Our 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 our Board of Directors dated April 12, 2013 and a resolution of our shareholders dated April 12, 2013, the name of our Company was changed to ‘GTPL Hathway Private Limited’ and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent upon change of name was granted by the Registrar of Companies, Ahmedabad, Gujarat ( “RoC”) on May 6, 2013. Our 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 our Company was changed to ‘GTPL Hathway Limited’ and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent upon conversion to a public limited company was granted to our Company by the RoC on September 28, 2016.
Business
We are a leading regional MSO in India, offering cable television and broadband services. We are the number 1 MSO in Gujarat with a market share of 67% of cable television subscribers in 2015, accounting for approximately 3.7 million of 5.6 million cable television households in Gujarat. We are the number 2 MSO in Kolkata and Howrah in West Bengal with a market share of 24% of cable television subscribers in this market in 2015, accounting for approximately 0.7 million of 3.0 million cable television households in Kolkata and Howrah. Gujarat is an important market for broadcasters and advertisers as it contributed to more than a 5% viewership share on an all-India basis and more than 8% of the Hindi speaking market in India in 2015. We accounted for a 14% share of the total cable carriage and placement fee market in India in Fiscal 2016.
Awards and Accreditations
We have been given the following awards and accreditations
Calender Year |
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’ |