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HFC
L
INF
OTE
L
LTD.
HFCL
Infotel
Ltd.
(Infotel) i
s part of
the HFC
L Group.
Establish
ed in
the year
1987, Hi
machal
Futuristi
c
Commun
ications
Ltd. has
develope
d a vast
basefor
manufact
uring
indigenou
s telecom
equipmen
t in India.
It started
with
manufact
uringTran
smission
Equipme
nt and
soon
expanded
its
product
portfolio
to
manufact
ureA cces
s
Equipme
nt,
Optical
Fiber
Cable,
Accessori
es and
Terminal
Equipme
nt.It also
provides
turnkey
solutions
for
setting up
various
types of
telecom
networks.
 HFCL
is a
prominen
t supplier
of
Telecom
Equipme
nt to the
state
ownedInc
ombent
Telecom
Compani
es and
Private
Operators
. It
provides
turnkey
services
tovarious
telecom
operators
and
public
enterprise
s such as
the India
n
Railways
,
Ministry
of
Defence a
nd other
governme
nt
departme
nts. It has
establishe
da
diverse
customer
base.
Infotel is
a "Total
Telecom
Solutions
Provider"
offering
Fixed
Line
telephony
(Telepho
ne
Services),
Mobile
telephony
,
Broadban
d
Services,
Customiz
ed Data
Servicesa
nd Value
Added
Services.
Infotel w
as
launched
in Punjab
in the
year 2000
under
the Conn
ectbrand
name.
Infotel
has set up
state-of-
the-art
networks
with
coverage
in over
136
towns
ofPunjab
with
extensive
optical
fiber
network
coverage
of over
3,500 km.
Today,
Infotel
isone of
Punjab's
leading
private
sector
telecomm
unication
service
providers
with
anaggreg
ate
customer
base of
330,000(
March
2007).
 Infotel
Broadban
d network
supports
interactiv
e multi
media
services,
andcan
handle
high
quality
content,
high
speed
internet
access
and a
large
number
ofinteract
ive
applicatio
ns.
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Infotel
supports
a
wide Pub
lic Call
Office
(PCO) ne
twork
across the
stateof
Punjab &
Chandiga
rh. Now
with over
45,000
PCOs,
Infotel is
deemed
to have
thelargest
PCO
network
in India
among all
private
fixedline
services
operator
in a
single cir
cle.
PROD
UCTS
AND
SERV
ICES:
1. Voice
Services: 
These
include
℘ Fixedli
ne
Telephon
y
℘ Mobile
Telephon
y
℘ ISDN
℘ Centre
x (an
alternati
ve for
EPABX)
℘ Telem
eet
(audio
conferen
ce
service)
2.Data &
Internet
Services: 
These
include
℘ Mailin
g
Solutions
℘ Leased
Line
℘ Intern
et Leased
Line
℘ ISDN
℘ Video
meet
(Video
conferen
cing)
℘ Custo
mized
Solutions
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HIGH
LIGH
TS:
October
2000
Launch
of
Telecom
services
in Punjab
January
2001
Launch
of
Internet
services
February
2001
Launch
of
Limited
mobility
CDMA
services
July 2004
Launch
of
Broadban
d data
services
October
2005
Test
Launch
of Triple
play
services
Septemb
er 2007
Launch
of Ping
Mobile
Techn
ology
Used:
 CONN
ECT uses
Optical
Fiber
Technolo
gy in the
state of
Punjab
andChan
digarh.
Unlike
conventio
nal
technolog
ies,
optical
fiber
supports
Broadban
dapplicati
ons,
which
gives you
the
advantag
e of using
a single
line for
all
yourcom
municatio
n needs.
HFCL,
Lucent
Technolo
gies USA
and
Huawei
Technolo
giesChina
also
support
it.
The
PING
Mobile
Service:
HFCL
launched
their
mobile
service
for
Punjab
andChan
digarh
under the
brand
name
“Ping”. It
offers
callcharg
es of 1
paisa per
second
with the
benefit of
single
secondbil
ling. This
means
users will
pay for
exact
usage
time – in
seconds
rather
than in
minutes.
It has
also
launched
a new
SIM-
based
color
mobile
handset
onwhich
the ‘Ping’
mobile
service
will be
made
available.
The
service
will be
available
onthe
CDMA
platform
across
150
towns
and 5,000
villages
in Punjab
and
Chandiga
rh.
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