Published on Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 08:42 | Source : Moneycontrol.com
Updated at Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 10:42
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BSNL offers pre-paid scheme on fixed line
No more exaggerated telephone bills and no more shocks at the end of the month as a result of your teenaged son or daughter spending hours on the telephone.
No more exaggerated telephone bills and no more shocks at the end of the month as a result of your teenaged son or daughter spending hours on the telephone.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has introduced a scheme where subscribers can take a fixed line telephone connection on a pre-paid model just like in cellular phones.
FLPP services
Called fixed line pre-paid (FLPP) services, it allows a subscriber to make calls from a prepaid account linked to his telephone number for a predetermined amount that user decides to spend on telephone calls.
The service is unlike the calling card service where the authentication is done every time through a 16-digit PIN. The authentication of FLPP is linked to the telephone line and the user is not required to dial the account number or PIN for authentication every time he makes a call.
Senior BSNL officials said that the company's objective was to add features to the fixed line phone to make it more attractive as compared to a cellular phone.
A large number of BSNL's fixed line telephone users have surrendered their phones to take mobile phone subscription.
Senior BSNL officials said that the company's objective was to add features to the fixed line phone to make it more attractive as compared to a cellular phone. 
