State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has re-launched voice mail service with remote login feature to keep its valued customers informed about their incoming calls. The re-launch with a new feature of remote login will enable customers to receive their messages from any landline, Vfone and all mobile services within the country or internationally, just by dialing 1277 followed by a four digit pin code of their mailbox.

The SEVP Commercial Naveed Saeed, while commenting on the re-launch of the voice mail service said, “It reinforces PTCL commitment to provide our customers value added services and projects PTCL image as a customer focused organisation”. He added, “Our customers can also personalised their mailbox settings like adding their greetings, out dial notifications, busy hours and absence greetings.”

The key highlights of the service are:

• Voice Mail Remote Access i.e retrieval of messages through remote login
• Simple Access from all domestic networks i.e by just dialing 1277
• International Access with just country code of Pakistan followed by 1277
• Out Dial Notification : System will also call twice a day to deliver unheard messages to customers in case customer did not retrieve the message
• Mailbox settings
  • Greeting settings
  • Out dial Notification settings
  • Busy hours settings
  • Absence greeting settings etc.
• Password Reset through password refresh service
• Free of cost
• Easy subscription through 1236
• Easy de-activation procedure ( just dial #06# from your landline)

Via Business Recorder