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MTS appoints Imran Khan as its Brand Ambassador

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) better known as MTS India has recently signed up Bollywood actor Imran Khan as its brand ambassador.

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MTS Launches a new Consumer Engagement Program for Its Customers in Kerala, MTS Mela

The initiative has been designed to address the existing and new customers and provide them a range of telecom services under one single roof. The Mega Mall would be organized at Sastha Kalyanamandapam, Opposite Municipal Office Building, Statue Junction, Tripunithura, Kochi for two days – Friday 16th December and Saturday 17th December.

MTS launches a new initiative called 'MTS Saheli' in West Bengal

MTS has started a new initiative called ‘MTS Saheli’ to engage and connect with female customers across West Bengal. The initiative is aimed to provide a range of telecom services to women customers right at their doorstep by reaching out through an air-conditioned bus.


To establish a stronger connect, the initiative will be led by female staff right from steering of the bus to demonstrating the range of mobile handsets, along with providing information about mobile plans offered by MTS. MTS Saheli will also advise female customers about health and wellness tips by providing access to female physicians and beauty experts. As part of the innovative engagement channel, all female customers coming to the MTS Saheli Bus will also get attractive freebies and discounts on every new mobile connection and recharge done by them.

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MTS India launches International Roaming, now roam across 433 GSM networks in 231 countries

MTS launches the MTS Livewire and MTS MTAG 3.1 smartphones with bundle usage offers

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) better known as MTS India has finally announced the market launch of their affordable Android smartphones which were announced back in August. The MTS Livewire and MTS MTAG 3.1 will be launched with usage bundles and are priced in the sub Rs 5000 category. The smartphones run on Android 2.2 Froyo and come bundled with free talk time, SMSs and data usage. The two smart phones have been positioned as social media enablers for the youth community.

	MTS Livewire		MTS MTAG 3.1
	Prepaid	Postpaid	Prepaid	Postpaid
Price	Rs 4999	Rs 2999	Rs 5499	Rs 3499
Contract Duration	N.A.	12 months	N.A.	12 months
Monthly Rental	Nil	Rs 249	Nil	Rs 249
Bundled Offer	150 Minutes + 150 SMS + 150 MB Data	249 Minutes + 249 SMS + 249 MB Data	150 Minutes + 150 SMS + 150 MB Data	249 Minutes + 249 SMS + 249 MB Data
Free Usage	Rs 6480	Rs 10,700	Rs 6480	Rs 10,700

For more info about the handsets click here.

Celebrate Durga Puja online with MTS

Durga puja is just days away and everybody is happy to welcome Maa Durga and celebrate the 9 days. Kolkata is famous for it’s Pujo as the whole state of Poschim Bongo will indulge in the festivities. This year MTS Kolkata has brought a new way to celebrate Pujo. And that's online. YES. MTS has created a whole new website where you can have the look and feel of Pujo, that too being online.

MTSPujo.com is the site where you can have a complete 3-D thematic pandal and a walk through to it with the virtual replica of the 6 gods and goddesses, their 5 vahanas and Mahish Asura.  Even the Puja rituals will be conducted online starting from Mahalaya. The website is being popularized through social networking sites, and over Facebook you can ever be friends with Maa Durga, who now has nearly 700 friends. And not to forget the villain Mahish Asura. Yes he is also up there on Facebook and can be you friend.

“The basic objective of the campaign is to integrate the Bengali community living in India or abroad on the occasion of their biggest festival Durga Puja. To provide them with an online platform where they can interact with each other and share their Puja experiences, upload photos and videos etc. So Bengalis be it in Maddox Square or Manhattan will get to experience the best of both worlds.” said Keshhav Tiwary, COO, Kolkata & West Bengal circle.

MTS brings world’s first CDMA EV-DO Rev.B Phase II network to India

MTS India has created history by introducing the world’s first CDMA EV-DO Rev.B Phase II network to India. As a part of their first phase, the company will be launching the advanced Rev.B Phase II network in Jaipur followed by top metros and other cities across India.

 To launch the new network, MTS India has introduced MBlaze Ultra which is a special dongle providing data download speeds of 9.8 megabytes per second. The launch event was organized in Delhi in presence of James Person, Chief Operating Officer – CDMA Development Group (CDG), Dr Avneesh Agrawal, President - Qualcomm India & South Asia and Vsevolod Rozanov President & CEO MTS India.

According to Vsevolod Rozanov, President & Chief Executive Officer, MTS India “MTS India has been credited for several industry firsts that has led us to stay a step ahead in terms of innovation. Adding to the list, I feel extremely proud to announce the coming in of the world’s first CDMA EV-DO Rev.B Phase II network to India. This announcement is yet another testament of our commitment to provide the best in class products & services to our customers. This historic launch will redefine the way customers experience mobile broadband as we roll out MBlaze Ultra across India. I am confident all our customers will cherish the MBlaze Ultra experience”.

The commercial use of EV-DO Rev.B technology will greatly enhance the mobile broadband experience of MBlaze Ultra users. Compared to EV-DO Rev.B Phase I, the Phase II technology can further enhance the BTS cell capacity, spectrum efficiency and peak rate, achieving high speed rate as high as 4.9 Mbps in single frequency carrier and 9.8 Mbps in two frequency carrier bundle.  

CDMA EV-DO Rev.B Phase-I network is present in several countries across the world including Japan, Norway, Indonesia, Sweden, South Korea and Ukraine among others. However, MTS India is credited to be the first telecom company in the world to commercially launch the CDMA EV-DO Rev.B Phase II network.

MBlaze Ultra
MBlaze Ultra enables customers to have a seamless, buffer free video watching experience. To get an MBlaze connection, customers can choose from the following two options:

• The Free Device Option: Customers just need to pay Rs. 4599 to get an MBlaze Ultra dongle for free. Additionally, they will get 1 GB data usage per month for six months.

• Extra Usage Option: Customers can purchase the MBlaze Ultra device for just Rs. 2499. Monthly rental plans have been made available starting at Rs. 629. As an introductory offer, all customers purchasing MBlaze Ultra in the first month of launch will get 50 percent extra usage for lifetime.

MTS TV

• Using MBlaze Ultra dongles, customers can enjoy video streaming, High quality audio/video download and live play back.
• Customers can also watch LIVE TV and on demand Video Channels. The customers will get access to over 100 Live TV and Video on Demand to a range of News, Entertainment, Sports and Regional channels.

MTS launches two sub Rs. 5000 category smartphones in India

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) or better known as MTS India has launched the most affordable Android smartphones; the MTS MTAG 3.1 and the MTS Livewire. The handsets were launched at the “IndiaOn” event held yesterday at New Delhi. Both are priced in the sub Rs. 5000 category and run on the CDMA EV-DO Rev A. technology supporting high quality voice and net enabled data services. Both of the handsets are powered by Qualcomm’s S1 processors that provide complete solutions that adapt to real-time demands, so users can do everything while ensuring extended battery life.
 
According to Vsevolod Rozanov, President & CEO, MTS India, “I am immensely pleased to announce the launch of MTS MTAG 3.1 and MTS Livewire Smartphones, incorporating Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S1 processors. This initiative has been designed to take the power of Android to the masses. Launched in the sub Rs. 5000 category, these are the most affordable Android Smartphones in India. This launch is in line with our endeavor to stay a step ahead in providing the most innovative telecom solutions to our customers. I thank our handset partners ZTE and Huawei for making this possible.”
 
MTS MTAG 3.1 From Huawei
The MTS MTAG 3.1 comes with a 2.8 inch capacitive touch-screen 240x320 pixels display. Supporting Multi-format Audio/Video player with 3.5mm jack, MTS MTAG 3.1 is packed with a 3.2 megapixel camera. The phone also has the MTS TV application allowing its users on the go access to Live TV and On demand video playback. MTS MTAG 3.1 provides easy access to Google Mail, YouTube, Google Talk and Google Maps.

MTS Livewire From ZTE


MTS Livewire has a 2.8 inch display and a 3MP camera. It runs on the CDMA EV-DO network providing access to Hi Speed Internet. The Smartphone provides easy access to Google Mail, YouTube, Google Talk and Google Maps. 

Both the handsets run on Qualcomm’s 600MHz processors and have Android 2.2 Froyo embedded.

MTS offers unlimited on-net calling for a year at Rs. 699

Pay Rs. 699 and get a color handset and free on-net calling for a year, to me it sounds irresistible. MTS is offering this to its customers in Maharashtra and Goa. However, before buying please ask the retailer about the Fair Usage Policy (FUP) on this offer.

Alongwith this MTS is also offering Data Offer under which a customer buying an MBlaze connection, need to recharge it with Rs 498 to get 5GB usage for a month. Apart from this, the company has launched a special student offer.  Students buying an MBlaze connection and recharging with an amount of Rs.1002 will get data usage of 10GB for a month. Subsequently, they will get of 50% additional value on all future recharges throughout the year.