Sistema Shyam appoints chief operating officer for Kerala

Against the backdrop of it 2G Licences having been been cancelled, Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) today said it has appointed Radhakrishnan KV as the Chief Operating Officer for Kerala Circle.

Reporting directly to Cheenu Seshadri, COO (South and West Regions), Radhakrishnan will be responsible for further stimulating the business growth for the company in the circle, SSTL said in a statement.

"Radhakrishnan has been active in the industry for two decades. I believe his vast knowledge and expertise will help further expand our operations and leverage the bandwidth of our business in Kerala," Seshadri said.

Recently, SSTL, which operates under the MTS brand, adopted a regional operating structure in view of the company's expanding voice and data services in the country.

The structure was put in place to enable faster decision making and ensuring flawless execution of the company's data centric- voice enabled strategy, SSTL said.

SSTL is one of the new telecom players that have been impacted by the Supreme Court's order cancelling 122 2G licences that were allotted in 2008 during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja.

It has filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking re-examination of the verdict.

The company has expressed its intention to bid for spectrum in the auction to be held by the government at a later stage.

The company has over 16 million wireless subscribers and under the MBlaze brand provides mobile broadband services to more than 1.5 million customers.

It employs over 3,500 people, operates through 300,000 retailers and has made investments of over $ 3.1 billion.