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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has awarded a unified licence to Sistema Shyam Teleservices Limited (SSTL). With this, the operator can use any technology to provide telecom services.
Currently, the SSTL has licence to operate in nine circles. The unified licence will allow the operator to offer telecom services in eight circles – Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Kolkata, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (West) and West Bengal. SSTL also offers telecom services in the Rajasthan circle, where it holds a licence under the unified access services licence regime.
Dmitry Shukov, chief operating officer, SSTL, says, ?This is a positive development and would bring clarity in the operating environment for the company. We are now looking forward to the allotment of the third carrier (slot) of spectrum that we had won in the March 2013 auctions.?
