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) | |||
| 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.
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That's a great news for VPN users! As a new user of VPN Server I'm pleased to read the total news and can't wait to try the toll free one. Thank you so much for this exciting news.