MTS expand services to Gujarat

MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), has announced the launch of its mobile telephony services in Gujarat. The launch extends the company footprint to 13 telecom circles.
The voice calls are priced ½ paisa per second, similar to what MTS offers in other operating circles.
Navid Rashid, chief operating officer, Gujarat said, “In-addition to an unmatched tariff, our focus is also to provide a world class customer care service and add more value-for-money for customer through innovative products like Recharge Booster, where we give 25per cent extra Talk time with every subsequent recharge for a year. “
Additionally MTS has introduced a new concept of ‘Timeage’.
Explaing the concept a company statement said, “It is the actual extended value derived from an MTS mobile, expressed as a function of time. For e.g. a recharge of Rs 100 done by an MTS mobile user would last for 67 days as compared to just 32 days being offered by any other operator (under standard talking conditions – 4.1 minutes a day).”
The telecom operator is also planning to invest Rs 100 Crore in Gujarat. The funds will be utilised in building the service network across the circle. MTS aims to build a network of over 150 dealers and 31,000 retail outlets across the state, in the next 3 months.