S Tel Launched in Himachal Pradesh
One more operator joined the queue of mobile operators in India when on Thursday S Tel started its operations in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
In the next few months the company will proceed with its operations in half a dozen category C circles of the country. The company has ISP license for many states including Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
The company is a joint venture between Siva Group (formerly Sterling Infotech Group) and BMIC, a subsidiary of State-owned Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco).
P. Swaminathan, Director of the company said, “I was looking at the bottom of the society as a target segment and had plans to span 50 cities and towns and 7,000 villages across Himachal Pradesh in just one month”. Swaminatha also said barely eight players out of 14, will survive in the long run as the market is becoming highly competitive and tariffs are falling.
Consumers will be benefit by the company’s two most-preferred tariff plans which charge one paisa per second and 50 paisa per minute respectively for STD and local outgoing calls.
This will target large audience with light, moderate and heavy mobile usage.
Source: StockWatch
