Space World Group has announced the launch of Constl to provide world-class digital infrastructure solutions specifically tailored to connect people, businesses, and communities across the globe.
The launch comes in the backdrop of a landmark move in 2021 that proved to be a defining year for Space World Group as Brookfield-sponsored Tower Infrastructure Trust (Tower InvIT) successfully acquired Space Teleinfra Private Limited (STIPL), valuing the acquisition at an impressive $150 million.
In the wake of India’s rapid digital transformation, Constl is poised to empower businesses with comprehensive nationwide coverage, offering business critical connectivity infrastructure. Currently, in India, there is a scarcity of good quality fibre as current fibre is built for access for dedicated customer set. There is a need for high-capacity and reliable network infrastructure which is flexible and scalable as per customer needs.
In alignment with the national objective of achieving Digital India, Constl is committed to empowering businesses with seamless and robust digital connectivity. The venture envisions providing unparalleled network infrastructure, facilitating top-notch data connectivity to propel businesses forward in the digital era.
Commenting on the launch, Ankit Goel, founder and chairman, Space World Group, said, “Constl’s primary goal is to provide services that set the industry standard, aiming to stand out prominently among its peers. We want to give the flexibility of bandwidth specification, consumption model and scale at user convenience to our customers and business partners.”
The key services that they offer include on-demand services with roughly 100 per cent uptime and low latency, configuration of paths and automated purchase of connectivity services. They also specialise in connecting key digital hubs and own their dedicated fibre network that provides for better control, quality, scalability, and predictability of services. Among other offerings they also provide dark fibre, private lines, low latency connectivity solutions, CLS black-haul and cloud interconnect services.
However, the most ground-breaking of all is their digital infrastructure-as-a-service (DIaaS) platform. With its engaging interface for handling all kinds of networking requirements, a customer-centric user interface (UI)/ user experience (UX) providing transparency, control, analytics, speedy delivery of services, it is a unique platform that will give control to businesses. It is the only neutral platform in the market with its own high-end fibre assets; enabling it to provide best-in- class service to telcos, over-the-top (OTTs), internet service providers (ISPs), data centres, government projects and more.
Meanwhile, Radhey R Sharma, co-founder and director, Space World Group, said, “As a part of the Space World Group, Constl aligns itself with the group’s commitment to create a scalable, seamless, and unparalleled digital infrastructure. With its launch, we aim to solve the reliability, latency and scalability issues for our customers and business partners. The need for a reliable fibre connectivity infrastructure will now be more than ever owing to the evolution of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models, data centre expansions and 5G network rollouts. Constl plans to be the largest neutral optical fibre network player in the country inspired to simplify the connectivity business.”
With the establishment of Constl, Space World Group positions itself at the forefront of the services offered to the telecommunications industry, shaping the future of connectivity in India. The Group continues to charter its course towards excellence, innovation, reliability, seamless customer experiences and a steadfast commitment to advancing digital connectivity infrastructure nationwide.
Constl will be one of the largest digital connectivity infrastructure platforms of India and has a capex plan of $500 million. The data growth story being very promising in India, building a right platform at the right time becomes imperative. For the purpose, the business plan needs $500 million. Space World Group is infusing initial capital in Constl for dark fibre roll-out and active infrastructure.
SpaceWorld has already started the roll out for 2,000 kms of fiber network in select metro cities and national long-distance lines and significant capacity will be online by the first half (H1) of the calendar year (CY) 2024. Also, they have made significant progress towards the network interface readiness and started procurement of active network equipment. The company is getting exceptional interest from potential customers for the current roll-out and is working closely with their technology planning teams for route mapping.
