Sistema Shyam Teleservices Signs Agreement With Vodafone India
MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd., majority owned by Russian conglomerate AFK Sistema (AFKS.RS), has signed a franchising agreement with Vodafone India, Russian daily Vedomosti reports Tuesday, citing Vsevolod Rozanov, Sistema Shyam's general director.According to the agreement, Vodafone sells modems under the NetCruise brand that run on Sistema Shyam's network. Sistema Shyam will share the revenue for servicing clients with Vodafone. Modem users will be considered Sistema Shyam subscribers but will be billed by Vodafone, Rozanov says.