BSNL to revise tariffs for Toll Free, UAN and VPN Services from 1st March 2016 on wards on PAN India basis

National telecom backbone and India’s Largest Landline Service provider, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the revision of tariffs for Fixed line IN services with effect from 1st March 2016 on wards across all telecom circles.

As per the latest information, BSNL will be revising tariffs for Toll Free (Free Phone) Services, Universal Access Number (UAN) Services and Voice Virtual Private Network (VPN) Services from 01-03-2016 on PAN India basis. Fixed line services are essential for Corporate / Enterprise customers to promote their business.

Revised Tariff for BSNL Toll Free Phone Services from 01-03-2016 – PAN India Tariff

Sl No	Particulars	Taiff / Charges
1	Activation Fee / Charges (non refundable)	Nil
2	Processing Fee / Charges (non refundable)	Rs 3000/-
3	Security Deposit (non refundable)	Rs 5000/-
4	Fixed Monthly Charges for Service (Rental)	Rs 1000/-
5	Call Charges From Basic / WLL Network
	Local (Within same SDCA)	Rs 1.20 / 60 sec
	Intra Circle (Within same circle)	Rs 1.20 / 60 sec
	Inter Circle (Outside the circle)	Rs 1.60 / 60 sec
6	Call Charges From Cellular Network
	Within Circle	Rs 1.20 / 60 sec
	Outside Circle	Rs 1.60 / 60 sec
	National Roaming	Rs 1.60 / 60 sec
7	Rebate on Monthly Bill
	Monthly Bill	Discount
	Up to Rs 10,000	Nil
	Rs 10,001 to Rs 50,000	10%
	Rs 50,001 to Rs 2,50,000	15%
	Rs 2,50,001 to Rs 5,00,000	20%
	> Rs 5,00,000	25%

Toll Free phone services may be subscribed by Enterprises or Organizations with large customer base, companies having call centers, business organizations in retail products and services. Companies providing after sales support to their customers are also benefited by the Toll Free Number Services by BSNL.

Some of the Key Features associated with Toll Free Number Services are – Single All India Number, Time of Day/Time Interval Routing, Day of the Week Routing, Origin Dependent Routing, Call distribution, Line hunting, Call limiter, Call Queuing, Condition based routing, Interactive voice response, Black & White List, Incoming Grey list, Detailed Bill etc.

Revised Tariff for BSNL UAN (Universal Access Number) Services from 01-03-2016 – PAN India Tariff

Sl No	Particulars	UAN Full Charge	UAN Split Charge
1	Processing Fee / Charges (non refundable)	Rs 5000/-	Rs 5000/-
2	Security Deposit (non refundable)	NA	Initially Rs 10,000/- & to be updated to 2 months average billing
3	Fixed Monthly Charges for Service (Rental)	Rs 3000/-	Rs 1000/-
4	Call Charges payable by	Calling Party (Rs/Sec)	Calling Party (Rs/Sec)	Called Party (Rs/Sec)
	From Landline / WLL Network
	Local (Within same SDCA)
	From BSNL / MTNL	30 Sec Pulse	Local Call Charges to PSTN	FREE
	From Other Networks	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Rs 1.20 / 60 sec
	Intra Circle (Within same circle)	30 Sec Pulse	Local Call Charges to PSTN	Rs 1.20 / 60 sec
	Inter Circle (Outside the circle)	30 Sec Pulse	Local Call Charges to PSTN	Rs 1.20 / 60 sec
	From Cellular Network
	Within Circle	Rs 2.00/ 60 sec	Local C2F as per plan	Rs 1.20 / 60 sec
	Outside Circle	Rs 2.00/ 60 sec	Local C2F as per plan	Rs 1.20 / 60 sec
	National Roaming	Prevailing National Roaming Tariff (calls beyond visited circle) as per plan	Prevailing National Roaming Tariff as per plan	Rs 1.60 / 60 sec
5	Discount / Rebate on Monthly Bill		Monthly Bill	Discount
	Note:		Up to Rs 10,000	Nil
	(i) The discount is on non-graded basis		Rs 10,001 to Rs 50,000	10%
	(ii) In case of UAN (Split Charging) Excludes local calls	NA	Rs 50,001 to Rs 2,50,000	15%
			Rs 2,50,001 to Rs 5,00,000	20%
			> Rs 5,00,000	25%
6	IN Number	1860 XYZ ABCD ABCD – (0001 TO 4999)	1860 XYZ ABCD ABCD – (5000 TO 9999)
7	Any Modification in service (on demand)	Rs 100/-	Rs 100/-
8	Detail billing soft copy per month (on demand)	Rs 100/-	Rs 100/-
9	Vanity Number Charges	One Time	Monthly Payment
	Super Premium (Category A)	Rs 10,000/-	Rs 1000/-
	Premium (Category B)	Rs 7,500/-	Rs 700/-
	Premium (Category C)	Rs 5,000/-	Rs 500/-

Any Entrepreneur / Customers having BSNL Universal Access Number Services, can be reached nationwide with a Unique Number. A call to a service subscriber will be paid by the calling party or split between the calling and called party. Accordingly, there are two types of UAN Services. They are UAN Full Charges (calling user will pay the charges) & UAN Split Charges (charges will be paid by the calling user and the called subscriber).

The service is an ideal business promotion tool for business communities who want the people to call them without any hassle. It is suitable for Hospitals, Educational institutes, NGOs, Law firms, Medium and small firms.

Revised Tariff for BSNL VPN (Voice Virtual Private Network) Services from 01-03-2016 – PAN India Tariff

Sl No	Particulars	Taiff / Charges
1	Activation Fee / Charges (non refundable)	Rs 500/-
2	Minimum Period of Hire	One Year
3	Creation / Deletion / Modification Charges per Number	Rs 100/-
4	Charges per change of feature (on demand)	Rs 100/-
5	Group Size	Fixed VPN Charges per month per DEL (in Rs)
	Group Size	SDCA	LDCA	Circle	All India
	5 – 25	Rs 125/-	Rs 175/-	Rs 275/-	Rs 425/-
	> 25	Rs 99/-	Rs 149/-	Rs 249/-	Rs 399/-
	Calls within VPN are absolutely FREE & Charges outside VPN (Local, STD, ISD, Cellular and WLL (M)	As per the existing tariff from fixed to other networks
6	Discount on Calls (local+ STD)charges outside VPN group (No discount on ISD Calls)
	(a) >10000 MCUs (local+STD)	10%
	Note: No other Corporate Discount scheme will be applicable on the above charges
7	Any creation/deletion/addition/modification per number	Rs 100/-
8	Charges for the change of feature (per request)	Rs 100/-
9	Addition/Deletion/Modification of any of the following feature per request per extension
	i) Exception List (List of numbers not allowed for incoming and outgoing calls)	Rs 100/-
	ii) Barring of off-net calls (Barred from making call outside VPN)	Rs 100/-
	iii) Selected off-net destinations (only selected destinations outside VPN is allowed)	Rs 100/-
	(iv) Barring/Opening STD, ISD on number within VPN (Normal STD/ISD opening/barring)	Rs 100/-
	(v) Time dependent routing of incoming calls (All incoming call can be routed according to time)	Rs 100/-
	(vi) Origin dependent routing of incoming calls (All incoming call can be routed according to their origin)	Rs 100/- per Month
	(vii) Multiple Account Code (Allows users of given VPN group to mark their calls according to business so that company receives a bill, which details cost of communication according to company activities and organization)	Rs 100/- per Extension
	(viii) Dual invoicing (Allows to bill calls made by PN extension either on companies corporate account or on personal account)	Rs 100/-

BSNL Voice VPN Service offers Unlimited Free Calls within the members of the group. Combined voice VPN can be provided for fixed line telephones of BSNL / MTNL and BSNL Mobile. Customer may use this service by dialing short codes to have a private network using public network resources.

The Voice VPN on the fixed lines is offered in three categories namely on landline, between landline and cellular – unlimited and concessional.

Dear readers, please share your views and opinions about BSNL’s Enterprise Services like – Toll Free Number, Universal Access Number and VPN Services via comments with us.