S Tel, one of the latest entrants in the Indian GSM mobile space, today announced the launch of its GSM mobile service in Himachal Pradesh telecom circle with two tariff plans, one is Pay Per Second and second is All@50 paisa,wherein S tel mobile service subscribers can make call Local and STD calls at 1p/sec and 50p/min respectively.
S tel has also lined up popular VAS content covering entertainment as well as knowledge-based content like Learn English and Examination Tips over its IVR service 91290-12345 in Himahcal Pradesh.
S Tel, a joint venture between Siva Group (formerly Sterling Infotech Group) and BMIC Limited, a subsidiary of Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) begin its GSM mobile service from Himachal Pradesh and according to the company with in next ten days they will launch the same in Bihar and Orissa. Batelco has 49 per cent stake in S Tel and the Siva group holds 51 per cent stake.
Speeking on the launch, Mr. Swaminathan, Director STel said “STel is one of the first new operators to enter the market in a very timely manner due to infrastructure sharing with existing operators”.
S Tel is sharing the whole infrastructure with existing operators and has decided not to put up any tower of its own. Reliance Infratel and STEL have signed an end-to-end telecom infrastructure agreement for telecom towers, transmission for BTS sites and fibre backbone for intercity connectivity. S Tel’s agreement with Reliance Communications covers all telecom circles where the telecom operator plans to roll-out its GSM services soon.
gpg9 September 4, 2011 at 5:14 pm
When Stel Launch in jammu& kashmir
R.K. Telangba January 2, 2010 at 8:52 pm
The scheme of 1 hour talk time daily is awesome. It provides us enough talk time through out the month. thanks to S Tel for introducing super offer.
– R K Telangba
Emad December 21, 2009 at 7:04 am
no my dear! tata docomo activation proccess is very fast tata docomo is using advance technology if sim not activated than it says “registaration faile” as we only seen this only in rejected or expired sim cards
RDB December 21, 2009 at 6:44 am
yeah for me docomo barred my o/g,i/c calls! got restored after 3 days !
kaushik December 19, 2009 at 1:37 pm
@Emad
TATA docomo takes lots of time to complete any activity like registration
Emad December 19, 2009 at 12:30 pm
why tatadocomo sim says registration failed and not shows network before activated
but it is not an issue with other operators? what does it mean?
zareef December 18, 2009 at 9:06 pm
yah Reliance apna network kitnooo ko share karega…???????
Fahad December 18, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Ip based gsm netwrk allows an operator to offr low cal rates then….
Ok i got my answer….
Thanks Sanjay
Sanjay Bafna December 18, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Yea Docomo also has the same,even most of all existing mobile service operators of India upgraded their network into NGN IP Based GSM network.
Fahad December 18, 2009 at 1:09 pm
@Sanjay Bafna
at present only stel offrs the ip based gsm netwrk or docomo too ofrs the same..reply
Sanjay Bafna December 18, 2009 at 1:00 pm
With IP-based GSM system- a connection connecting the IP-based GSM system to a common IP network. This advanced telecommunication system can be incorporated in a network having a plurality of systems all connected by the common IP network to permit compressed speech via an A-interface in each system and throughout the network. The system permits an operator to realize a significant reduction in operating costs.
Fahad December 18, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Stel wil cover many parts of north zone in few months…
As it has got the lisences for 7 circles i thnk…
Hp its service is better
kaushik December 18, 2009 at 12:49 pm
what is meant by this ?
IP based GSM network
zeeshan December 17, 2009 at 10:38 pm
It means On recharging by voucher of Rs 149 you will get 1800 local mins free on any network for a month. better than reliance.
zeeshan December 17, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Special voucher for Stel Customers in HP.
1. On recharging for Rs 9, Rs 149 and RS 1499, you will get free 60mins on local calls on any network for 1 day, 1 month and 1 year respectively
ved bias December 17, 2009 at 9:32 pm
@Agnivo
What is there website address …as stel.in is nt working and how can u say it is very much in hindi ……..
Shiva December 17, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Very funny,they are using Reliace’s tower.:D
Agnivo December 17, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Never seen any operator website have so much in Hindi…
Sanjay Bafna December 17, 2009 at 7:07 pm
S TEL is also pursuing opportunities in the 16 other circles but did not divulge any information as the matter was sub-judice.
ishan December 17, 2009 at 6:30 pm
S Tel just has Unified Access Services Licenses (UASL) and spectrum to operate in six Category ‘C’ circles – Orissa, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, North East, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir.when will they get the license to operate in the remaining 16 circles??
zeeshan December 17, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Nice website
zeeshan December 17, 2009 at 6:09 pm
site is working now
zeeshan December 17, 2009 at 6:09 pm
This shows how strong network of Reliance is.@Sanjay Bafna
Shiva December 17, 2009 at 5:31 pm
http://www.stel.in/
Jagadeesh December 17, 2009 at 5:30 pm
They launch their service but still their own website not updated why?
sanju December 17, 2009 at 5:23 pm
@altaf
Sanjay Bafna December 17, 2009 at 5:18 pm
They are live with IP based GSM network in HP with 500 EDGE enable Cell site. Their outsourced 500 BTS locations is live and covers 755 towns(census/non-census) and 7300 villages across the state)
Fahad December 17, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Wait 4 stel to launch in othr circles roaming charges wil b defntly dropd
altaf December 17, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Can Anyone post their website address.
amit December 17, 2009 at 3:30 pm
MTS vi TATA Indicom ka infrastructure share kar raha hai. to problem kya hai. Kolkata mai IDEA bhi VODAFONE ka tower share kar raha hai. vodafone local call deta hai 50paisa main or idea deta hai 40paisa mai.
Swaps December 17, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Their website still under construction!
vasu December 17, 2009 at 3:00 pm
just come n see the visiblitiy of STEL in HP…..no one has guts to a huge launch like STEL…..brothers…….products r BINDASSSSS
Dipu December 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Why people will take S TEL ? they should take Reliance
after all towers of Reliance is shared by S Tel
with S Tel they face roaming problems as S Tel cant give 50 paise roaming
altaf December 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm
What a launch! Kisi ko kuch pata hi nahi chala.
Jignesh Biyani December 17, 2009 at 2:16 pm
In fact, entry of so many mobile companies in Himachal is a joke. This is just nothing but to get a tag of pan Indian operator. Barring Airtel and BSNL none of the companies have any presence in the interiors.
kaushik December 17, 2009 at 2:13 pm
yeh kaisa launch hain ? decided not to put up any tower of its own