Contests

Terms and Conditions

1. The Offer is open to new subscribers of CMO and walky of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) coming on board from 20th November 2008, across all the telecom circles of TTSL at the time of activation.
2. The Offer is not open for employees and relatives of distributors, co-franchisees, agents and suppliers of TTSL
3. The medium of participation in the Offer is when the customer ticks the Welcome Tunes Pack on the CAF form.
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4. The participation in the Offer is purely voluntary. The Offer primarly consists of providing a free 15 days subscription to CRBT service. Along with this service, the Tata Indicom jingle will be provided. Post 15 days, both the prepaid and postpaid customers will be charged at Rs 15/15 days and Rs 30/30 days respectively.
5. The Offer is valid from 4th November 2008 onwards
6. The Offer cannot be clubbed with any other offer.
7. The Offer is valid only in India.
8. TTL has the right to modify/amend/alter/cease and change the Offer or any of these terms.
9. The subscriber understands that other than the waiver of 15 days of subscription from the date of subscription, there are no prize/s under the Offer.
10. The Offer shall be availed only by the subscriber in whose name the mobile phone number is registered.
11. All disputes are subject to jurisdiction of court situated in the city/town in which the main Circle Office of TTL administering the respective subscribers telephone/mobile connection is situated.
12. The Offer is in the interest of the customers. The charges paid by the customers are towards the service and no additional charge is collected from the customers for the Offer.
13. The Offer is subject to the any and all applicable local, State, Central or community laws/local customs.

Terms and Conditions

1. To participate in the Contest via SMS - send "WIN", A or B to 582826
2. The Contest is open only to Indian citizens (individuals) residing in India aged 18 years or above, who are valid subscribers of Tata Teleservices Ltd and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited (TTL.).
3. The Contest is not open for employees, distributors, franchisees, agents and suppliers of Tata Teleservices Limited, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited [“TTL”] and Buongiorno and also for the relatives of such employees, distributors, franchisees, agents, vendors and suppliers.
4. The Contest shall run from the period 21st   January 2010 to 26th February 2010 .
5. The Contest is valid only in India
6. The Contest shall be in the form of multiple-choice questions relating to general knowledge. Every correct answer will carry 10 points. There will be 1 daily prize, 4 weekly prizes and 1 Grand prize and 1 Runner Up Grand prize.  For the purpose of this Contest, Week shall mean Thursday – Wednesday. The Contest shall be open till 0000hrs in night, during each day of the Contest.
7. The prizes to the subscribers are in the interest of the subscribers. Since 582826 service is a premium service, the access charges for prepaid & postpaid subscribers on SMS short code 582826 shall be Rs 6 per SMS. The charges paid by the subscribers are towards the service and no additional charge is collected from the subscribers for the Contest.
8. The Contest is organized by TTL for their subscribers and managed by Buongiorno. The subscribers understand that the prizes under the Contest are provided by Buongiorno and TTL shall not be responsible for non-delivery or shortfall or deficiency in prizes and all the legal remedies in relation to the prizes solely lie against Buongiorno.
9. In case there are two or more participants with the same score, then the winner will be the one who has scored the same points first in point of time as per TTL records. The decision of TTL shall be final and binding on the participants of the Contest. TTL shall entertain no dispute in this respect.



10. Costs	Quantity	Amount	Total
    Daily  Prize	30	1000	30000
    Weekly Prize	4	10000	40000
    Runner up Grand Prize	1	30000	30000
    Grand Prize	1	100000	100000
    Prizes cost			INR 2,00,000

    
    

    The Grand cash prize of Rs. 1 lacs will be awarded to the first highest scorer of the Contestwhile the Runner Up Grand cash prize of Rs 30,000 will be awarded to the participant if any who has scored the same number of points as first highest scorer but in time longer than that of first highest scorer or the second highest scorer first in point of time as the case may be. . The Weekly cash prize of Rs. 10,000/ will be awarded to the first highest scorer of the week. The  Daily cash prize of Rs1000/ will be awarded to the first highest scorer of the day. The score made by the subscribers on the last two days of the Contest (i.e 18th, & 26th February 2010), being the fraction of the 5th week of the Contest, shall not be considered for the weekly prize.

11. The list of the winners will be posted on the tataindicom website.
12. The winner/s shall be intimated within 45 days of conclusion of Contest by Buongiorno by way of telecalling and SMS, on confirmation of the list of winners by TTL.
    In the event of no response from the concerned winner to the phone call or SMS within 10 days, he will be intimated through registered post. If the concerned winner does not respond to the registered post communication within 10 days of the receipt of the post or if the registered post returns undelivered then his prize will be forfeited.
13. The prize/s will be distributed within 45 days from the acknowledgement of the acceptance of the prize by the concerned winner in response to the communication from Buongiorno. If the winner absents from taking the delivery of the prize and fails to collect the same from TTL within 75 days from the acknowledgement of the acceptance of the prize by him, then his prize stands forfeited.
14. The prize vouchers will be distributed and delivered by Buongiorno through courier at the address of the winner, as appearing in the records of TTL. The Logistics and cost of delivering the prizes will be borne by Buongiorno. It is the responsibility of the subscriber participants to inform TTL of any change in the address of communication, as appearing in the records of TTL.  In the event of the winner responding that he/she has changed the address of communication,, the winner should submit proof of address change to TTL for the proper delivery of prize..
15. Prizes are non-endorsable, not transferable and non-substitutable. The prize can be redeemed only once. Prize offered on 'NO EXCHANGE NO REFUND' basis.
16. Buongiorno will entertain no requests for exchange in lieu of the prize/s. 
17. The prize/s for the Contest will be given only to the winner/s in whose name the mobile phone number is registered. The winner needs to be the TTL active subscriber at the time of receipt of prize and winner should have cleared all the outstanding dues of TTSL/TTML.
18. Apart from the entitlement to the above prize/s, the winner/s or their legal heirs will
    have no other rights or claims against Buongiorno
19. TTL reserves the right to terminate, modify or extend this Contest at any time at its absolute discretion, with notice to the participants.
20. The Contest cannot be clubbed with any other offer.
21. The prize/s shall be subject to the laws of India, including all the tax laws. All applicable regulatory and statutory duties, cess, surcharges, taxes (including TDS), insurances, transfer fees, registration fees etc. that may be applicable to avail/use the prize will be borne by the winner.
22. TTL and Buongiorno shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations caused by weather conditions, fire, flood, strike, hurricane, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, acts of God or any other circumstances amounting to Force Majeure.
23. TTL and Buongiorno shall not be responsible for any loss or damage if it has to discontinue or cancel this Contest in compliance with any law, ruling, order, regulation, requirement or instruction of any Central/State Government or for any other unavoidable reason beyond its control. The participants shall be informed of such discontinuance/cancellation as soon as possible, through the tataindicom website.
24. The participation in this Contest implies acceptance of all the terms and conditions of the Contest.
25. The decision of TTL as to the interpretation of any of these terms and conditions shall be final and binding on the participants.
26. Any disputes with regard to the Contest, will be subject only to the jurisdiction of the courts in Mumbai.
27. The aggregate liability of Buongiorno, in case of any damage, loss, cost, claim, liability or expense (including legal costs and expenses) caused to or incurred by any act, omission or representation in respect of the prize/s of this Contest to any individual winner, shall not exceed the value of Daily or Weekly or Grand prize or Runner-up Grand prize as the case may be.

FAQ's

How many points do I get for each correct answer?

10 point

How many points do I get for each incorrect answer?

0 Points

How do I win the contest?

User wins if s/he answers the maximum points/category.

What are the prizes for this contest?

How will I come to know that I am the winner?

User will be informed through a call / SMS at the end of the contest also the name of the winner will        be put on the TATA INDICOM website

On what shortcode do I need to play the contest on?

User can play the contest Via SMS on 582826.

What is the cost of each SMS/MOU/Event sent?

SMS sent to 582826 & keywords A, B, WIN, QUIZ on 582826 will be charged at Rs6/sms.

How can I take part in the contest?

User can take part in the contest by sending SMS Win/Quiz/A or B to 582826 / 58282

Why am I getting the score of the Contest on a daily basis?

The user might have played the Contest. The message received could be a buck up message reminding him to continue the contest..

What is the start date and end date of the contest?

Contest Start Date: 21st Jan ‘10
Contest End Date: 26th Feb ‘10

Terms and Conditions

1. To participate in the Contest,  send your Voice SMS message on occasion of Valentine Day celebrations to – 92 00 00 92 92 by dialing *9200009292. The charges to send a Voice SMS is 80p/ Voice SMS. The subscriber may choose to send more than 1 Voice SMS message
2. The Contest is open only to Indian citizens (individuals) residing in India who are valid mobile and walky subscribers of Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL)
3. The Contest is not open for employees, distributors, franchisees, agents and suppliers of TTSL and therelatives of such persons. .
4. The Contest is valid for  4 days (i.e. 11th February 2010 to  14th February 2010).
5. The Contest is valid in all the TTSL telecom circles  (excluding Mumbai & ROM) in India
6. The Contest will be run on the Voice SMS platform. It requires the subscribers  to send  messages on the occasion of Valentine Day celebrations. There will be  10 winners, who will be selected on the basis of the content of message, by a panel of experts within TTSL and each of the winner will be entitled for  5 music  CDs. The decision of panel of judges in selection of the winners shall be final and binding. The subscribers understand that vulgar, obscene, offensive or derogatory messages will not be qualified for the Contest..
7. The prizes to the subscribers are in the interest of the subscribers. The charges to send a Voice SMS is 80p/ Voice SMS. The subscriber  may choose to send more than 1 Voice SMS message. . The charges paid by the subscribers are towards the service and no additional charge is collected from the subscribers for the Contest.
8. The subscribers understand that the  music CDs are original CD’s . However TTSL is not responsible for any deficiency in the  music CDs and does not make representation about the quality and make music CDs.
9. The prize details are as follows:

Prize  Details	No. of Winners
5 Music CDs for each winner	10

10. There will be no assured prize to the subscribers for participating in the Contest.
11. The list of the winners will be posted on the tataindicom website.
12. The winners will be intimated by way of phone call by TTSL within 7 days of the conclusion of Contest. In the event of no response from the concerned winner to the phone call, he will be intimated through registered post. If the concerned winner does not respond to the registered post communication within 10 days of the receipt of the post or if the registered post returns undelivered, then his prize will be forfeited. In such  event, TTSL reserves the right through its panel to select another subscriber with best Voice SMS message as winner. .
13. The prizes will be distributed/delivered to the winners by TTSL, within 15 days from the acknowledgement by the concerned winner of the communication from TTSL regarding prize as referred above, by courier at the address of the winner, as appearing in the records of TTL. It is the responsibility of the subscriber participants to confirm their address for the delivery of the prizes in response to the communication from TTSL as referred above. If the prize returns undelivered and the winner fails to collect the prize within 60 days of the initial acknowledgment referred above, then TTSL reserves the right through its panel to reward another subscriber with best Voice SMS message.
14. The prizes are non-endorsable, not transferable and non-substitutable.. The prizes are offered on 'NO EXCHANGE NO REFUND' basis.
15. TTSL  will entertain no requests for exchange in lieu of the prize . 
16. The  prizes  will be given only to the winners in whose name the mobile phone number is registered. The winners need to be  TTSL active subscriber at the time of receipt of prizes  and winners should have cleared all the outstanding dues of TTSL .
17. Apart from the entitlement to the above prizes , the winners and/or their legal heirs will have no other rights or claims against TTSL .
18. To process redemption, each winner should declare his name, address and provide proof of identity.
19. TTSL  reserves the right to terminate, modify or extend this Contest at any time at its absolute discretion, with notice to the participants.
20. The Contest cannot be clubbed with any other offer.
21. The prize/s shall be subject to the laws of India, including all the tax laws. All applicable regulatory and statutory duties, cess, surcharges, taxes (including TDS), insurances, transfer fees, registration fees etc. that may be applicable to avail the prizes will be borne by the winners.
22. TTSL  shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations caused by weather conditions, fire, flood, strike, hurricane, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, acts of God or any other circumstances amounting to Force Majeure.
23. TTSL  shall not be responsible for any loss or damage if it has to discontinue or cancel this Contest in compliance with any law, ruling, order, regulation, requirement or instruction of any Central/State Government or for any other unavoidable reason beyond its control. The participants shall be informed of such discontinuance/cancellation as soon as possible, through the tataindicom website.
24. The participation in this Contest implies acceptance of all the terms and conditions of the Contest.
25. The decision of.TTSL as to the interpretation of any of these terms and conditions shall be final and binding on the participants.
26. Any disputes with regard to the Contest, will be subject only to the jurisdiction of the courts in Mumbai.

FAQ's

1. What is the Voice SMS “Valentines’ Day Contest: Win Music CDs” contest about?
   • The contest is being run on the Voice SMS platform
   • It rewards the customers who send the best message on occasion of Valentines’ Day
   • Customers have to send their message on occasion of Valentines’ Day to the pre-defined number- 92 00 00 92 92 by dialing *9200009292
   • There will be 10 winners, who will be selected on the basis of the content of message, by a panel of experts within TTSL and each of the winner will be entitled for 5 music CDs


2. What is the gratification of the contest?
   • 5 CDs for each winner, total 10 winners


3. How many gratifications are available?

   Prize  Details	No. of Winners
   5 Music CDs for each winner	10



4. Who can participate in the contest?
   • Tata Indicom Mobile and Walky – prepaid & postpaid customers can participate in the contest (except Mumbai & ROM)
   • Prepaid and Postpaid
   • Mobile and Walky customers


5. How do I participate in the contest?
   • Simple. Dial * followed by 92 00 00 92 92 (i.e. *9200009292)
   • Record your Valentines’ Day
   • Hang-up after recording your message!


6. What are the charges to participate in the contest?
   • Customer is charged only for the messages sent
   • The tariff applicable is the current tariff of the Voice SMS service
   • Sending message: 80p/ Voice SMS
   • The customer may choose to send more than 1 Voice SMS message


7. How is the winner chosen?
   • There will be 10 winners, who will be selected on the basis of the content of message, by a panel of experts within TTSL and each of the winner will be entitled for 5 music CDs


8. How do I know if I have won?
   • The winners will be intimated by way of phone call by TTSL within 7 days of the conclusion of Contest, in the same call address of the customers will be taken by TTSL where the customer wants the gratification to be delivered. In the event of no response from the concerned winner to the phone call, he will be intimated through registered post. If the concerned winner does not respond to the registered post communication within 10 days of the receipt of the post or if the registered post returns undelivered, then his prize will be forfeited. In that event, TTSL reserves the right to select next best message as the winner.


9. How do I receive the gratification?
   • Tata Teleservices Ltd. shall have sole right to give the music CDs as the gratification
   • The winners will be intimated by way of phone call by TTSL within 7 days of the conclusion of Contest, in the same call address of the customers will be taken by TTSL where the customer wants the gratification to be delivered. In the event of no response from the concerned winner to the phone call, he will be intimated through registered post. If the concerned winner does not respond to the registered post communication within 10 days of the receipt of the post or if the registered post returns undelivered, then his prize will be forfeited. In that event, TTSL reserves the right to select next best message as the winner.
   • The gratification for the Contest will be given only to the winners in whose name the mobile phone number is registered. The winners need to be the TTSL active subscriber at the time of receipt of gratification  and winners should have cleared all the outstanding dues of TTSL
   • The gratification will be distributed/delivered to the winner by TTSL, within 15 days from the acknowledgement of the acceptance of the gratification by the concerned winner in response to the communication from TTSL


10.  What is the duration of the contest?
    • Start date- Feb. 11, 2009
    • End date- Feb. 14, 2009