PTCL activates Voice Mail for customers

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has activated around 350,000 Voice Mailboxes for its landline subscribers nationwide to provide value added services to consumers.
A press release issued by the company said that the facility has been provided to top bill paying customers. The service allows call transfer on busy and on no-reply and the caller is connected to the Mailbox of the called number to record a message. The subscriber also has a choice to transfer his call to any telephone number instead of his Mail Box.
Use of the Mail Box is entirely in the control of the subscriber for which he has the call transfer feature available on his telephone set. The subscriber has the option to discontinue using the service by deactivating call transfer features from his telephone. He can discontinue it completely or decide whether to use mailbox in case of no reply or in case of busy.
The company also made it clear that no call is charged to the Mail Box subscriber and the calling number is charged on local or long distance tariff as the case may be. The subscriber can use a short code 1277 to access Mailbox and listen to the recorded messages. This call by the subscriber is charged as a local call depending on the tariff applicable at that time of the day.—APP