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WHY PAYPHONES?
For ease of communication
For individuals who are unable to acquire mobile phones.
For those who are interested in affordable tariffs.
For students and undergraduates that have shown preference for public phone services.
For the rural communities.

THE LIMITATIONS ON THE OPERATORS
Inferior quality handsets.
Inadequate power charging facilities.
Ineffective control policies (on the part of owners)
Arbitrary  setting of tariffs.
Ineffective call timing mechanism.
Inadequate support from Network operators.
Loss of revenue (sharp practices on the part of the agents).

THE LIMITATIONS ON THE CUSTOMERS

VMOBILE PAYPHONE MODEL: PAYPHONE - THE SharedPhone WAY - Gains Of The Operator:
SharedPhone brings sanity to the payphone business environment.
It removes doubts and distrusts.
It displays duration and amount utilized.
It induces control.
It monitors the activity of the operators.
It generates bigger profit.
Vmobile provides business / brand support.

PAYPHONE – THE SharedPhone WAY - Gains Of The Customer:
Makes calls with affordable amount.
Ability to make calls within planned limits.
Calls are properly timed.
Assurance of not being cheated.
Conducive call environment.

RE-BRANDING
The propriety “SharedPhone” has been taken over by Vmobile.
SharedPhone is now “Vfone”
Administration will run off SharedPhone Nig. Ltd. network server.
Branding and other sales activities will be Vmobile’s responsibilities.

ADVANTAGE OF VFONE
It is a specific payphone product.
It has an in-built billing platform.
It has features that will be difficult to imitate.
The features are tailored to the three levels of users of the phone.
The tariff is very competitive.
Easy to use.
When you buy a Vfone starter pack, you will be entitled to the following immediately:
- 1 unit beach umbrella
- 1 unit plastic table
- 2 units plastic chairs

HOW TO GET STARTED
Buy a Vfone for just 8,000 naira.
You get a Sendo S330i (later Motorola C115) handset and SIM.
The SIM card would have been inserted and activated to prevent the operator from activating the SIM on another handset.
The usual default pin has been disabled in Vfone!

HOW TO REGISTER

OWNERS’ ACCESS
The owner has access to two main categories
- Purse Manager
- Change PIN
- Balance
- Add amount
- Clear amount
- Sales total
- Clear sales total
- Monitor

Set call rates (duration & cost)
- Call duration
- Duration cost

SET UP VFONE FOR BUSINESS
To set the phone, go to “Set Call Rates”, enter the default pin number “1234”

The following network names and services will appear:
- Vmobile
- MTN
- MTEL
- GLOBACOM
- INTERNATIONAL
- LANDLINE
- SMS

Choose each network (name / service), one after the other to set the following:

Duration, seconds: This is the amount of time you want to set as a block per call e.g. 10 seconds (Please see point 12 for full description).  Press OK.

Cost in Naira: The amount you want to charge per block of seconds e.g. N5. Press OK. The phone will show call rate updated.

OWNERS’ ACCESS - PURSE MANAGER
This is the menu which allows the owner  to manage the activities of his agent.

OPERATORS’ ACCESS
The following are the features made available to the operator:
- Set Amount.
- Change.
- Call Charge.

Before the operator allows a customer to make any call, the operator must first set the amount (naira) the customer would like to use.

When a customer wishes to make calls, the agent will
Set amount: This is the menu where the operator will set the amount (naira) for the customer to use.
Select “set amount”, phone will display “amount in naira?”. Type in the amount the customer requested.  The call will end when the amount runs out.

Call charge:  After the call, the agent can check the last number dialed and the cost of the customers call.

Customer’s change: If the caller did not use up the set amount, the amount due back to the customer can be accessed and change given.

RECHARGING ACCOUNT
Load a Bumpa card - *136* recharge PIN# send
Load a recharge card - *126* recharge PIN# send or dial 148 send
Check balance - *123# send or dial 147

WHY USE?
Affordability: SIM & handset sold to the operator at N8,000.
Portable: Vfone is portable, it allows maximum mobility.
Flexible tariff setting: The operator is at liberty to set his call rates, in consonance with the network tariff.
Multiple usage: Vfone can be used personally, for rental services or for payphone business.
Monitoring: Vfone allows monitoring of agents activities, ensures control and assures the operator of accurate returns.
Timing: Calls are automatically terminated at the expiration of the amount the customer paid for.

RULES
When dialing international numbers the ‘+’does not work with Vfone.  You have to use 009.
Vfone SIMs are specially configured to work with the branded handsets.

SWAPS
Swaps are treated within 24 hours
Cost:  700 naira
Requirements:
- SIM certificate
- ID card
- Dealer/customer code or password/name*

*Note
At the point of purchase, the customer/dealers name, code and alternative number are recorded.

What if the new PIN is forgotten?
The subscriber calls 0802 859 2570 or 0802 859 4602  (Shared Phone).  But If the subscriber calls the Vmobile Helpline, the following steps are taken.

Step 1: The Call Centre Agent will go to the link sharedphone@intranet+.com on  CIMS.
Step 2: Fill in the following details
- The phone number
- An alternative number
- Dealers registered name
- Dealer code/password
- PUK number as indicated in the SIM certificate.
Step 3: After entering the details, save and close.
Step 4: The Call Centre  Supervisor will extract the details and forward to SharedPhone via Email.
Step 5: Shared Phone contacts the customer and gives feedback to Vmobile on resolution.

Hello kbstar,

Thanks for information. I hereby request for the slide on behalf of the other members of this forum. Send it to my box and I will reformat it for display on this page.

Seun.

UPDATE: kbstar has sent me the slide but I'm yet to convert it to the flash format for easy uploading.

@Seun,

Where is it?

3 years Ago ? . .