Now you can share your BSNL data with Friends and Family

Now you can share your data with Friends and Family   

COMMUNITY CHARGING

Features:

1. This Community Charging feature allows sharing of Data among a group of prepaid subscribers of SZ

circles. A prepaid BSNL SZ customer can subscribe a community Data pack and share it with other 4

prepaid customers of SZ circles. Therefore the community data pack allows sharing of data among 5

persons ie.betweena parent and 4 members.

2. Subscribing of community data pack and adding of Child accounts – up to 4 numbers can be done

only by Master/Parent Subscriber through the BSNL Web portal :www.bsnlszprepaid.com.

3. Master Subscriber called ‘Parent’ can subscribe to any of the Communitydata packs-Group account

through the portal: www.bsnlszprepaid.comutilizing the balance in his prepaid main account. He

cannot subscribe this data plan through other channels like SMS, USSD, IVR etc.,

4. The master subscriber called ‘ Parent ‘ must ensure availability of sufficient balance during the

creation of group itself. During this process,minimum one member must be entered and a data pack

must be selected. Group will be created only after deducting the corresponding amount from main

account. Subsequent recharge of the data pack may be done by subscriber depending on the usage

through recharge option (under Group account ).

5. This Portal enables the Parent to add and delete the Child accounts.

6. Both the parent subscriber and the Child subscriber can recharge his account with other TopUPs/STVs.

7. If a child is having any other data STVs subscribed to his/her own account,the Group account will

come into effect only after his/her own data STVs get exhausted.

i.e. Group account will have lowest priority than other STVs. After exhausting the Group

account, customer will start draining his main account.

8. Child account will not have any access to view his shared data usage.

9. The Parent subscriber alone can have the control over the Group account activities through the

Portal.

10. No specific charges will be levied either on the Parent Subscriber or from the Child Subscriber for

addition/deletion of Child members into the group account.

1. What do you mean by ‘ Data Sharing “

A single data pack subscribed by a BSNL Prepaid customer of South Zone

is shared by 4 others - thus enabling a total of 5 BSNL prepaid customers (

including the Group leader/ parent )to share a single data pack.

2. How – the ‘ Data Sharing ‘ is getting enabled ?

There is a Group leader or a parent – who can subscribe to this new data

sharing in BSNL through a new feature called – Community Charging

which has the visibility only in the BSNL portal :www. bsnlszprepaid.com

3. How much the Group leader needs to pay – to avail this ‘ Data Sharing ‘?

The Group Leader or the Parent – need not pay anything through the

banking gateway; he has to ensure – sufficient balance is available in his

Prepaid main account. He can subscribe to this community charging only

through the portal :www.bsnlszprepaid.com through a drop down menu –

showing the different unique data packs for sharing.

4. Can we not subscribe to this new data sharing feature through C Top Up,

SMS or USSD or IVR ?

No,It can be subscribed only throughPortal :www.bsnlszprepaid.com

5. Any extra charge we need to pay to be brought under this new BSNL data

sharing ?

There are no charges for creating a group/family.

6. How many groups – a single Group leader/Parent can create at anytime

for data sharing ?

A BSNL prepaid customer cannotcreate more than one group/family

simultaneously. Similarly, a prepaid BSNL user can be a

member/beneficiary of only one group/family simultaneously for BSNL

Data sharing.

7. Any need to give my consent, when I am getting added into a

Group/family for BSNL Data Sharing?

The BSNL Customer who is creating a Group/Family account, as Group

Leader/Parent will not require the consent of the users – who are getting

added into the Group/Family account. And, he has the rights to add/

remove any member into/from the group at any point of time.

8. How we share the Group account – any specified share in the data pack

added?

All members are having unrestricted access to the shared data pack. The

group Leader/Parent is not enjoying any special priority and he is placed

at par with other group members. He cannot keep any portion of this

shared data pack for his own use. Once shared- the Group

leader/Parent’s entire data pack is available to all the 5 members.

9. As a member of the Group account, Can I have access to my data

usagedetails for this new data pack?

No, it is not possible. Only the Group leader/Parent of the shared data

account can access the usage data details through the portal

www.bsnlszprepaid.com. Child account will not have any access to view

his shared data usage. However, the member will get post call notification

regarding the usage as and when he/she completes the session.

10.I have started using the Community data pack and fearing that the

current pack may exhaust soon, can I subscribe to one more such

community data pack ?

Yes, it is possible. In such case, the Community Data pack which has the

earlier validity date will have the priority for usage.

11.I am already using a Data STV in use. Now, I have been added into a

community data pack by a group leader. If I start browsing, which one

will get exhaust first ?

Your Data STV gains the first priority followed by Community data pack.If a

member/child is having any other data STVs subscribed to his/her own

account, the Group account will come into effect only after his/her own

data STVs get exhausted i.e., Group account will have lowest priority than

other STVs. After exhausting the Group account, customer will start

draining his main account.

12.As a member of a Community Data Pack, can I subscribe to any other

Top Ups or STVs?

Both the parent subscriber and the Child subscriber can recharge his

account with other Top-Ups / STVs

13.How many Child/Member, a Group leader/parent can add when the

group is being formed ?

The Group leader/parent must add a minimum of one member/child

when he forms the Group for sharing the data.

14.Whether this Data Sharing facility can be availed by all BSNL Customers ?

Customers of any South Zone BSNL Prepaid Plan can be brought under this

data sharing with the exception – Customers who have already enrolled

themselves under SMALL CUG scheme (other than Corporate VPN) shall

not subscribe to Data Sharing. If they do so, the CUG voice call will be

charged as per plan.