SSTL-owned MTS rolled out its services in the Southern region of Andhra Pradesh offering calls for half-a-paisa per second. For calls within Andhra Pradesh between MTS connections, the call rates will be one paisa for four seconds.

MTS’ network spans over 557 towns of Andhra Pradesh in the initial launch phase.

Mr. Vsevolod Rozanov, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sistema Shyam Teleservices Limited (SSTL) said, “With the launch of MTS in Andhra Pradesh, we are not only covering the 6th urban centre of India, but all the four Southern States. MTS subscribers in South India can roam seamlessly and enjoy the benefits of MTS to MTS subscriber offers fully.”

Mr. Suresh S. Kumar , Chief Operating officer of Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh, said, “MTS in Andhra, will have  its network presence across the State from the first day of  the launch, giving the subscribers the  benefit of  our  special offers between  MTS to MTS calls. With our presence in 557 towns in the State, we hope to reach subscribers through our Branded stores and mass retail outlets with an aggressive strategy for tapping the mass market as well as corporate customers.”

MTS is now present in 12 circles across India and in all the four circles of South India.