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Telecom solutions provider, HFCL announced that the company has won a ₹135 crore contract from RailTel Corporation of India to maintain a secure defence communication network used by the Indian armed forces.
What is happening: under the 5-year contract, HFCL will manage and maintain a secure communication network used by India’s defence forces until January 2031.
This includes keeping the system running 24x7, monitoring the network for issues, fixing technical problems, improving performance, and ensuring the defence communication infrastructure remains secure and reliable.
The order, awarded by RailTel Corporation of India, highlights the government’s continued reliance on HFCL for critical telecom and defence network projects.
The significance: this order is significant because HFCL had originally built the secure defence communication network for the Indian armed forces.
The company had earlier set up one central data centre and 120 mini data centres across defence locations in India, including AI-powered network security systems and critical communication infrastructure.
Now, after successfully completing that project, RailTel Corporation of India has again chosen HFCL to manage and maintain the network under a long-term maintenance contract, signalling continued trust in the company’s role in supporting critical defence operations.
