State-run telecom operator, BSNL has
announced the launch of landline phones featuring video calling
facility, in in collaboration with SIS Infosystems. These phones will
be available for use at public Video Call Offices (VCOs), which will be
set up in place of several Public Call Offices (PCOs).
Users will be charged Rs.3 for 45 second
video call made from a VCO. The charges include 30 percent share for
the franchise owner. According to SIS officials, people who want to have
a franchise will have to for pay for VCO devices, starting from Rs.
25,000.
VCO operator shall be at liberty to charge facilitation charges
based on market dynamics not more than Rs. 10 per call for
incoming/ outgoing calls. Moreover, all calls made from VCOs shall be
charged as Video Calls. It's notable ISD call facility shall not be
available on VCO connections.
Some of the VCOs will be equipped with
medical devices for remote diagnosis of patients, while many other
services have been lined up for near future. Find out more details about
the BSNL VCOs here.
VCO Tariff Plan
"We will convert existing Public Call
Offices (PCOs) to VCOs with these phones. People will be able to make
voice calls to any phone and video calls to any other IP (internet
based) phone," BSNL Chairman and Managing Director R K Upadhyay is
quoted as saying.
According to Mr. Upadhyay, the move will help the telecom operator up its revenue, which mostly comes from the landline phones. BSNL has finalised about 770 PCOs to turn into VCOs and aims to 10,000 VCOs across the country.
"It will bridge the gap between urban
and rural India. This will be a platform for growth as this network can
be used for purposes like job interview, tele-medicine, tele-education
and host of other services," says Advisor to Prime Minister Sam Pitroda,
while inaugurating the new BSNL services.
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