HECL, the number one VSAT service provider, is transforming into a value-added service provider by providing integrated services to corporates. The company has got a category ‘A’ ISP license, and is planning to provide Internet access and several other value-added solutions to its customers.

Growing at a rate of around 35 percent, the company has a turnover of Rs 140 crore. In the previous fiscal, the company bagged major orders for Aditya Birla and BSE. For Aditya Birla, the company is setting up an Information Highway for 350 sites connecting twenty-seven companies of the Group, of which 60 percent are operational.

The much-hyped Skumars.com’s e-services network for 50,000 VSATs, to be deployed across India, could not take-off due to policy related hurdles. This year one can see some deployment of VSATs in Skumars network. For BSE, the company installed an 11-meter VSAT hub.

With distance learning market opening up for VSAT service providers, the company is focusing on being a complete education service provider. Recently, HECL has tied up with IIM-K to offer interactive distance learning courses. Additionally, HECL is gearing up for introducing the DirectPC platform for broadband Internet delivery.

To latch on to the opportunities in Ku-band, the company has made an investment of Rs 60 crore in Ku-band hub.