MTS to close operations in 10 circles

MTS, a part of Sistema Shyam TeleServices, has announced on Thursday that it will close its operations in 10 circle after 30 days and asked its customers to port out to other telecom providers.

MTS’s decision of shutting down its operation will affect almost 22 lakh customers in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, North East, Orissa and Punjab.

Supreme Court had cancelled 21 out of 22 permits of MTS.

“SSTL is providing a 30 day time window to all its customers in the 10 circles to exhaust their balance and to port out to a telecom operator of their choice,” SSTL president and CEO Vsevolod Rozanov said in a  statement.

MTS also announced that it will take part in next month’s Spectrum auction and will bid for 11 circles.

“I would like to confirm our intention to participate in the upcoming spectrum auctions in March 2013…. The go forward plan includes continuing with the company’s focus on its data centric-voice enabled strategy in select circles,” Vsevolod Rozanov added.

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