India’s TOP 500 Companies 2021

INDIA’S TOP 500 COMPANIES 2021 336 Advertorial About the Company GTPL Hathway Ltd (GTPL), incorporated in 2006, is one of the country’s leading multi system operators, offering digital cable TV (CATV) and high-speed broadband services to millions of households across the country. Since its inception, the company has significantly expanded the reach of its services, with growing presence in over 800 towns across 15 states of the country (increased from 12 to 15 states during FY 21). The company is constantly expanding its pan-India landscape through strong product offerings and extensive partner network. Product Bouquet: The company’s key offerings are – • Digital Cable Television Service: GTPL provides high-quality Standard Definition (SD) as well as High Definition (HD) channels to its customers through its state-of-the-art main digital head-end at Gujarat and four support head-ends. As of March 31, 2020, the company distributed over 715 TV channels, with 85 being HD channels and 47 being owned and operated channels and 2 new owned and operated channels were added during FY21. GTPL has significant presence in Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya with the total seeded set top boxes being 10.2 mn as of March 31, 2020. During FY20, GTPL expanded its business and seeded more than 0.7 mn Set Top boxes. The company has been able to add more than 0.7 mn digital paying subs in FY20. The company successfully implemented the New Tariff Order and converted the business into auto-dunning during FY20. • Broadband services: GTPL carries broadband services mainly through its wholly owned subsidiary, GTPL Broadband Pvt Ltd, offering affordable internet services to homes and offices. Powered with the latest Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON) and Fibre- to-the-Home-Technology (FTTH), the company provides highspeed data services with seamless connectivity. As of March 31, 2020, GTPL has an active subscription base of 4,05,000 customers with 1,00,000 being FTTH subscribers and data consumption of 162 GB per month. The active subscriber base has gone up to 635K subscribers with 200K FTTH subscribers and data consumption of 212 GB during FY21. The total home pass stands at 3.33 mn at the end of FY20 which has further increased to 3.87 mn during FY21. During FY20, the broadband business added more than 80,000 customers supported by growth in sales numbers (over 0.17mn) and created more than 0.9 mn new GPON- FTTH home pass. The company added more than 230K customers during FY21. The company has further enhanced its operations outside Gujarat by entering new markets like Hyderabad and also operates in Varanasi, Jaipur, Patna, Pune and Nagpur. •BharatNet Phase II Project: Thecompanyhas beenappointedas Project Implementation Agency for Package B of Bharat Net Phase-II project in which GTPL will implement end-to-end optic fibre cable (OFC) and digital infrastructure to connect 3,767 Gram panchayats with centralised Network Operations at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. During FY20, GTPL connected 3000 GPs (Gram Panchayats) and completed more than 13,500 Kms of Trenching & Ducting out of a total of 17,000 Kms. During FY21 98% of the project has been completed with nearly 3700 GPs connected out of total 3767 GPs. Financial Performance of the Group:* 202, Sahajanand Shopping Centre, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad – 380 004, Gujarat Website: www.gtpl.net GTPL Hathway Limited Top 500 Ranking Income 401 Net Profit 424 Networth 442 Financial Snapshot (In ` mn) Total Income 18,414.8 Net Profit 484.2 Networth 6,978.2 Ratios NPM (%) 2.6 RONW (%) 6.9 Current Ratio (times) 0.9 (As on Mar 31, 2020) Management Details Chairman Rajan Gupta Managing Director Anirudhsinh Jadeja Whole-time Director Amit Shah Independent Directors Bharat Chovatia Falgun Shah Parulben Oza Kunal Chandra Non-Executive Director Ajay Singh Total Income (In ` mn) 25,300.4 Net Profit Margin (%) 8.3 Net Profit (In ` mn) 2,104.0 Return on Net Worth (%) 22.1 Networth (In ` mn) 9,526.7 Current Ratio (times) 0.6 Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® No 67-737-5509 Anirudhsinh Jadeja Managing Director *Consolidated financial numbers for the year ended March 31, 2021 Dun & Bradstreet