Russian Minister of Communications to meet Indian authorities on issue of cancelled licences

Following Telenor?s example, Igor Shchyogolev, Minister of Communications and Mass Media in the Russian government is reportedly planning to meet Indian government officials to discuss the issue of Sistema Shyam TeleServices? (SSTL) cancelled licences.

Prior to this, the company had released a statement emphasising its continued focus on the Indian market despite the Supreme Court?s verdict.

The statement read, ?To safeguard its interests, Sistema and SSTL will contest this order by pursuing all available legal remedies.  In the meantime, Indian operations will remain business as usual for SSTL, a national telecom operator serving more than 15 million customers, employing over 3500 employees, and with investments of over $2.5 billion.?

This is in wake of Norway’s Rigmor Aasrud, Norwegian Minister of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs, meeting Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and IT, on this issue.