
2017
-Dena Bank Hercules Award on `An innovative approach brings highest market share with ethernet network in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Kolkata'
-8th BCS Ratna Award presented for `Emerging Regional MSO in Broadband Sector'
2018
-GTPL Hathway bags Rs 12.45 bn project to connect gram panchayats in Gujarat.
-Launched GPON FTTH high speed services in Ahmedabad.
2019
-Acquisition of 100% shares of 'SCOD18 Networking Private Limited'.
-Launched four new owned & operated channels.
-Bagged Work Order for 1,246 Crores for implementation of BharatNet Phase II project in Gujarat (Package B, Saurashtra), under Gujarat Fibre Grid Network Limited (GFGNL), Polycab India Limited, a Consortium Partner.
2020
-Expanded Digital Cable TV business into the North-Eastern region Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur.
-Received an award for Finance Transformation Initiative of the Year in the 7th Finance Transformation Asia Summit & Awards 2020.
-First MSO to launch multi-media Brand Campaign. Introduced Brand Tagline Connection Dil Se.
2021
-Recognised as one of `India's Top 500 Companies 2021' by Dun & Bradstreet.
-Launched 24x7 WhatsApp chatbot GIVA: GTPL Interactive Virtual Assistant.
-GTPL presence now in 1000+ towns across 15 States reaching 10.8+ Mn Households.
2022
-GTPL Hathway launches GTPL Genie+ - An OTT apps aggregation product for its subscribers".
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