MTS partners Meru Cabs to offer free internet

Passengers need to ask MBlaze dongle from cab driver

PTI | February 16, 2011



Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), which offers telephony services under the MTS brand name, today said it has partnered with Meru Cabs to offer free internet services to its passengers in New Delhi and Mumbai.

The customer needs to ask the cab driver for an MBlaze dongle to get free internet surfing along with unlimited data download, SSTL said in a statement.

The company plans to launch similar services in other major towns including Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad, it added.

"Our partnership with Meru Cabs has been specially designed to offer seamless data connectivity to users on the go, both in Delhi and Mumbai," SSTL Chief Marketing Officer Leonid Musatov said.

MTS claims to have over 9 million voice subscribers in India and under the MBlaze brand provides mobile broadband services to over 4.8 lakh customers in more than 100 cities across the country.

 

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