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.
