| What is Televoting service? | ||||||||
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Televoting is unique service used in
collecting public opinion. |
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| 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) | ||||||||
| 1861-424-ABCD-XY (unit pulse charge to voter) | ||||||||
| 1862-424-ABCD-XY (two pulse charge to voter) | ||||||||
| Who can subscribe for Televoting service? | ||||||||
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Media like TV and Press. |
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| 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? | ||||||||
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For each completed call to the dialed VOT
number, the chosen vote number increases a counter related to that choice. |
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| 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) | ||||||||
| 2. Security Deposit (Refundable)(Amount to be reviewed every 6 months) | ||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
| 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 | No Access | ||||||
| C. 2 unit call per vote | ||||||||
| (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) | ||||||||
| 7. Extension of monitoring facility to view the televoting results online | ||||||||
| 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/- | ||||||
| 9. Revenue Share | ||||||||
| S.No. | 1861-424-ABCD-XY (unit pulse charge to voter) (Voter Pays) | 1862-424-ABCD-XY(two pulse charge to voter) (Voter Pays) | ||||||
| Televotes polled per week | Revenue Share (In Rs.) On graded basis | Televotes polled per week | Revenue Share (In Rs.) On graded basis | |||||
| 1 | Upto 1 lakh | 0.2/Vote | Upto 1 lakh | Nil | ||||
| 2 | >1-5 lakhs | 0.3/Vote | >1-5 lakhs | 0.45/Vote | ||||
| 3 | >5-10 lakhs | 0.4/Vote | >5-10 lakhs | 0.60/Vote | ||||
| 4 | >10 lakhs | 0.5/Vote | >10 lakhs | 0.75/Vote | ||||