BSNL: Make calls from your landline when traveling abroad?

[Sushubh]

I do not really understand what they are offering here.

BSNL to let users travelling abroad make mobile calls via landlines - Times of India

"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.
"We are working on tariff for this add-on service. It will be fixed charge on monthly basis for both prepaid and postpaid customers. However, customers will have to pay call rates as per the network they use," Shrivastava said.
If they use landline network, then landline plan rates will apply and if they use mobile network then they will have to pay as per their mobile phone bill plan, he said.

 

[Sushubh]

There is more in the article including this:

BSNL's another facility -- fixed mobile convergence -- unveiled today, will enable customers to connect up to four devices, mobile and fixed line phones, with each other to send and receive calls, call forwarding etc on any of these devices.
"We have plans to extend FMT service for customers of other mobile network. Then even a customer of other mobile network will be able to avail FMT service provided, he or she has BSNL landline connection," Shrivastava said.

 

[raj2007]

A BSNL sim + BSNL landline is needed to use this feature..hmmm...let's hold our horses till April 2

 

[igloo]

Basically you are accessing landline calling via voip.
Few years back Indian govt was worried on security issues for voip usage in local connectivity.
Now that Jio want to use same for Volte so no such implications for anyone at all.

 

[Deleted member 10390]

Interesting.