Sistema Shyam Teleservices continued its aggressive momentum as the JV announced the launch of its services in the metro circle of Kolkata thereby taking the JV''s footprint across 4 circles in total.

The company aims to gradually spread out across all district head quarters, major towns and highways of West Bengal by June end.

Under the 'Change your Life's Plan' the company is offering a lifetime plan allowing one million minutes of free talk time through the 'M' card offer. Another lifetime plan offers subscribers calls at 30 paise per minute at a one time cost of Rs 99.

Its M Saver-31 pack offers 1000 SMSes to any local or national network in India while the M-Saver-29 pack offers ISD calls to the US and UK at Rs 2.99 per minute.

Speaking at the launch, Vsevolod Rozanov, President and CEO of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited, said, “MTS is truly poised to be the pan-India cellular service brand of choice. The launch of services in Kolkata is the next strategic step in our plan to create a global service brand in India. We have made significant investments in India, and large investment portions have been earmarked to expand our network. MTS is one of the most powerful global brands and has always been at the cutting-edge of mobile services. It only befits us that with this lineage, we offer our Indian customers the same quality and advanced spectrum of services. We are happy to bring to Kolkata a supreme network backed by a slew of unique benefits. We look forward to continue expanding our services nationally in the coming months, with spectrum for 22 circles across India”.

“Today is a historic moment for us with the successful rollout of services in Kolkata. The city offers high potential for mobile penetration and we are looking forward to bring our subscribers a unique value proposition, fine tuned as per their needs.  We intend to bring to Kolkata the same service experience and benefits, which has made MTS a leading brand globally.” added Keshhav Tiwary, Chief Operating Officer, Kolkata & West Bengal, Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited.