HFCL has raised planned capital expenditure to ₹1,800 crore to expand production capacity of optical fibre, optical fibre cable and preform. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto

Telecom gear maker HFCL has enhanced capital expenditure to Rs 1,800 crore to increase production capacity of optical fibre, optical fibre cable and preform used for making these products, a company filing said on Monday.

The company board has approved additional capacity expansion of 46 lakh fibre kilometres (Kms) per annum for optical fibre, 56.4 lakh fibre Kms per annum for optical fibre cable and 300 metric tonnes (MT) per annum for preform, the filing said.

"The additional capital expenditure for the proposed capacity expansion is estimated at approximately Rs 820 crore. The investment will be funded through an appropriate mix of internal accruals, proceeds from the preferential issue of warrants already issued to the promoter, promoter group entity, borrowing from financial institutions...," the filing said.

HFCL said that the proposed capacity expansion is in addition to capex of Rs 980 crore already approved by the board "taking the total planned capital expenditure for these capacity enhancement initiatives to approximately Rs 1,800 crore." "Upon completion of the capacity expansions, HFCL's manufacturing capacities will increase to 43.1 million fibre kms per annum for optical fibre, 62 million fibre kilometres per annum for optical fibre cable and 600 MT per annum for preform," the filing said.

Published on September 14, 2026