S Tel the youngest mobile service brand in Indian telecom arena, today launches its GSM mobile service in Bihar telecom circle. However there is still no official word from the company, though the GSM Mobile prepaid connection, services and Core Network is live in Bihar telecom circle. The S Tel GSM service initially available in Patna, Danapur and Muzaffarpur of Bihar state and the operator will expand its network across Bihar-Jharkahnd circle with in next few days.
S tel is 10th Mobile service operator in this circle, there are 9 existing telecom operators in Bihar they are BSNL, Reliance (GSM and CDMA), Airtel, TTSL (Tata Indicom CDMA and Tata Docomo GSM), Idea Cellular, Aircel, Vodafone, MTS India (CDMA) and Uninor
S tel has lined up lowest, easy and simple tariff plans with popular Pay Per Second and All@50 plan.S Tel prepaid card will cost Rs.25, the prepaid plan & tariff structures is the same as in other circles.The S Tel subscribers can make call Local and STD calls at 1 paisa per second and 50 paisa per min respectively.Both tariff plans come with a special benefit of 60 minutes of free local calls per month for a period of 3 months. In addition, to wooing its customers the company has announced 3 Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs) of Rs. 9, Rs. 149 and Rs. 1499. On availing these, the consumer will gain 60 minutes of free outgoing local calls to any network per day for a day, month and year respectively. The details of S Tel tariff plans and coverage in Bihar is available on its customer care number 91280-12345.
The operator also launches popular VAS content covering entertainment as well as knowledge-based content like Learn English and Examination Tips over its IVR service 91280-11213 in Bihar.
S Tel Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Siva Group (formerly Sterling Infotech Group) and BMIC Limited, a subsidiary of Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) has UAS licenses for 6 telecom circles, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar & Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and North East. The company already commenced its GSM operations in Himachal Pradesh and Orissa telecom circles.
Indeewar February 3, 2012 at 12:03 am
Dear stel,
i heard that s-tel is going to close his service in bihar. Is it right? pls. reply me as soon as possible.
Amrendra January 31, 2012 at 8:42 pm
Dear s tel your network in koelwar(ara) and bihta(patna) area has end from past 7days.plz reforme your network in these area.i want to know process of MNP.
Ritu January 11, 2012 at 11:36 pm
I have been using Stel for a year now. But for last 10 days no tower on my sim. I wrote to customer care and they told that there is some network issue and their engineers are rectifying it and it will be rectified soon but alas it have been more than a week and still the situation is same. I tr4ied to manually register to the network but it says unable to register.
DHIRAJ August 8, 2010 at 12:49 pm
nice service provied by s-tell
manish kumar panday March 6, 2010 at 1:02 pm
hi hyu
Kanishk Kumar February 17, 2010 at 3:54 pm
I purchased a new connection of S TEL bihar telecom circle, which no. is 9128238468. I paid the authorised dealer to recharge for Rs. 148 in which there was a offer to talk 1 hour daily till 30 days. After the recharge every call i make it says network busy. Who will pay for it. I am going to do a FIR on the company. I have alraedy complained this problem to customer care hundreds of time.
rajiev February 8, 2010 at 7:25 am
how’s network in bihar
shankar rai January 19, 2010 at 1:01 pm
my aircel is best becouse very hugh voucher in bihar .all operater is fail front of aircel…
Saikat C January 14, 2010 at 5:15 pm
@shiba prasad sahoo, (Jagatsinghpur)
You can check availability of Reliance tower from rcom.co.in. STel is using Rel Infra.
shiba prasad sahoo, (Jagatsinghpur) January 14, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I purchase 2 nos. of S Tel SMI , Retailer told me they have taken best located towers from different operators. Also, rate plan is very good, but no tower at Jagatsinghpur Basically (Tirtil, Sarala Temple, Katara, Dhiasahi etc.) Please trace on your tower at above noted location/area.
vishal poddar January 8, 2010 at 11:29 am
u all i think have less mind. jst look up..its saying dat s tel is jst using d tower of reliance not the network . nd u fools rel iz mch beeter than a”tel nd all.. by its leass call charge nd sms plans.. relaince iz best nd m also usin relince cz be4 i was using a”tel.. conjution of call is more time in airtel than relianc.. so its time for reliance now…..
sumit December 30, 2009 at 6:39 am
please apna network aap sahi rakhna .tata docomo is good sarvice.but unlimited gprs plans is not available .please you justr launch unlimited gprs plans.thanks
Sharma December 29, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I too got a S Tel SIM today, great network in the town. Retailer told me they have taken best located towers from different operators. Also, rate plan is very good for heavy local callers like me
Saikat C December 28, 2009 at 12:50 pm
@Devesh Seth
Reliance Infratel is a passive infrastructore provider in India. STel is using passive infrastructure of them.
Agnivo December 28, 2009 at 12:26 pm
@Shiva
They are using reliance towers, not network… STel’s own BTS equipment is used, not reliance’s.
Devesh Seth December 28, 2009 at 11:33 am
@gaurav jha
Exactly that’s what i was saying!!!!Every time u l call from Smart (reliance Gsm) “ALL channels in this route are busy ..please dial after some time”…
Shiva December 27, 2009 at 9:27 pm
@gaurav jha
Are bhai RGSMka apna network bekar hai,how can they give good service????????????????????
gaurav jha December 26, 2009 at 11:39 am
got 1 sim of s tel, good network, customer service, plans, they r using reliance infra, so not worry for network issue, they have launched ad campaigns like “apna bihar, apna network” good luck s tel, go ahead.
Devesh Seth December 26, 2009 at 7:40 am
@Vineet
Yes i do agree Reliance Cdma is gud for many reasons and when it comes to MTS it may b gud in urban areas bt nt in rural,yes their launch has been around 6 odd months so it is quite acceptable of entering rural areas in a quick span of time.All i can say its a waiting game for MTS!!!!
Debopratim Roy December 25, 2009 at 11:33 pm
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vineet December 25, 2009 at 10:55 pm
@Devesh Seth
reliance cdma is very good,its network is also good.
mts is doing very nice,it will be very good after 2years.
Arif December 25, 2009 at 10:49 pm
When S Tel will launch mobile services in Bombay, any idea?
Prasath J December 25, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I think, many operators are concentrating on Orissa and Bihar because of low tele-density…
Sanju December 25, 2009 at 8:09 pm
@Devesh Seth
Pls try S-Tel service will come to know abt the same good netwrok and no congesation.
Devesh Seth December 25, 2009 at 7:14 pm
So Many Operators in Bihar Circle and still it has been awarded with d most congested circle as Per Trai,DoT etc!!!!
Loop Holes Of operators in Bihar….
1.Airtel…Subscriber About 1Cr ..Towers nt at all upto d mark to even handle 50 Lakhs….so hell lot of cross connection.
2.Reliance Gsm (Smart)…Comletiing around 14 years of launch bt still just over 30 lakh subscribers while Idea n Voda have managed to get 20lac in their frst year of launch
3.Aircel No network even on roads …ex(maurya Lok)Patna ppl must b aware of this place
4.BSNL only one Word SARKARI….
5.Idea and Vodafone…Weak Signal strengh even after 1 and a half year after launch
6.Uninor..29p and 2.00rs plan ppl will nt opt fr it
7.Stel..Khud ka toh thikana nae udhari se kaam chala raha hai thanks to Reliance
8.Reliance CDMA ..No comments
9.Tata Indicom..HAndsets Are nt at all worth
10.MTS..Still establishing its network..
(Its my personal OPINION)
saket December 25, 2009 at 5:22 pm
hey u forot uninor,
so total 17
Hari December 25, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Stel abhi puri tarah lonch nahi hue hai. 3g ka tawar v thik nahi hai. Relince k coustomer to bagwan varose hai.
RDB December 25, 2009 at 4:03 pm
With all operators start services, Bihar will have most operators !
Airtel, AIrcel, BSNL, Idea, vodafone, indicom, docomo, Reliance cdma, R gSM, mts, bsnl cdma, stel, videocon, loop, virgin, etisalat ! 16 !
in mumbai.delhi bsnl wil be replacd by mtnl, and punjab will also have 16 brands, with ping , no stel there!
ved bias December 25, 2009 at 2:22 pm
you are right bro.. all the companies are making fool of custr, in case of tariffs and network…..
Rajib December 25, 2009 at 1:58 pm
i am not happy with da companies launching recently. they dont have proper infrastructure. they are fooling customers. in this business only money matters. all r coming wit their black moneys to earn some white money. down to all uninor, s-tel, and their big brother Reliance smart. call lagtai nehi yaar!!!!
aditya December 25, 2009 at 12:34 pm
do they have the finances to be present after 2-3 years from now?