BSNL Prepaid Mobile “Gift Talk Time Facility” : To Transfer Talk Time to Your Friends

This facility is popular among youngsters and is used to GIFT TALK TIME on special occasions like Birthdays, Anniversaries etc.

1.  To register, send SMS with keyword “register ptop” to toll free short code 54455.
2.  After registering, following SMS will be sent by the C-TOPUP Platform to the subscriber from short code 54455:- “Dear subscriber, registration for ptop is successful. Password is “ABCDEF”.
3. To de-register, subscriber is required to send SMS with keyword “deregister ptop” to toll free short code 54455.
4.  For
   de-registration the following confirmation SMS will be sent by the home
   zone C-TOPUP platform to the subscriber after deregistration:-“Dear
   subscriber, deregistration for ptop is successful”.
5. In case, a subscriber wishes to change the password, he / she can send SMS keyword, “Change ptop password ABCDEF to GHIJKL repeat GHIJKL” to short code 54455 (where ABCDEF is the existing password and GHIJKL is the new password).
6. In case, a subscriber has forgotten the password,
   he / she will have to send request for registration again. The C-TOPUP
   system will check up the existing database and will send existing
   password in the form of following message:-“Dear subscriber, your existing password is ABCDEF”

1. For
   transferring talk time from his / her account to another prepaid GSM /
   3G subscriber of the same Circle, the subscriber will send SMS, “Gift 94xxxx 50 pwd” to short code 54456. (SMS charges Rs 2/-)
2. The
   C-TOPUP Platform will look into the content of the SMS and will check
   from the IN system availability of required balance talk value in the
   account of transferor.
3. If balance is not adequate, C-TOPUP platform will generate message, “Request rejected due to inadequate balance in your mobile. Please Recharge/ Topup and then send transfer request”
4. If balance amount in account is adequate,
   C-TOPUP platform will send request to the IN System for talk time
   transfer in the form of topup decrease in the account of transferor and
   increase in the account of transferee in accordance with following
   rules:- 

• (a)
  Amount of minimum Rs. 10 or its multiples upto maximum
  amount of Rs.200 is allowed as talk value transfer per transaction i.e.
  value of talk time transfer (Rs. X) can be between Rs.10 and Rs.200 but
  in multiples of Rs.10 only. 
• (b)
  Service charges @ 10% of talk-value to be transferred,
  subject to a minimum of Rs.3 per transaction, will additionally be
  deducted from the talk value of transferor account. Net talk value X,
  to be equal to that requested by the subscriber, is to be credited to
  the account of transferee after deducting Rs. X and 10% of Rs. X or Rs.
  3, whichever is higher, from the account of transferor.
• (c) Gifting can be done by the subscriber maximum 5 times in a month.
• (d) Talk time transfer from GSM PCO will not be allowed.