Honest 836 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 BSNL to switch over to new billing system in 2-3 month 27 Aug, 2008, 1045 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: State-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd plans to switch over to the Call-Detail-Record (CDR) billing system for its 3.5 crore landline subscribers in the next two to three months. "Our landline billing system as of now works on the conventional technology, and we are unable to give a customised offer to subscribers. But very soon all that will be a thing of the past," BSNL Deputy Director General, (Enterprise Business), Sunil Kumar said here. Telephone exchanges spread over 20 major cities across the country would switch over to the CDR system for billing in the next 2-3 month, he said. The entire project is being carried out in a phased manner and over the next 6-8 month, all the exchanges will be connected to this technology, he said. "One of the advantages of the new billing system is that one single bill could be generated for an entire corporate house, and the payments also, accordingly be made from any where in the country," the BSNL official said. "In addition, we will be able to offer various tariff plans to landline customers on the lines of mobile tariff plans." The introduction of the CDR billing system is part of the public sector company's plans to become an information and communication technology (ICT) services provider. BSNL is also looking at providing managed network services (MNS), Kumar said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 ^^^ So now (i.e after 6 months at least) BSNL will hopefully provide excellent plans for even landlines. Then the private telcos like Airtel, RCOM, TATA etc will have a taste of their own medicine. It is news to me that because of lack of CDR facility, BSNL/MTNL could not provide such competitive services. It is further a mystery as they have waited all along for this facility. Hope the Babus do not get greased this time to delay this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 ^^^ My dear Kumaar lets hope for the best from BSNL this time. And I don't think that this will be delayed at all. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted September 5, 2008 BSNL launches bill payment service through PNB ATMs 5 Sep, 2008, 1627 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Telephone users of BSNL can now pay their bills through ATMs of Punjab National Bank. Post-paid mobile subscribers of BSNL can pay their bills in any of the 1,700 ATMs of PNB throughout the country where as for fixed line customers this facility is available in 19 major cities at present. "We will extend the service for fixed line customers throughout the country shortly," BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal said while launching the service. The idea of bill payment through ATMs was conceived by BSNL when the PSU bank was installing an ATM machine at the telecom operators' headquarter premises few days back. At present, BSNL customers have various options of making bill payment, including BSNL counters, post offices, banks, through internet -- BSNL Portal, through ITC card, ITZ card, credit and debit card, easy bill outlets etc. "It is a milestone for the PSU and the IT teams of BSNL, and PNB made this concept a reality within a record time of 15 days," PNB CMD K C Chakrabarty said. This is a free service for the subscribers of BSNL. The telecom operator generates around 35 crore telephone bills every month and it is hopeful that this service will make the bill payment process more smooth for its subscribers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
