Shyam Telelink to start services this month

NEW DELHI: Shyam Telelink, a subsidiary of Russian telecom giant Sistema, will be the first among the new operators to get the a pan-India licence to roll out telecom services in both GSM as well as CDMA space from September 30 in Rajasthan.

Following Rajasthan, Shyam would start services in the southern circles in the next two-three months, sources close to the development said.

Shyam has received a pan-India licence for offering services, with spectrum in all the circles.

The company has already set up more than 800 towers in Rajasthan and is also setting up a network across the country to start services, sources added.

Shyam received start-up spectrum in the CDMA space on an all India basis, thereby placing it among the likes of Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices in the CDMA domain.