TELEVOTING SERVICE & UNIVERSAL PERSONAL NUMBER
TELEVOTING SERVICE
Tele voting is a service by which a telephone subscriber can indicate his opinion on any matter by dialing an IN number of the service subscriber followed by a single digit for the opinion. This service is very useful where large number of TV programs are operating incentive schemes to increase/retain their viewers. Service provider can get the choice by calls make by public on per day/per week/per month in percentage. Other features are:
- This service is available on any existing telephone line and does not require any additional line.
- Any user in telephone network can call televoting number.
- All charges are pay by the service receiver who receives the call.
- Charge for the call is same as the existing Local/STD rates in BSNL.
- Access Code for Televoting (Pollster Pays) is 1803-424, for Televoting (Voter Pays) is 1861-424& for Premium Televoting (Voter Pays) is 1862-424.
- Total digit for Televoting (Pollster Pays) is 1803-424-ABCD, for Televoting (Voter Pays) is 1861-424-ABCD & for Premium Televoting (Voter Pays) is 1862-424-ABCD.
- Two MCUs will be charged to customers voting on IN No.1862-424-ABCD
- Vanity numbers are available for selection of ABCD on charge basis.
TARIFF:
Particulars | Televoting- (Pollster Pays) | Televoting- (Voter Pays) | ||
1. Processing charge for service (Nonrefundable) | Rs.5000/- (Nonrefundable) | Rs.5000/- (Nonrefundable) | ||
2. Security Deposit (Refundable) (Amount to be reviewed every 6 months) | Initially Rs.10,000/- & to be updated to 2 months average billing | N.A | ||
3. Fixed Monthly charges for service | Rs.1500 per week or Rs.4000 per month | Rs.1500 per week or Rs.4000 per month | ||
4. Call Charges | PSTN/WLL | Cellular | PSTN/WLL | Cellular |
(i) Charge from calling party | N.A | No Access | 1 unit call per vote | No Access |
(ii) Charge from Called/IN subs. party | Rs.1.20 per vote | No Access | N.A | No Access |
5. Discount to televoting subscriber | Votes polled/week | Rate (Rs.) per vote | N.A | N.A |
Upto 1 lakh | 0.2 | N.A | N.A | |
>1-5 lakhs | 0.3 | N.A | N.A | |
>5-10 lakhs | 0.4 | N.A | N.A | |
>10 lakhs | 0.5 | N.A | N.A | |
6. Any modification in service (on demand) | Rs.100/- | |||
7. Extension of monitoring facility to view the televoting results online | Rs.500 per week. Nil in case weekly votes are >1 lakh | |||
8. Vanity Numbers Charges | One Time | Monthly Payment | ||
Super Premium (Category A) | Rs.10000/- | Rs.1000/- | ||
Premium (Category B) | Rs.7500/- | Rs.750/- | ||
Prime (Category C) | Rs.5000/- | Rs.500/- |
Revenue Sharing of New IN No. 1861-424-ABCD
Revenue Sharing of New IN No. 1862-424-ABCD
S.No. | Televoting (Voter Pays) | Premium Televoting (Voter Pays) | ||
Televotes poled per week | Revenue Share (In Rs.) On graded basis | Televotes poled per week | Revenue Share (In Rs.) On graded basis | |
1 | Upto 1 lakh | 0.2/Vote | Upto 1 lakh | Nil |
2 | >1-5 lakhs | 0.3/Vote | >1-5 lakhs | 0.45/Vote |
3 | >5-10 lakhs | 0.4/Vote | >5-10 lakhs | 0.60/Vote |
4 | >10 lakhs | 0.5/Vote | >10 lakhs | 0.75/Vote |
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UNIVERSAL PERSONAL NUMBER (UPN)
A subscriber to this service can receive or make calls using his Universal Personal Number from any BSNL phone. The subscriber will be given some management codes and password. Using that he can convert/reconvert any BSNL phone into his Universal Personal Number. All the calls made by subscriber using his UPN will be billed at his UPN by the IN Platform. The subscriber will be able to get all his calls incoming on the UPN number anywhere in India. Access Code for UPN is 1808-XYZ (XYZ - SCP code)
Initial and Miscellaneous Charges:
Item | Charges (In Rs.) |
Activation Charge | Rs.100 |
Fixed Monthly Charges | Rs.25 (The service can be offered free to existing fixed line customers whose average monthly bill is Rs.1000 or more) |
Minimum Hire Period | Three Months |
ARD/Security Deposit | Rs.2000 (Not to be taken if fixed line security is available) |
White List: UPN subscriber can select numbers from where incoming calls can be allowed | Rs.100 Per addition/Per deletion |
Grey List: UPN Subscriber can select numbers from where incoming calls are not admissible | Rs.100 Per addition/Per deletion |
Usage Call Charges:
Call Charges to UPN Subscriber | Call Charges to Calling Party | ||
Type | When UPN receive calls | When UPN makes calls | Call Charges to Calling Party |
UPN in Reg. LDCA & Calling party also in Reg. LDCA | No Charge | As per ITC Table (From Origination to Destination) | As per ITC Table (From Origination to Destination) |
UPN in Reg. LDCA & Calling party outside Reg. LDCA | No Charges | ||
UPN outside Reg. LDCA & Calling party in Reg. LDCA | Rs.1.00 per 60 Sec pulse | ||
UPN outside Reg. LDCA & Calling party also outside Reg. LDCA | Rs.2.00 per 60 Sec pulse |
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