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Changing Lives
May 2017
A proactive approach:
There are a number of mobile security apps or
services that allow women to block unwanted
callers or seek help through SOS Messages
during danger or emergency. However, most of
these services are reactive, which women use
during distress. On other hand, Private Recharge
is a proactive service as it enables women to
prevent exposure of their mobile number thus
helping them to proactively avoid harassment
and spam calls. Private Recharge is a unique
service as it addresses the basic concern of
maintaining secrecy of a lady’s mobile number
during recharge.
Complete secrecy:
Exposure of mobile number can be prevented
even at channel-user level that is operator's
administrative users and distributors. The
reports generated for channel-users show 'alias
number' instead of customer's actual mobile
number, ensuring complete secrecy.
COMMERCIALLY LIVE
PRIVATE RECHARGE
S E R V I C E S
F I G U R E
3
Private Recharge Services
INDIA INDIA
Idea Cellular Private Recharge Vodafone Private Recharge
Launch year: 2016 Launch year: 2017
SMS ‘CODE’ to 55515 to get
‘alias number’ Branded as ‘Vodafone Sakhi’
‘Alias number’ is 10 digit long,
starts with 00 ‘Alias number’ is 10 digit long,
starts with 00
‘Alias number’ can be
used once SMS ‘PRIVATE’ to 12604 to
get ‘alias number’
Unused ‘alias number’
expires at mid-night ‘Alias number’ is 10 digit
long Grameenphone
EGYPT
Orange private Recharge
Dial #5050# to get ‘alias number’
‘Alias number’ can be used
multiple times
BANGLADESH
Grameenphone Private Recharge
BANGLADESH
Banglalink PIN Recharge
Launch year: 2013 Launch year: 2012
SMS ‘RPC’ to 5252 to get
alias number
‘Alias number’ is 10 digit long,
starts with 7 SMS ‘PIN’ to 7326 to
get alias number
‘Alias number’ can be used
multiple times
‘Alias number’ is 10 digit long
‘Alias number’ can be used
multiple times
Set ‘alias number’ of one’s
choice - write ‘CPC Old Alias
Desired Alias’ and send to 5252 Set ‘alias number’ of one’s choice -
write ‘Pinpreferred
10 digit PIN’ and send to 7326
Retrieve forgotten
‘alias number’ - write ‘RTPC’
and send to 5252 The chosen ‘alias number’
should not start with 019