SSTL in talks with Aegis BPO, HCL for BPO contract
ET -26.05.2009
SISTEMA Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), a joint venture between Russia's Sistema and the Shyam Group offering mobile telephony services in four telecom circles in the country, is in talks with Essar-promoted Aegis BPO and HCL Technologies for multi-year BPO contracts for an undisclosed amount. One of the recent entrants in the Indian telecom market, SSTL offers CDMA-technology based telephony services in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Kolkata and Rajasthan under the brand name MTS. Currently it has total subscriber base of 9.2 lakh. “We will manage a sizable part of their business, although I cannot reveal financial details as of now. The contract will be for about 5 years,” Aegis MD & global CEO Aparupa Sengupta said. An email sent to HCL Technologies remained unanswered. SSTL has licence and spectrum to operate in all the 22 telecom circles across the country. The company is expected to launch services in West Bengal and Bihar circles soon, SSTL president and CEO Vsevolod Rozanov informed. It is planning to launch its services in Delhi by August this year. The telco has so far invested about $1.2 billion in India for spectrum allocation and other infrastructure out of the total capital expenditure plan of $5.5 billion. Sistema Shyam plans to have a pan-India presence by the middle of next year.
Indus first in world to have 100,000 towersET May 25, 2009
Indus Towers, a joint venture between three top telecom companies— Airtel, Vodafone and Idea— today became the first company in the world to have over 100,000 towers under its management. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, each hold 42 per cent stake in Indus Towers, while Idea Cellular holds 16 per cent.
“In a short span, Indus Towers has built a robust, scalable, asset centric operating model, which provides passive infrastructure services to all operators on a non- discriminatory basis with enhanced focus on energy efficiency,” said Akhil Gupta, chairman, Indus Towers. The company is increasing its portfolio by nearly 7,000 additional tower tenants every month and is working towards a tenancy ratio of two per site.
“Indus will also be opening a state-of-the-art 24x7 Tower Operating Center by July 2009, which will monitor, control and analyse all tower site related activities to provide a better network uptime to its customers,” a company statement said.
The company is also working with TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute, India) to explore the possibility of integration of energy efficiency measures as well as renewable energy-based supply side options in telecom shelters in India and remains strongly committed to the reduction of carbon emissions
SISTEMA Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), a joint venture between Russia's Sistema and the Shyam Group offering mobile telephony services in four telecom circles in the country, is in talks with Essar-promoted Aegis BPO and HCL Technologies for multi-year BPO contracts for an undisclosed amount. One of the recent entrants in the Indian telecom market, SSTL offers CDMA-technology based telephony services in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Kolkata and Rajasthan under the brand name MTS. Currently it has total subscriber base of 9.2 lakh. “We will manage a sizable part of their business, although I cannot reveal financial details as of now. The contract will be for about 5 years,” Aegis MD & global CEO Aparupa Sengupta said. An email sent to HCL Technologies remained unanswered. SSTL has licence and spectrum to operate in all the 22 telecom circles across the country. The company is expected to launch services in West Bengal and Bihar circles soon, SSTL president and CEO Vsevolod Rozanov informed. It is planning to launch its services in Delhi by August this year. The telco has so far invested about $1.2 billion in India for spectrum allocation and other infrastructure out of the total capital expenditure plan of $5.5 billion. Sistema Shyam plans to have a pan-India presence by the middle of next year.
Indus first in world to have 100,000 towersET May 25, 2009
Indus Towers, a joint venture between three top telecom companies— Airtel, Vodafone and Idea— today became the first company in the world to have over 100,000 towers under its management. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, each hold 42 per cent stake in Indus Towers, while Idea Cellular holds 16 per cent.
“In a short span, Indus Towers has built a robust, scalable, asset centric operating model, which provides passive infrastructure services to all operators on a non- discriminatory basis with enhanced focus on energy efficiency,” said Akhil Gupta, chairman, Indus Towers. The company is increasing its portfolio by nearly 7,000 additional tower tenants every month and is working towards a tenancy ratio of two per site.
“Indus will also be opening a state-of-the-art 24x7 Tower Operating Center by July 2009, which will monitor, control and analyse all tower site related activities to provide a better network uptime to its customers,” a company statement said.
The company is also working with TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute, India) to explore the possibility of integration of energy efficiency measures as well as renewable energy-based supply side options in telecom shelters in India and remains strongly committed to the reduction of carbon emissions
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