Phone Plus Facility

Gone are the days when basic telephones was used only to make and receive calls. With the aid of state-of-the-art digital exchanges, BSNL offers you a host of phone plus services, converting your old basic telephones to a sophisticated tool which can be used for a variety of applications.
All the Phone Plus facilities are available  free of cost with effect from January 22nd, 2003.

Call Waiting

This facility lets you receive incoming calls even when your telephone is busy. You will get a short duration pip-pip tone when you are busy talking , indicating that another call is waiting for you , provided you have activated this facility. You can talk to any one of the callers keeping the other waiting. Complete secrecy of communication between the two callers is maintained.

Procedure for activation/deactivation:

Abbreviated Dialing

You may be calling a few people very frequently. It is possible to program these numbers as abbreviated codes of 1 or 2 digits. A maximum of 20 numbers can be programmed for abbreviated dialing. It is ideal for STD/ISD.

Procedure:

Hot Line

You may want to be connected directly to a pre-determined number as soon as you lift the hand set even without dialing. At the same time you may want to have the flexibility to dial any other number of your choice. It is possible to have this facility in the digital exchanges by the delayed hotline feature. The number of your choice can be programmed by the exchange staff at your request. After doing so if you lift the telephone and do not dial within 5 seconds , you will be automatically connected to the programmed number. However if you start dialing with in 5 seconds , you can make an outgoing call as usual.

Call Transfer (Call Forward)

Useful for very mobile persons who may not want to miss incoming calls. Using this facility Calls can be forwarded to another telephone number designated by you.

Procedure for activation/deactivation:

Automatic Wake-Up/Reminder Call Service

When you want to be given reminder at a specific time, all you have to do is to call the exchange and leave the time you want to be reminded. The facility allows you to initiate a call automatically by the exchange at a fixed time specified by the user of the telephone.
 

Number/Call Hunting Service

If you have more than one telephone line, this facility is very helpful for your caller. If the called line is engaged, your caller does not have to disconnect and dial other line(s). This facility automatically transfers the incoming call to whichever line is free.

Calling Line Identification Presentation (CLIP)

 The subscriber has to buy separately the CLIP display device from market. Using this facility you can see the number of the calling party before lifting your telephone. Very useful to trace malicious caller. However, the CLIP instrument shall be procured and installed by the users themselves.
 

Calling Line Identification (CLI) Announcement Service

Dial 164 and listen to the number of the phone line that you have used to make the call. Very useful when in doubt about your phone number.

Phone Bell Check

Dial 161 and after a few second replace the hand set. Your phone will ring very soon. Useful for checking functioning or adjusting volume of bell of your phone. .

Electronic Locking For STD/ISD

 For 100% protection against improper use, you can lock your telephone electronically. Here, you only know the secret code. You can lock/allow Local, STD or ISD calls in many way viz. all calls allowed, only local calls allowed, only STD & Local calls allowed, all outgoing calls barred etc.

Call Conferencing

With this service telephonic conference can be set up within 3 or more parties. This service is available subject to technical feasibility.