SSTL’s MTS brand announced the completion of its mobile services in Goa and Konkan region of Maharashtra thereby completing the launch of its mobile voice and data services in 17 cities of Maharashtra.

As an inaugural offer MTS is offering its services for half a paisa per second while calls within MTS network will be charged at one paisa for four seconds. The plan comes under lifetime validity.

Mr. Sergey Savchenko, Chief Financial Officer, SSTL, said, “The launch of services in Goa fulfills our commitment towards our subscribers to enjoy seamless services across the circles of Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa.  The Maharashtra, Goa launch marks the consolidation of our network in the Western region.”

Mr. Rajeev Batra, Chief Information Officer, SSTL, said, “The launch of voice services in Goa extends our bouquet of services across Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa with attractive packages. Our high speed mobile broadband service MBlaze gives the subscribers, the best in industry experience. ”

Mr. Suubodh Kumar Srivastav, Chief Operating Officer of Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa, SSTL, said “MTS will have its network presence across the State from the first day of the launch, giving the subscribers the benefit of our special offers of half a paisa per second for all local calls in Maharashtra, Goa & Mumbai; one fourth a paisa per second for MTS to MTS calls, bundled with complete range of value added services. With our presence across State, we hope to reach subscribers through our Branded stores, mass retail outlets & direct sales force with an aggressive strategy for tapping the mass market as well as corporate customers.  MTS services are available in 984 towns of the Maharashtra and Goa telecom circle.”

The recharge coupons are available in the range of Rs.49 to Rs.148 while top-up vouchers are available from Rs.10 to Rs.1000 with full talk-time on vouchers worth Rs.50 and above. The SMS packs are available from Rs9 to Rs 32 while MTS has also launched hourly local packs from Rs.53 to Rs.199. Such packs come with 30 days validity. STD packs are available in the range of Rs.25 to Rs.79 from 15 days to 30 days validity. For international calls MTS has come up with Msavers pack offering special tariffs for calls made to USA, Canada and Gulf.

The wireless high-speed data services, MBlaze will be available on prepaid format across Maharashtra and on postpaid platform in select cities and towns.