Sistema Shyam TeleServices

Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL) is the fastest growing telecom company in the competitive Indian market, with over 4 million voice subscribers and 70,000 data customers. SSTL has tied up with Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, a JSFC Sistema company of Russia, to bring the globally acclaimed telecom brand – “MTS” - to India. MTS is the 8th largest telecom brand in the world. Millward Brown has recently voted MTS as the 72nd ranked Brand from among the Top 100 Brands in the world.

SSTL is a joint venture company between Sistema {LSE-SSA} of Russia and Shyam Group of India. Sistema is the majority share holder in this joint venture with a 73.71% equity stake, along with the Shyam Group, holding a 23.79% stake and the remaining 2.5% being held by the public. SSTL has been allocated spectrum to provide mobile telephony services in 22 circles across the country. Presently SSTL offers voice & data services in Rajasthan, Bihar/Jharkhand, Kolkata, West Bengal & Sikkim, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Mumbai, Maharashtra/Goa, Haryana/Delhi & NCR. With the launch of the Andhra Pradesh circle, SSTL will be in 12 circles.

Highlights

• MTS, the mobile telecom service of SSTL, has seen its subscriber base cross 4 million in April 2010 and the numbers continue to grow exponentially.
• MTS has completed a year of its operation in India in March 2010.  It is the fastest growing telecom brand in the country.
• The high-speed mobile broadband service, MBlaze, was launched in November 2009 and has seen tremendous market acceptance with over 70,000 satisfied customers in a short span of time.  In April 2010, MTS launched MTS TV for MBlaze customers.
• SSTL was the FIRST telecom company to launch mobile broadband internet services with speeds up to 3.1 Mbps in Jharkhand in April 2010.
• MTS unveiled its green data centre in Chennai in April 2010.
• In April 2010, Sistema JSFC has been recognized as the ‘Best Russian company of 2009’ operating in India.
• SSTL and MTS created history in March 2010 by enabling a first ever Live Webcast to facilitate an open dialogue for public communication with a visiting Head of Government to India. The visiting Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Putin, interacted from the Sistema office in Delhi with an audience that was spread across the metro cities of Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru.
• With the launch in Andhra Pradesh, SSTL will have expanded to 12 telecom circles.  The other circles are Rajasthan, Bihar/Jharkhand, Kolkata, Rest of West Bengal & Sikkim, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Haryana/Delhi & NCR.