S Tel Private Limited (S Tel), a new telecom operator in the lndian marketplace, is a joint venture between Siva Group (formerly Sterling Infotech Group) and Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco).

S Tel acquired Unified Access Services Licenses (UASL) to operate in six Category C circles – Orissa, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, North East, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir. Equipped with these licenses, S Tel now offers Unified Mobile service and innovative Value Added Services (VAS) to a population of over 226 million across these circles.

Headquartered in NCR region of Delhi, the company has already rolled out its services across its five circles – Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar & Jharkhand, Assam and North East.

Bahrain headquartered Batelco is a diversified, integrated telecommunications operator with Mobile, fixed and wireless broadband, Datacom and fixed line services. It has operations in 7 markets across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.