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Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) plans to integrate its voice service with the internet. They plan to introduce new smart phones along with other mobile phone manufacturers like ZTE, Fly, Samsung, Huawei. These phones will be configured specially to carry high speed data.

According to the news, SSTL has upgraded their BTS ( Base Transmission Station) to enable to achieve 3.1mbps download speed on handsets. They hope to increase their ARPU ( Average Revenue Per user) by this kind of integrated service.

KOLKATA: At a time when the continuing tariff war is slated to hit revenues and bottomlines of telecom companies, Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) plans to integrate its voice service with the internet to drive average revenue per user (ARPU). The company, which operates CDMA telecom services under the MTS brand, plans to offer mobile broadband services on cellphones and a host of services around it. Source.

This is an interesting development. Most probably, we will get an indication how 3G charges and schemes would be offered by other GSM players when they start 3G services in India.