BSNL : Voicemail Activation | Setup & Costs

By Activating Voice mail in BSNL, we can stay connected and send / receive important communications with your dear ones, family members and friends even if the phone is switched off , not reachable in remote locations , busy or in flight mode.

This article explains the procedure to activate Vodafone Voice mail, Setup Voice mail and How to use BSNL voicemail effectively. Voice-mail Procedure is same for both Vodafone Post-paid and Prepaid customers.

Activating voice mail is nothing but forwarding your incoming all to BSNL voice mail box number under certain conditions, like when you are in another call, your phone is switched off , your phone is in flight mode, your phone is in not reachable location.



So under such conditions you dont need to miss the call by redirecting them to your Voice mail. The person who tried to reach you will leave a short voice record in your mail , that you can hear it later whenever you have time.

Expand the below topics one by one to know more.

>>To activate & Setup Voice mail

You can forward the calls to voice mail in three categories. You can activate the following categories separately as per your choice

• Divert calls to Voice mail When Busy : To activate Dial  **67*your BSNL number# and press send.  For Deactivation Dial ##67#

•  Divert calls to Voice mail When no answer : To activate Dial  s**61*your BSNL number*20# and press send.  For Deactivation Dial ##61#

• Divert calls to Voice mail When you are not reachable : To activate Dial  **62*your BSNL number# and press send.  For Deactivation Dial ##62#

>>To receive / Hear Voice mail

You will receive a SMS alert to your Mobile when you have a new voice mail.
If you need to hear your voice mail messages from landline, then Dial 9415017000
Now enter your BSNL number and default password 1234 to hear the voice mail.


If you are calling from your BSNL mobile number , Dial 17000
Enter your default PIN code 1234
Regularly delete the voice messages by hearing the computer Voice menu.

>>To send Voice mail,

You cannot send a voice record in voice mail service.There is another service called BSNL voice SMS through which you can manually send a voice sms to a desired BSNL mobile number

>>Costs and Charge for Voice mail

There is no costs for retrieving voice mails in BSNL to BSNL mobile phone.
If you call from landline or while Roaming, the the normal  call charges will be applicable.

It is also advisable to change the default password for your voice mail box to ensure confidentiality for information.

Voice mails are familiar in Western countries, but in India Voice mails do not used as much, One of the reason is the Indian People mindset is they need immediate response for mobile phone calls, and another reason is the doubt that the mail is heard by the receiver or not.

Convert your Current Prepaid plan to postpaid (Vice Versa) without changing the number

Expand your mobile network to see the Procedure for Postpaid to Prepaid migration and Vice Versa.

> Aircel 

• Aircel makes this migration process very simple through online itself.
• AIrcel Introduced a new option called design your own plan. YOu can go to the aircel official website and select this option and choose any Prepaid or postpaid plans that suitable for you by providing your current mobile number.
• WIthin one day AIrcel customer care person will call you and confirm the request and proceed to change the Prepaid to postpaid plan and vice versa.

>Vodafone

• In vodafone the process is Very simple.
• Just download the below form , fill it and submit in the nearest vodafone store.
• Vodafone Postpaid to Prepaid Migration Form Here..
• Vodafone Prepaid to Prepaid Migration Form Here..

>Airtel 

• In Airtel you have to approach the nearest Airtel Retail shop to do the conversion or migration process from Prepaid to postpaid and vice versa.
• No charges will be deducted for this conversion process in Airtel

>Tata DoCoMo

• Currently online migration of Docomo prepaid to postpaid or Postpaid to prepaid is not possible. You should request through complaint helpline number 198 or approcach the nearest Docomo retail center.

>Idea cellular 

• Currently there is no option in Idea cellular to migrate from Postpaid to prepaid or vice versa.

> BSNL 

In BSNL GSM , strictly there is no option at present to convert postpaid into prepaid plan or to migrate prepaid sim in to prepaid plan.

The only solution is to get a new SIM card with fresh number.

You can use MNP facility to convert into other network .After 6 months you can switch the same number to BSNL postpaid or prepaid. But note that this trick require 6 months wait period.

>Uninor 

In Uninor You can switch your Postpaid connection to prepaid or Vice versa . YOu have to pay a non refundable amount of Rs 19 apart from SIM cost.

If there is any balance in talk time , they will not be transferred.

For this Uninor migratio process you have to approach your nearest Uninor Store.

> Reliance 

• In Reliance , there is no smooth procedure for this migration of postpaid into prepaid and Vice versa.
• At your own risk you can proceed by contacting any nearest Reliance Retail Shop.

Convert Pay Per Second (PPS) plan from Pay Per Minute Plan in Prepaid

Expand your mobile network to see the complaint numbers of customer helpline number.

> Aircel 

• For Aircel, ERC of 18 Rupees will make the Aircel Prepaid mobile into life time pay per second plan..

>Vodafone

• In Vodafone Pay Per Second is alternatively called as Per Second Pulse.
  You can do a ERC of 44 INR to change to Per second Pulse scheme with lifetime validity.
  But Just Inquire with your customer care before doing this recharge.

>Airtel 

• If you are calling from Airtel mobile then call to toll free number 198
• If you call from other network , call  9810012345 for Postpaid related complaints and queries
• and call 9810198101 for Prepaid related problems and issues.

> Tata DoCoMo

• For Docomo, there is no Pay Per Minute plan. All Tata Docomo prepaids are of pay per second plan.
  I have to remind the Docomo is the first network to introduce Pay per second plan.
  Due to market competition all other Indian networks shifted to this plan with no other way.

> Idea cellular 

• From Idea cellular mobile number, call toll free helpline 198 to request for pay per second Migration.

> BSNL 

• Send SMS as  MSEC to 53733
• You should have balance 36 Rupees for this pay per second conversion.
• The Balance will be deducted once you send the SMS from your BSNL mobile.
• Otherwise you can do a ERC of Rupees 36

>Uninor 

Uninor does not have any pay per second migration scheme. Instead you can do a recharge which offers you per second tarriff for specific validity.

> Reliance 

• By doing One time Recharge ERC of Rupees 49, your prepaid Reliance SIM will convert into Pay Per Second Plan with lifetime validity.
  I advice you to inquire your customer care before doing this plan conversion

BSNL :Get PUK code & Reset PIN through online or SMS

**Other Networks , please refer here to unlock your PUK code.

There is no official methods provided by BSNL to get PUK code for the locked SIM card through toll free SMS or recover through online website.

So, the safest way is to contact the customer care of BSNL cellular and follow the simple Procedure to find your PUK code immediately.


Do not assume your PUK code and enter it wrongly. It will permanently block your SIM card and you have replace a new SIM card with additional cost of 220 Rupees.

Procedure to know BSNL SIM PUK code :

1.Note the following details in a piece of paper. The customer care person will ask you these details to confirm your details to give the PUK number.

·         16 to 19 digit SIM number which is printed in the back of your BSNL SIM card

·         Your mobile number

·         Your Name in address proof given to them

·         Your Address which is given at the time of buying the SIM card

2.Once you note down all the details, now Call the toll free customer care number 9415024365 from another BSNL mobile number . If you want to call from OTHER MOBILE  network to BSNL customer care,you can call the same number 9415024365 . Normal call charges will be applicable.

3.Listen the computer voice carefully and wait till the option for speaking to customer care is announced.

4.Press the number to speak with customer care person

5.Just tell the I want to unlock my PUK code , they will ask the details in step 1

6.Immediately they will provide the PUK number of your SIM card

7.Note it down correctly and end the call

8.Now enter the PUK in your locked SIM card to unblock it.

For safety purpose, note that PUK code somewhere safely to avoid stressful situation in future.

Android : How to enable conference call in Android smartphone

In any mobile network including Aircel, Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL, Docomo, Reliance, Idea and Uninor making a conferencing call in Android and windows Smartphone is very easy.

Procedure:

• Call to one of your friend you need to include in conference.

• Once he attended the call, you should add the another friend to the conference

• This can be done by Add contact to conference icon that is displaying right below the End Call button.

• Similarly you can add 5 members maximum to the conference call.

• The call charges will be based on your active plan whether post-paid or Prepaid.

•  For example, you call tariff is 60 paise /minute, you are making a conference call with 5 people then you will be charged 3 Rupee per minute.

In some circles the mobile network charges 30 Rs/month for using conference call services. In most of the circles, they provide this service for free.

Better you have to check with your customer care number of your mobile network before making a conference call.

How to know other's mobile number balance in BSNL online ?

Update: This trick is not working anymore, as BSNL improved the website design and removed this bug.At first this bug was existed in both quick recharge adn standard recharge method. But after the upgradation of new bsnl portal, the option to know balance through online is eliminated. 

Procedure to find balance of any prepaid BSNL number in India :

1.Go to portal.BSNL.in website. It is the official BSNL website to do online recharges and to pay landlines and broadband internet bills.

2.Now, select the option BSNL PRERPAID MOBILE RECHARGE.

3.If you already have log in and password for BSNL portal, use it. 

Otherwise select the option quick recharge.

4.Here give the BSNL mobile number which you want to check the talk time Balance. First test it with your BSNL number , so you easily believe it.

5.Once you enter mobile number , select Next. Here you need to give some denomination value . It’s your wish, because you are not going to complete the recharge process.

6.After selecting general top up and giving denomination values, press next.

Here you get the balance of your friend’s mobile number. Yes , this page will display the current talk time balance and validity of the Prepaid mobile number that you have entered.

For example it will show like below :

Current Status

:

Your Current balance is Rs.134.5 And Expiry Date is 17/12/2014

This trick has been utilized to those who asks you to do top-up even if they have some balance in the account. You can catch such friends or family persons easily by this technique. This technique is free and no balance is required to use this trick.

You can surprise your friends who have  BSNL mobile number.

Hear new movie songs free | set Dialer tune for my mobile number online

Expand  your mobile network in following List to see the Procedure to activating Dialer Tunes

+How to activate Aircel dialer tunes online?

• 58.68.71.80:8095/aircelweb
• In the above website, you can hear dialer tunes online for all type of songs like Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam etc. and instrumental dialer tunes as album and separate song list.
• After hearing , you can activate it online itself if you like the tone.
• An OTP pin code will be sent to your mobile phone to confirm the dialer tune. Standard charges will be applicable as usual.

+How to activate Vodafone Dialer tunes online?

• Go to the below website.
• https://www.vodafone.in/vas/lifestyle/pages/callertunes.aspx
• Search for the desired song.
• Listen it for free. Then select Set it now button.
• A pin code will be sent to your mobile number. Enter it in the website form. Then your dialer tune will be set applying standard charges.

+How to activate Airtel dialer tunes online?

• In Airtel they call dialer tune as hello tunes.
• You can find the list of hello tunes of Airtel in the following Airtel website.
• https://www.airtelhellotunes.in/
• You can also listen them for free and set it in online itself with standard applicable charges.

+How to activate Tata DoCoMo dialer tunes online?

• If you are a Tata DoCoMo user, then you can activate and set dialer tunes online in the following website.
• http://www.tatadocomo.com/myselection.aspx
• If you press the horn button, the song will be played . Press Get it button to set the dialer tune for your mobile number.

+How to activate Idea cellular tunes online?

• In idea cellular online website is little animated.
• www.ideadialertones.com
• In the above website, a song image will be displayed. If you move mouse over the song, you can see hear button and set button.
• Standard charges will be applicable to set and using dialer tunes service. 

+How to activate BSNL tunes online?

Initially I didn't expect BSNL may have a online portal for setting dialer tunes.

http://bsnl.onmobile.com:9000/bsnltunes/

I was really surprised to see the well designed website specially made for hearing dialer tunes.

Yes,we can hear it by clicking preview button and activate the desired one by pressing Assign button in the website.

Standard charges will be applicable to set and using dialer tunes service

+How to activate Uninor Bollywood tunes online?

Since Uninor services is provided only in 5 circles and all of them are in north India, they have only bollywood hindi songs in online data base.

There is no option for activating dialer tuners through online in Uninor.

There are some IVR options to activate tunes, but they cost 6 Rs/min. So I would not recommend that method.

Keep the following Points in Mind before activating dialer tune

 1.For hearing songs, it is absolutely free of cost. But the network will cost 2 to 3 Rupees to confirm the dialer tune you selected finally to set.
 2.If you have enough balance in your phone, then they will auto renew Dialer tune for 1 month or 15 days or 7 days based on the talk-time balance available in your mobile phone.

3.You can deactivate dialer tune anytime for free with a single VAS stop SMS. Read more here to deactivate dialer tunes.

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Facts that we should know about USSD codes for mobile Networks

Everyone might have come across this USSD facility provided by our mobile network companies.



All mobile network providers give this facility to their customers as it provides Instant information like

• Talk Time Balance, (for Dedicated account, main account, special account etc.)
• Validity of Rate cutters
• Find Remaining SMS (If you subscribe for SMS packs)
• Find Remaining 3G data and 2G data
• Find mobile number without balance

Apart from these information we can do following actions through USSD codes

• Recharge for Rate cutters, Top ups
• Subscribe and Unsubscribe for additional services like dialer tune, astrology, health news etc

What does USSD stands for ?
     The expansion for USSD is Unstructured Supplementary Service Data. WE can directly communicate with the computer database of our mobile network through this USSD facility.

   Usually an USSD code starts with * and ends with #. In between it will contain Few numbers most probably a three digit number.
Example : *122#

Another type of USSD code is a lengthy type code. It is used to subscribe or recharge in a single shot.
Example : *121*44*5#

We should not use such single shot USSD codes unless we know the purpose of this code fully .

Sometimes it will deduce the balance from your talk time account. Instead  first type *121# , then manually choose from the list of options displayed. That would be very safe and secure.

Benefits and tricks of USSD codes :

• Sometimes we get extra talk time in main account. We may use this to recharge rate cutter through USSD code and save some money.
• We can get updates about remaining balance of data we have to consume.
• No need to search for a retail shop or online website for recharging. We can do top up without internet facility, provided you have some balance in main account.