SSTL’s MTS brand announced an ‘Onam’ festival offer for all new subscribers in Kerala with the plan offering special ‘Double Talktime Offer’ on all standard top-ups for one year.

Furthermore the CDMA operator is also offering a colour handset bundled with its connection

with lifetime validity and a double talk time to the customers priced at Rs.699.

Under the offer, all local calls will be charged at 1 paisa per second and STD calls will be charged at 3 paisa per 2 seconds. With the Double Talktime offer, the effective rate for all local calls will be 30 paisa per minute while STD calls will be charged at 45 paise per minute.

The offer is available for a period of 30 days starting from July 27, 2010.

Announcing the offer, Mr. K. Sunil, Chief Operating Officer, Kerala & Tamil Nadu, Sistema Shyam TeleServices said, "On the festive occasion of Onam this is a small gift from MTS for our customers in Kerala. The Double Talktime Onam offer is slated to bring immense benefit to a large number of customers. While the celebrations for Onam continue for ten days in Kerala, MTS special offer will continue to bring in festive colours for the new MTS users throughout the year.”