New Delhi: In technique to merge with larger rival Reliance Communications, Russian large Sistema’s Indian telecom arm SSTL on Monday said fee of spectrum is “very excessive” in India and it is too tough for it tokeep making an investment here.
“We notion of partnership (merger with RCom) due to the fact virtually the sport is quite massive. Thevalue of spectrum could be very excessive. it’s probably a not unusual opinion. just keep making an investment is just too hard for us,” Sistema Shyam Teleservices CEO Sergey Savchenko told PTI.
SSTL is in procedure to merge with RCom and it’ll preserve approximately 10 in keeping with cent stakein the new mission. SSTL operates in Delhi, UP West, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Kolkata and relaxation of West Bengal under MTS brand name.
His feedback got here in opposition to the backdrop of upcoming spectrum auction that is expected to fetch document bids of Rs five.36 lakh crore particularly due to relatively priced telecom frequencies in the most green seven hundred Mhz band.
“proper from day one we invested in most superior device which were LTE (4G) capable and destinygeared up. In 2012 when (spectrum) expenses went up we must modify with small footprint howevernevertheless it turned into a severe recreation. We saved investing after 2012,” Savchenko stated.
past spectrum businesses must invest in networks which changed into turning into difficult for it to doon my own, he said even as explaining the rationale behind the merger call.
“We aren’t selling spectrum. We aren’t pronouncing we’re leaving India. we will watch how this methodwill broaden,” Savchenko said.
He additionally said that determine company Sistema has created Sistema Asia Fund that is looking forfunding possibilities in Asia, which include India.
“we are searching at the opportunities in India market. might be now not at huge scale as telecom investments. we have set USD 50 million Sistema Asia fund to observe strategic investment in start–united statesand they’re the use of our experience and expertise specially in IT and Telecom. USD 50 million is first tranche,” Savchenko said.
Sistema entered India by using buying stake in Shyam Teleservices in 2009. This become the year whileother organizations like Norwegian firm Telenor, UAE-based Etisalat and Japan’s Docomo additionallyentered in India.
The entry of new gamers caused cut throat competition in the telecom region with call quotes droppingas low as about 30 paise in step with minute from approximately Rs 2.four in step with minute.
Even before merger, MTS had reduce facts charges via up to seventy five in keeping with cent in somecircles.
“We aren’t making any capital funding. Our effort is on to preserve clients and give them uninterruptedfirst-class carrier. RCom is inquisitive about customers and these clients might be given a migrationroute. RCom will decide if MTS tariff will maintain,” Savchenko stated.
on the give up of February, MTS had over seventy seven lakh clients.
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story first posted on: can also 23, 2016 18:34 (IST)
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