India’s telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today issued directive to Uninor, MTS India (SSTL), Videocon and Tata Teleservices who’s licences had quashed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court on February 2, 2012, to inform their customers that they would be suspending their GSM and CDMA Mobile services from January 18, 2013.
TRAI gave a 10 days deadline to the these mobile service providers to inform their subscribers about the closer of GSM/ CDMA mobile service in the respective circles and also send text messages or provide this information in writing to all their customers in those circles where they failed to retain spectrum and renew their licences.
Uninor, MTS India, Videocon and Tata Teleservices have a total of 26 million customers in verious circles where they failed to get fresh spectrum or renew their mobile service licence in the recently concluded 2G auctions.
CDMA Operators MTS India (Sistema Shyam Teleservices – Pan India) and Tata Teleservices (in 3 circles) did not participate in the Spectrum auction process.
TRAI’s order will be ‘Big-Blow for Pure CDMA Operator MTS India as it faces the prospect of mass exodus of its CDMA customers even as the oerator is awaiting the fate of its curative petition in the Supreme Court against its licence cancellation.
Uninor / Telenor who already issued public notice to its customers in Kolkata and West Bengal circles to port-out from its network before 18th January is also trying to approach the DoT seeking an extension of its Mumbai mobile licence beyond January 18 as it is likely to get for 2G spectrum there in the next auction scheduled before 31st March, 2013.
Tata Teleservices (Tata Docomo CDMA), which chose not to bid again for the CDMA airwaves it held in the loss-making telecom circles of Assam, North East and Jammu & Kashmir, already inform and started the MNP process for its customers in these circles.
RAM MOHAN JHA March 2, 2013 at 9:33 pm
IS MTS BLAZE IS GOING TO STOP OPERATION IN BIHAR?
REPLY
RAM MOHAN JHA March 2, 2013 at 9:29 pm
I AM USING MTS MBLAZE FOR MY PC, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
MTS BLAZE IS GOING TO OPERATE IN BIHAR OR NOT?
PL REPLY
Joydip February 13, 2013 at 10:58 pm
is MTS is closed his service from west bengal/Kolkata.
please reply me
Sayantan Manna January 2, 2013 at 1:40 pm
I am currently using a MTS MBlaze. Will I be able to use it beyond 18th January 2013 or not? Please advise.
mohd. muzzamil December 29, 2012 at 11:27 pm
What’s is the mts cdma options til 18 January it’s close it’s continue
Vineet December 27, 2012 at 3:53 pm
MTS is one of the best cdma service provider. I hope they will continue the services for us.
ravichandra December 24, 2012 at 2:29 pm
friends
mts with compared to others is better in call rates
and it will not cut balances automatically.
it has to stay in india.
Thiru December 23, 2012 at 11:16 am
is it also applicable for mts mblaze broadband service?
soumya December 22, 2012 at 4:21 pm
FRIENDS PLEASE COMMENT STILL DOES ANY 1 GOT MSG FROM MTS REGARDING PORT OUT FROM MTS AS INTRUCTED BY TRAI DUE TO LICENCE CANCELLED ….. PLEASSE COMMENT……
Deepak Dhiman December 27, 2012 at 4:13 pm
I got SMS “In ref to TRAI Direction, MTS intends to continue its services beyond 18th Jan 2013, has filedCurative & Extension petition for the same in Hon’ble SC.”
Naren December 22, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Good Job TRAI…. Send MTS Russia back… Worst customer care service and looting people
Ujjal Ghosh December 22, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Good work, East to West Reliance is the Best, I Love Reliance.
Jagannath December 21, 2012 at 10:39 pm
MTS stays only in Rajasthan. So no tension for Rajasthan circles
duke December 20, 2012 at 11:01 pm
if mts stays , then what will other operators say when they have paid heavy amount for fresh spectrum?
Priyank December 20, 2012 at 12:05 am
Is MTS data card should also closed in Rajasthan???
SKP December 19, 2012 at 6:36 pm
MTS SHOULD STAY HERE. The no.1 network in India. Best call rates and transperent plans.
raj December 19, 2012 at 4:57 pm
send docomo out of india.facing 40 mins GPRS auto disconnection every day.
@Telecom Talk
Do you guys know about this? Docomo restricting browsing session for mere 40 mins(confirmed by cc).This is really insane.Pls write an article about this.
Arjun Chandrashekar December 20, 2012 at 10:52 am
And That’s Not all. Docomo is Worst in Coverage Too. Even Not Bothered to Improve That
sunil kushwaha December 20, 2012 at 2:43 pm
why not u set to setting to AUTO CONNECT
raj December 20, 2012 at 5:15 pm
what happens to downloads? I think they get terminated since your ip changes.
naveen December 19, 2012 at 4:08 pm
mts must stay in india they provide a very good service
Deep December 19, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Will TATA DOCOMO Close Their Service In West Bengal (Except Kolkata) ?
asfghjk December 19, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Good. Reduce the number of operators to 5-6. Way too many right now.
Arjun Chandrashekar December 19, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Very Awkward Condition forMTS Ind. Except MTS Other 3 Companies are Having AWKWARD Coverage All Over India.
Ashok December 19, 2012 at 10:55 am
In future there willbe only two players BSNL MTNL nobody will stay in this morbid market.
Dostoviski December 19, 2012 at 10:35 am
Dear All,
I think they need to continue their services(in Russian assent), We invest money in CRBT Towar and People….we request indian govt to let us continue our services of mobile…..indian govt scam hit us…and hit indian peoples…(:()
Ram December 19, 2012 at 9:49 am
My videocon no. (chennai) already temporarily out of use before 2 months itself ! There is no notifications/info ! Will it be again reactivated or simply need to forget that no. ? Reply videocon !!!!!!
VIDEOCON IS WASTE………… UNINOR IS THE BEST !
JAMAL Akhtar December 19, 2012 at 5:31 am
At last we (the consumers) will have to suffer in the form of hiked call rates.
sajin December 18, 2012 at 10:44 pm
mts will be there..dont worry
Anirban Das December 18, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Russian President will come in India on 24-Dec, to discuss about their business in India, friends wait for that, every thing will be clear with in next 10 days.
We want MTS to stay here.
sunny December 18, 2012 at 8:22 pm
now its time to join BSNL and MTNL , indian govt company.. it is reliable
sajin December 18, 2012 at 10:45 pm
reliable companyy???nice jokee man ha ha ha
sunny December 18, 2012 at 11:58 pm
laugh, laughing is good for health
atanu December 26, 2012 at 4:17 pm
come to kolkata and see why sajin says.
Anand December 19, 2012 at 10:06 am
its really realiable.
Laugh, Laugh, its good for health
Emad December 18, 2012 at 8:20 pm
We don’t need MTS better go back to russia
Keshav Jha December 19, 2012 at 10:30 am
But I need MTS…
sAm December 18, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Itz intresting about MTS.letz c what happens…!!
PD December 18, 2012 at 6:29 pm
Foreign Hands are working hard. Heads (of states) too are on the job ! Meanwhile curtain of Auction Drama too will unfurl shortly. Subscribers of the these operators tethered near the “Alar of sacrifice” too have no other choice but to wait…….!
Vijay Mishra December 18, 2012 at 6:07 pm
Just now I talked to MTS customer care – Delhi. They said that No MTS CUSTOMER WILL FACE ANY PROBLEM & WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY THEIR SERVICE. But he also added that no further update is available & will let everybody know is any such will be available. Totally confusing…………..
Cam December 18, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Ok I have a locked mts mtag 3.1 which I got it for 5500Rs and my friend has the mts locked HTC pulse which he got it for 18000Rs, so what will happen to these customers??
I hope MTS has a answer for this, as many people have bough MTS locked smartphone.
Without MTS in Mumbai these locked phones are useless!!
Anirban December 18, 2012 at 5:30 pm
MTS waiting for the result of their petetion,also Russian president Putin will visit India on 24th Dec and will discussed about MTS matter as Russian govt is a share holder of MTS.so we have to wait till 24th Dec. But as a proud MTS customer since 2009, I want that MTS should stay in India.
Vijay Mishra December 18, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Any body having any Idea about MTS-Delhi?
soumya December 18, 2012 at 4:34 pm
FRIENDS ME FROM WEST BENGAL I WANT TO KNOW DID ANY MTS USER FROM WEST BENGAL GOT MSG TO PORT OUT FROM MTS … IF YES. THEN MTS IS IN A SERIOUS PROBLEM..
matt cutts December 18, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Now what is MTS is going to do with Indian Government? Russia will bomb India?
anoop December 18, 2012 at 9:16 pm
I dont think that mts wil hav to shutdown its service. Lets wait for the outcome of petition at sc… Being a stake holder Russian govt wil do everything to suport mts. No country can work against its own companies like that in india. Where the entire govt is working like an agency of corporates to distroy psus like bsnl lic etc.
Avinash December 27, 2012 at 5:23 pm
MTS has been reliably providing its services since 2009. It’s better than every other network operator that I use (Reliance [thieves], Airtel, Vodafone & BSNL). India has to get a sense of quality before it’s too late. What kind of government and regulatory board tries to force such a good company out of the country?
Like so many others, I wish MTS stays forever in this country.
Tomas December 18, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Mts is also leaving or staying?if leaving when ?somebody ans me pls!
Abraham Paul December 18, 2012 at 1:12 pm
2G scam – ‘Much-a-do-about-nothing’.
Amarjeet December 18, 2012 at 6:30 pm
i am using mts postpaid mblaze last 9 month…….so what will i do.if after jan 18 the signal will not come ??As ia m postpaid user pls help me……….
S.Sudhakar December 19, 2012 at 6:45 am
Port out to some other 3G operator. Change the data card.