BSNL PCO TARIFF

Tariff of Landline/WLL PCO/VPTs

1. Identification of PCOS: -

In the new arrangement there is only three types of PCOs

1) Local VPT without 95 facility

2) PCOs without ISD facility

3) PCOs with ISD facility

Note: - There is no necessity of separate identification for local PT after extending STD facility.

2. Minimum Guarantee and Security Deposit

2.1 Minimum Guarantee

Particular	Rural	Urban
Local VPT without 95 facility	Nil	Nil
PCOs with/without ISD facility	100	300

Note: - Minimum guarantee is inclusive of service tax but exclusive of commission viz. net of billing.

2.2 Security deposit

Particular	Rural	Rural	Urban	Urban
	Handicapped	Other than Handicapped	Handicapped	Other than Handicapped
Local VPT without 95 facility	Nil	Nil	NA	NA
VPT with 95 facility	Nil	250	NA	NA
PCOs without ISD* facility	Nil	600	Nil	1000

* ISD facility will be provided to VPTs after taking the additional security deposit of Rs.2000/-
and also an application with photograph of the custodian.

3. Call Charges for all type of PCOs except Local VPT (without 95 facility)

3.1 Local, Intra and Inter Circle Calls

Particular	Unit Rate (inclusive of service tax)	Revised Pulse in seconds
		BSNL Network		Other Network
		Wire line/ WLL*	Cellular	Wire line	Cellular/WLL*
Local & Intra Circle Calls
Local & Intra upto 50 kms	Rs.1.00	90	60	60	60
Intra > 50 kms	Rs.1.00	60	60	60	60
Inter Circle Calls
0-50 kms	Rs.1.00	30
> 50 kms	Rs.1.00	30

* WLL covers both WLL (fixed) & WLL (M).

3.2 ISD Call Charges (Unit Rate of Rs.1.00 inclusive of Service Tax)

Country Category	Pulse (sec.)	Rs./min. inclusive of Service Tax
USA, Canada, UK, Sri Lanka	6	10
Europe, (other than UK), Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia , Indonesia and Hong Kong, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Qatar	5	12
Rest of World	4	15

Note: - Service tax has already been included in Unit rate of Rupee One. Hence no additional service tax is required to be charged.

4. Discount allowed to PCO Operators: - All type of Postpaid Landline PCOs including fixed PCOs provided on WLL & VPTs (except Local VPT without 95 facility)

Billed MCU per month	MRP per MCU	Net billed to PCO Operator per MCU inclusive of ST & Cess	Discount per MCU	Return on Investment for PCO Operator (%)
C1	C2	C3	C4= C2-C3	C5=C4/C3
<= 400	1.000	0.700	0.300	42.86%
> 400 <= 800	1.000	0.680	0.320	47.06%
> 800 <= 1200	1.000	0.650	0.350	53.85%
> 1200 <= 1500	1.000	0.630	0.370	58.73%
> 1500 <= 2500	1.000	0.615	0.385	62.60%
> 2500	1.000	0.600	0.400	66.67%

[Note: 1. MRP is defined as : Maximum limit of the price allowed to be charged to public

by PCO Operator. ]

5. LOCAL VPT without 95 facility

5.1 Discount Structure for Local PCO without 95 facility

Particular	Discount per MCU
Local VPTs	50%

5.2 Pulse Rate and Call Charges

Particular	Unit rate	Service Tax	Calls to Wire line/WLL (except 9 level)		Calls to Cellular/WLL ( 9 level)
			Local & Intra Circle upto 50kms	Intra Circle Calls beyond 50 kms	Intra Circle Calls including local calls
Local VPT without 95 facility	Re.1.00	N.A.	90	N.A.	60

6. Sale price of IFWT for CDMA WLL (PCO)

Particulars	Type -1 PCO	Type -2 PCO
Sale price* of FWT with voice, SMS, Packet Data, G3 FAX, 12 V SMPS Unit + PPA with facility to connect PCO machine	Rs. 3600
Sale price of FWT with voice, SMS, Packet Data, G3 FAX + PPA with facility to connect PCO machine		Rs 3000
Lump-sum free calls in Rs. (Only for BSNL Network calls)	Rs. 1800	Rs. 1500
Validity of free call	180 days	180 days

*Sales tax extra as applicable on the sale price of Handset.

7. Pulse rate for PCOs working on DSPT (Applicable w.e.f 22.12.2008)

Particular	Pulse Rate	Unit Rate
Local and Intra circle call	60 sec	Rs 1 (irrespective of distance)
Inter circle call	30 sec	Rs 1 (irrespective of distance)