HFCL Connect- Running out of Luck?
April 27th, 2005 Leave a comment Visited 49 times, 1 so far today
I was surprised today to read advertisement by HFCL Connect to expand its services. The fact remains that it is a marginal player in Punjab. I was under the impression that recent spurt in advertisements across Punjab was to attract customers and shore up its valuation. Nothing could be more far from truth. Given the fact that Airtel entered Punjab with a firm commitment to dominate the Broadband market. There was a clear trend in the market that Airtel would buy out HFCL in order to avoid duplication of infrastructure. The fact is that while there is a clear market for expansion in Wireless, Fixed line is more or less in a limbo. That had prompted BSNL to offer its broadband and speed up the deployment. It is expected to touch Mohali by the end of this month.
Connect suffers from the same syndrome as others do; they consider giving out bandwidth as a matter of doing a favor rather than actually serving out the customers. Faced with a lousy customer service and private initiative that had gone horribly wrong, their tariffs are opaque; no transparency. It was in recent weeks that I started hearing about HFCL Connect in a new light; they had improved their billing and reduced the period to address complaints.
For how long can they sustain themselves? Spice Punjab has announced plans to expand in other markets. Connect is opening up its browsing centers on the pattern of Reliance Web World. While this is belated entry, it is enough to attract puppy crowds towards what they call as Broadband. It seems that much of the time is spent on chatting. So much for the “millions of Internet subscribers†do to access Internet. It cannot be generalized but a cross section of the surfers mainly use for Emailing and the like. A minority are power users. It remains to be seen as to how HFCL survive.
Airtel has not made any major moves in the market so far. Watch this space.
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