BSNL Customers Travelling Abroad Can Use Landlines via Mobiles For Calls

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BSNL customers travelling abroad can use landlines via mobiles for making calls, no ISD charges

State-owned BSNL on Thursday unveiled an app through which its customers travelling abroad will be able to connect their landlines through mobile and make calls through them without attracting ISD charges.

The Fixed Mobile Telephony service, to be operational from April 2, will however attract monthly charge.

"Under FMT, we have virtually turned fixed lines into mobiles. Now, BSNL customers will be able to seamlessly connect their fixed line phone and mobile phone through a BSNL mobile application," BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava said after unveiling a range of modern services.

"After installing the app, customers will be able to use their mobile phone to make calls using fixed line connection from anywhere in the world from April 2 onward," he said.

Under the facility, BSNL customers will be able to use landline phones to make calls using mobile network as well.

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Re: BSNL customers travelling abroad can use landlines via mobiles for making calls..

They are just copying the thing that Virgin Media in UK does.
Smart Call App - works from any Android (not sure about iphone) and needs wifi/3g/4g to make calls.
You can only make outbound calls and cannot receive inbound.

Nothing much to expect from BSNL - no point in launching new apps, their customer service is in Coma state, for years.

SmartCall: The SmartCall app is available to home phone cable customers only with a compatible talk plan. Not for commercial use. You can only register a maximum of two devices per account. Eligible devices apply - see website for details. WiFi connection required. Acceptable use policy applies. Call categories aligned to your talk plan. Inclusive outbound calls only - you cannot make chargeable calls outside of your talk plan. UK call times apply when using SmartCall abroad. SmartCall cannot be used to make calls to the Emergency services (999 and 112)