New Delhi, March 09: The government has said the services of S Tel, joint venture of Chennai-based Siva group and Bahrain Telecom (Batelco), were suspended in three states due to non-availability of necessary equipment for interception of calls, a charge denied by the company.
Highly-placed sources in the union Home Ministry said the company, which operates mobile phone services in Bihar, Orissa and Himachal Pradesh, have not installed a mechanism for interception of calls so that a check on anti-national and anti-social elements can be kept.
They said the telecom company would be allowed to resume its services only after the mechanism was put in place.
The company, which has a user base of eight lakh customers, was directed by government to stop its services immediately last week due to national security concerns.
–Agencies