Televoting is unique service used in collecting public opinion. A user who wishes to vote, can dial the specific voting number to register his vote of choice. Televoting is possible from STD barred phones also.
Televoting is a more cost-effective method of democratic deliberation as it does not require the participants/voter to meet in person.
Televoting numbers are 13 digit number :
- 1803-424-ABCD-XY (no charge to voter, service subscriber to pay)[advt]
- 1861-424-ABCD-XY (unit pulse charge to voter)
- 1862-424-ABCD-XY (two pulse charge to voter)
Who can subscribe for Televoting service?
- Media like TV and Press.
- Policy making bodies, political party/activities
- Quiz shows, contests, events, product choices, concepts, programmes, song and beauty contests etc.
What BSNL Offers to Televoting subscribers?
- For each completed call to the dialed VOT number, the chosen vote number increases a counter related to that choice.
- Validity Period/Time band for allowing voting
- Partial results can be given to the service subscriber while Televoting is in progress, if desired.
- Online viewing of results possible at customer premises
- Specified nth winner’s call routing possible to a number in studio
- Service Provider (Subscriber) control of activation/ deactivation possible
- Certain telephone numbers may be put in Black List/ Grey list
- Origin Dependent Handling
- Revenue sharing between the service provider(Subscribers) & network provider (BSNL).
What is the tariff of Televoting Service?
| A. 1803-424-ABCD-XY (Pollster Pays)(no charge to voter, service subscriber to pay) | ||||
| 1. Processing charge for service (Nonrefundable) | Rs.5000/- (Nonrefundable) | |||
| 2. Security Deposit (Refundable)
(Amount to be reviewed every 6 months) |
Initially Rs.10,000/- & to be updated to 2 months average billing | |||
| 3. Fixed Monthly charges for service | Rs.1500 per week or Rs.4000 per month | |||
| 4. Call Charges | Landline/WLL | Cellular | ||
| (i) Charge from voter | N.A | No Access | ||
| (ii) Charge from Called/IN subs. party | Rs.1.20 per vote | No Access | ||
| 5. Discount to televoting subscriber | Votes polled/week | Rate (Rs.) per vote | ||
| Upto 1 lakh | 0.2 | |||
| >1-5 lakhs | 0.3 | |||
| >5-10 lakhs | 0.4 | |||
| >10 lakhs | 0.5 | |||
| 6. Any modification in service (on demand) | Rs.100/- | |||
| 7. Extension of monitoring facility to view
the televoting results online |
Rs.500 per week. Nil in case weekly votes are >1 lakh | |||
| 8. Vanity Numbers Charges (optional) | One Time | Monthly Payment | ||
| Super Premium (Category A) | Rs.10000/- | Rs.1000/- | ||
| Premium (Category B) | Rs.7500/- | Rs.750/- | ||
| Prime (Category C) | Rs.5000/- | Rs.500/- | ||
| B. 1861-424-ABCD-XY (unit pulse charge to voter)C. 1862-424-ABCD-XY (two pulse charge to voter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Processing charge for service (Nonrefundable) | Rs.5000/- (Nonrefundable) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Security Deposit (Refundable)
(Amount to be reviewed every 6 months) |
N.A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Fixed Monthly charges for service | Rs.1500 per week or Rs.4000 per month | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Call Charges | Landline/WLL | Cellular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (i) Charge from calling party | B. 1 unit call per vote
C. 2 unit call per vote |
No Access | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (ii) Charge from Called/IN subs. party | N.A | No Access | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Discount to televoting subscriber | N.A | N.A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Any modification in service (on demand) | Rs.100/- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Extension of monitoring facility to view the televoting results online | Rs.500 per week. Nil in case weekly votes are >1 lakh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Vanity Numbers Charges (optional) | One Time | Monthly Payment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Super Premium (Category A) | Rs.10000/- | Rs.1000/- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premium (Category B) | Rs.7500/- | Rs.750/- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime (Category C) | Rs.5000/- | Rs.500/- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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