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Electronic Clearance Scheme:

Hyderabad Telephones in association with Reserve Bank of India offers this highly customer-friendly scheme for payment of your telephone bills. Join the ECS of Hyderabad Telephones, Today and pay the phone bills by sitting at your home/office and also avial the following benefits: * "ECS OPTEES NEED NOT PAY THE BILLS AT COUNTERS". * Discount @ 1% (one percent)on each bill. * Wastage of Your valuable time can be avoided and you will get your bill as usual. * No Surcharge problem as bill amount will be deducted from bank account only on pay by date. * Easiest way to pay your Telephone Bills. No hassels of standing in the queue. * No risk of carrying cash or fumbling with your cheque book. *No question of late payment charges on account of forgotten bills. * Even you can opt out from ECS anytime. * ECS is now more secure. SAVE TIME, MONEY & EFFORT : REGISTER WITH ECS OF HYDERABAD TELEPHONES Frequently Asked Questions about ECS : Q.1 What is Electronic Clearance Scheme (ECS) ? Hyderabad Telephones in association with Reserve Bank of India offers this highly customer-friendly scheme for payment of your telephone bills.It is a scheme for collecting your phone bill dues directly from your savings / current bank account. It is totally free of any hassles. Q.2 Where do I get the ECS Mandate form ? Click here to download ECS Mandate form. ECS Mandate Form also available at all Bill Collection & Customer Service Centers. Q.3 How do I join the ECS Scheme ? You have to fill up the ‘Mandate Form’ (in duplicate) and submit alongwith a photocopy of your cheque leaf in AOTR office, Customer Service Centre, ECS Cell or you may drop in BSNL cheque drop boxes. Q.4 After joining the ECS do I continue to receive my phone bills ? Oh, Yes. You will continue to receive the Bills as before. It will, however, contain a specific message that "ECS OPTEES NEED NOT PAY THE BILLS AT COUNTERS". Q.5 When actually the phone bill amount will be debited from my bank A/c ? It will be debited from you’re bank account during the 1st week of the month following that of the bill month. For example, for bill date 11/5/2001 amount will be debited from your account between 1st and 8th June 2001. Q.6 Any extra charge to be paid for joining the ECS ? This scheme is entirely free of charge. Q.7 What do I do if I find that my phone bill is too high ? In case of Excess Billing complaint received at least 8 days prior to due date, provisional bill will be issued to eligible subscribers and the revised amount will only debited to your account. You can ring up ECS Cell -23242533 for any assistance on ECS Q.8 Which of my phone lines should I try first with the ECS ? Make a beginning. Put all your STD barred phone lines under ECS. The benefits of ECS are tremendous. Bill for a STD barred line cannot ever be an astronomical figure. There is no point wasting time standing in queue for paying a phone bill of petty amount. For Further Details on ECS--please contact 23242533/23242442(ECS CELL.)