MTS rolls out telephony services in Delhi NCR with the first innovative to Delhi market per second billing tariff plan

Gurgaon, October 08 2009: MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), launched its services in Delhi NCR presenting to Delhi subscribers the innovative tariff plan Power of One with per second billing and announced availability of MTS mobile high speed data services in Delhi in October.

For the first time in the Delhi mobile telecom market MTS has made available for NCR customers the innovative tariff plan Power of One with full talk-time for life, plus 1-second billing, and local calls at just 1 paisa per second. Within the plan STD calls will be charged at 2 paisa per second. Full talk-time will be available on MTalk, on all recharges including even mini-recharges of Rs.10/- and Rs.20/-. Moreover, customers can also choose to get 50% off on local calls, 50% off on STD calls, and 100 SMSes every day, at nominal Msaver rentals of just Rs.1 per day for each

MTS has the biggest services network in Delhi NCR for specially designed for high-speed data which includes over 600 BTS. MTS mobile high speed data services, called MBlaze, will become available for MTS Delhi subscribers in October this year.

Mr Sanjay Bahl, Chief Operating officer of MTS India, Delhi and NCR, added “MTS provides subscribers with unparallel voice clarity, unmatched high speed data services and a bouquet of innovative VAS services. Besides the innovative tariff plan Power of One which, on an average, adds 25% to the value of your recharge compared to per minute plans, we have prepared a special promotion offer for the Delhi launch called Minute Millionaires. We offer 10, 000, 00 minutes of talk time free through the M Card. MTS products are available at 16000 retail outlets across Delhi NCR, and the number of outlets will increase substantially by year end”.

About Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (operating under MTS brand)

Sistema Shyam TeleServices (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 74% equity stake, along with the Shyam Group, holding a 23.5% stake and the rest 2.5% being public partake. SSTL has spectrum to provide mobile telephony services in all the 22 circles across the country. MTS is a globally acclaimed telecom brand, the 8th largest telecom brand in the world and has recently been voted as the 71st ranked brand out of 100 top global brands in the world by Millward Brown.

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