OTT:
Between innovation and regulation : Nepal must promote
innovation while protecting national security and
safeguarding consumer rights, by Suman Siwakoti (kp
08/09/2023)
TERAMOX
not for tapping calls, but for quality service: NTA
Chair Khanal (rep 22/08/2023)
Telecom
firms skip audit because ‘it is too costly’ : Insiders
warn that not doing a security audit is a serious matter
because it puts data privacy at risk, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 09/08/2023), Navigating
the Global Encryption Policy Debate: Security vs.
Privacy, by Bivek Chaudhary (rep 09/08/2023)
Progressing
with 5G : We cannot overlook the emerging next
generation technology, by Buddhi Narayan Acharya (kp
18/07/2023)
Nepal
waiting and waiting for 5G mobile technology :
Geopolitical theories have been swirling around the
delay while some blame plain laziness for the elusive
rollout, by Krishana Prasain (kp 15/06/2023)
Nepal
Telecom’s core system under Huawei’s control despite
technical sensitivity (kh 19/05/2023)
Government
moves to implement MDMS (ae 11/05/2023)
Nepal
Telecom starts 5G trial in Pokhara and Birgunj (rep
07/05/2023)
Internet,
cable TV wire messes in Kathmandu metropolis to be
removed from tomorrow (rep 07/05/2023)
Govt
set to lose Ncell’s ownership as new Bill to replace
Telecommunication Act is manipulated by vested groups,
by Tapendra Karki (rep 31/03/2023)
Value-added
services in telecom sector to be regulated : Contents
provided through third-party services like ringback
tone, mobile advertising and voting polls are
value-added services, officials say, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 28/03/2023)
New
bill stirs telecom sector : The provisions related to
the license fee and renewal fee in the draft bill will
provide big relief to telecom companies struggling to
pay government dues as well as new ones planning to
enter the telecom sector, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
27/03/2023)
Over
73 percent of Nepalis use smartphones (rep
25/03/2023)
New
bylaw to allow consumers to make claim for service
interruption : If a customer is hampered by network
issues, telecom operators will have to compensate them
for the downtime, by Krishana Prasain (kp
05/03/2023)
Nepal
Telecom’s 5G rollout date keeps slipping : The
state-owned company has already postponed several launch
dates. Could geopolitics be a factor?, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 08/02/2023)
ISPAN
warns of interruption in internet services (ae
04/01/2023)
Power
utility and ISPs lock horns over pole rental fee again :
On Monday, the Internet Service Providers Association of
Nepal said that Nepal Electricity Authority has started
cutting cables in many places (kp 03/01/2023), Internet
providers threaten to disrupt service : NEA acts against
ISPs for not clearing utility pole dues (ht
03/01/2023)
Nepal
Telecom puts 5G test on hold : The service provider says
there are not enough mobile phones in the country that
support 5G at 2600 MHz frequency (kp 02/01/2023)
Mobile
device management system to go live on Friday : Users
who brought devices from abroad before mid-August should
update their operating system by taking an invoice from
the customs office, by Krishana Prasain (kp
27/12/2022)
Mobile
network abysmal in dozens of villages (kh
08/12/2022)
Spreading
the word through audio broadcasting service : Ringaze
claims it has gained more than four dozen organisations
as its clients across the country in less than a year,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 04/12/2022)
Postal
Service Department to resume international postal
services (rep 15/10/2022)
Telecom
regulator recommends merger of service providers : There
are 138 internet operators in Nepal resulting in a
crowded playing field, officials say, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 11/10/2022)
Nepal
Telecom distributing free e-SIM from today (kh
16/09/2022)
Govt
implements Mobile Device Management System; phones
brought illegally to be blocked : The IMEI number is
shown on the cover of the mobile set or users can dial
*#06# to find out their IMEI number (nlt
15/09/2022), Mobile
device management system goes online to check grey
market : Insiders say tens of thousands of unlocked
high-end mobile phones have been sold in the market,
depriving the government of tax revenue, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 16/09/2022)
Nepal
Telecom trialling eSIM service : The virtual SIM also
allows subscribers to switch from one mobile network to
another without having to change the physical SIM card,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 25/08/2022)
NTA
to launch MDMS on Sept 15 (ht 13/08/2022), MDMS
will go live next month throughout Nepal (kh
16/08/2022)
Nepal
Telecom reduces service charges (kh 17/07/2022)
7
districts of Sudurpaschim remain out of communication
service (kh 08/06/2022)
When
one is not enough : Mobile subscribers opt for multiple
SIMs due to network issues (ht 20/05/022)
Telecom
service providers witness fall in revenue (ht
13/05/2022)
NEA
calls on internet, cable service providers to renew
agreements and pay arrears within May 14 (rep
27/04/2022)
Government
to modernize postal service (kh 26/04/2022)
NTA
directs to tighten noose on distribution of SIM/RIM card
(kh 07/04/2022)
The
postman does not ring—not even once : Once a lifeline,
postal service sees a gradual death, with not many
letters to deliver while the revenue is falling, by
Anup Ojha (kp 28/03/2022), Recharge
the post office : Private players have been allowed to
thrive at the expense of essential government services
(kp 29/03/2022)
Darchula
Village Left Without Telephone Service For Five Months
(rn 28/03/2022)
Quality
of voice services on mobile networks falls short : The
call setup success rate varied from 72 to 92 percent,
well below the minimum threshold of less than 99.99
percent, the regulator says, by Krishana Prasain (kp
20/02/2022)
Limi
of Humla without communication services for two weeks
(kh 11/02/2022)
Government
to revise postal service related service charge :
Cabinet decisions taken on December 22 made public
(kh 24/12/2021)
Want
to change operator and retain your number? Option is on
the cards : Telecom regulator is seeking feedback on
Mobile Number Portability, a system that allows users to
switch telecom operators without changing the existing
number, by Krishana Prasain (kp 22/11/2021)
Telecom
regulator tells service providers to sign rent agreement
with power utility : The Nepal Electricity Authority and
ISPs have been haggling over the rent for using the
poles for years, by Krishana Prasain (kp 29/10/2021)
Telephone
service disrupted in Humla for over a month (rep
10/10/2021)
Nepal
Electricity Authority tells service providers to clear
rental dues : Representatives of internet, phone and
cable companies say the rent for the use of utility
poles is excessive, by Krishana Prasain (kp
15/09/2021)
Nepal
Telecom mulls phone assembly or refurbished industry :
The telecom authority has prepared a consultancy report
on assembling and refurbishing mobile phones.
Establishing a mobile industry is expected to help
country’s economy, by Krishana Prasain (kp
17/08/2021)
Telecom
authority implements infrastructure sharing bylaw : The
regulation allows several telecom companies to use the
same installations like towers and fibre networks,
freeing them from having to build their own, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 07/08/2021)
Communication
service irregular in Kalikot (kh 05/08/2021)
NTA
calls off proposal to procure own satellite (rep
30/07/2021), NTA
cancels process of launching Nepal's own satellite in
orbit (ht 31/07/2021)
5G
trial held up due to delay in spectrum allotment : Radio
Frequency Policy Determination Committee cannot provide
spectrum approval until a new communications minister is
appointed, officials say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
28/07/2021)
IMEI
registration mandatory for mobile phones to function in
Nepal from tomorrow, by Kunga Hyolmo (rep
15/07/2021)
Telecommunication
services halted in three districts after irate workers
shut tower (kh 08/07/2021)
Mobile
phones brought from abroad will not be functional from
July 16 (kh 06/07/2021) [And
what about tourists and other foreign visitors?],
Illegal
mobile phones to become unusable from July 16 : After
the Mobile Device Management System is launched, it will
secure—and keep track of—all cell phones in the country,
officials say, by Krishana Prasain (kp 07/07/2021),
Telecom
regulator’s system gets overloaded as people rush to
register their mobile sets : The authority is all set to
implement the Mobile Device Management System from July
16 that will make illegally imported mobile phones
unusable (kp 08/07/2021), What
you need to know about the Mobile Device Management
System : The IMEI number is on the cover of the mobile
set, or users can dial *#06# to find out their IMEI
number and register it, if it is not already registered,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 12/07/2021)
Byas
residents left without telephone services for last seven
months, by Manoj Badu (kp 08/06/2021)
Mobile
Device Management System launch put off : The Rs650
million system will bring smartphones under the
registration net, making it easier for authorities to
monitor them, officials say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
08/06/2021)
Whatever
happened to the mail? The postal service remains
essential, if only we know how to use it, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 29/04/2021)
Outbound
postal service has stopped for a year now. No one knows
when it will resume : With Thai Airways bankrupt, there
are legal complications to terminate existing contract
with it. Services to India resumed only in February
after having halted since March last year, by Srizu
Bajracharya (kp 02/03/2021), Please
Mr Postman : The post office has given a flimsy excuse
for failing to deliver mail (kp 03/03/2021)
Nepal
placed 57th among 75 countries in group video call
experience : As per the Nepal Telecommunications
Authority, 80 percent of Nepalis have access to
broadband, by Krishana Prasain (kp 20/01/2021)
Mobile
data users abandoning Ncell for NT (ht 15/01/2021)
60pc
mobile data users are NT subscribers (ht 07/01/2021)
NTA
proceeds to launch its own satellite (ht
04/01/2021), Nine
foreign firms submit proposals to instal satellite
(ht 13/01/2021)
Telephone
service disrupted in Humla for a month (kh
25/10/2020)
Nepal
Telecom sees profit plunge as people use apps to make
phone calls: There has been a drop in voice,
international and roaming calls, state-owned firm says,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 15/08/2020)
NTA
cautions against fake mobile calls: Advises against
calling back 1-ring calls originating abroad (ht
16/04/2020)
Reincarnation
of old phones in Nepal: SabKo Phone seeks to kickstart a
movement in sustainability by giving old mobiles a
second chance, by Shristi Karki (nt 13/03/2020)
Market
share of Ncell dwindling (ht 13/02/2020)
Telecom
authority plans to make Multi Router Traffic Grapher
compulsory: After the system is implemented, consumers
will be able to see the internet traffic load in
graphical form, by Krishana Prasain (kp 12/02/2020)
Ncell
allowed to use additional frequency in 1800 MHz (ht
11/02/2020)
Telecom
Authority slashes interconnection usage charge: Service
providers are required to implement the new rates by
mid-March, by Krishana Prasain (kp 25/01/2020)
Number
of subscribers to NT’s 4G service increases by 80pc
(ht 25/01/2020)
Ncell
named successful bidder for mobile frequency: But the
firm will get the frequency only after it clears its
outstanding capital gains tax, the regulator says,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 19/12/2019)
Four
contenders vying for information highway consulting
contract: According to Nepal Telecom, the project
envisages connecting 32 districts in Provinces 1, 2 and
3 with high-speed optical fibre, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 17/12/2019)
Nepal’s
telecom giants see dwindling profits as internet service
providers proliferate: Both Nepal Telecom and Ncell said
the decline resulted from the growing use of
applications like Viber, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 01/12/2019)
Telecom
regulator seeks consultants to verify device management
system: The system will bring mobile devices under the
registration net and block grey market phones, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 03/09/2019)
Telecom
regulator revokes licence of the Sumargi-owned Nepal
Satellite: The telecom service provider, owned by
controversial businessman Ajeya Raj Sumargi, owed the
state Rs 800 million and had failed to pay, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 20/08/2019)
Nepal
Telecom's profit falls 42 percent to Rs10.20 billion:
The company, mired in fee burden and loss of revenue, is
also facing the brunt of soaring costs and changes in
the tax regimen, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 16/08/2019)
Nepal’s
CG Group ties up with Huawei to launch 4G services
(kp 02/07/2019)
Telecom
regulator to award Mobile Device Management System
contract to Nuemera: Telecom regulator to award Mobile
Device Management System contract to Nuemera, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 21/06/2019)
Apex
court stays NTA’s decision (ht 13/05/2019)
NT
starts roaming service for prepaid subscribers (ht
29/04/2019)
Is
Nepal entering the post-Post Office era? While other
countries’ postal systems have reinvented themselves for
the digital age, Nepal’s General Post Office has not yet
got the message, by Aashish Mishra (nt 26/04/2019)
Provision
on faulty telecom service yet to be implemented (ht
23/04/2019)
4G
expansion project on track, claims NT (ht
19/04/2019), Nepal
Telecom to expand 4G coverage nationwide (kp
20/04/2019)
Huge
profit margin of telecom companies raises OAG’s eyebrow,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 14/04/2019)
NTA
fails to recover outstanding dues from telcos:
Month-long deadline given to clear dues expired on March
10 (rep 03/04/2019)
NTA’s
telecom infra service licence process in limbo (ht
25/02/2019)
Govt
unlikely to bring in strategic partner in Nepal Telecom
(ht 09/02/2019)
Import
of mobile phones plunge 16.19 percent, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 11/01/2019)
Landline
to online: We are beginning to see the full economic
impact of connectivity in Nepal, by Anil Chitrakar
(nt 14/12/2018)
‘Voice,
data services of telcos not up to standard’, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 15/11/2018)
WiMAX
along border affected by frequency collision with Indian
telcos, by Pratik Rimal (rep 29/10/2018)
Nepal
Telecom, or go?, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 26/10/2018)
Reviving
postal
services: Nepal may introduce postal payment services
for reviving its postal services and facilitating
financial inclusion, by Krishna Sharma (rep
25/10/2018)
Dolpa
residents can use mobile phones only during sunshine
(rep 20/09/2ß018)
Dismissed
telecom
managing director blames politics: Her dismissal comes
at a time when the NT was poised to award the 4G
service expansion contract, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 16/08/2018), Supreme
Court seeks clarification over ouster of Nepal Telecom
head (kp 20/08/2018)
Internet,
voice calls to become dearer: Internet fee likely to be
raised by almost 14pc, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
09/07/2018)
CIAA
probe delays NT’s 4G service expansion (ht
09/07/2018)
Locals
in Gorkha have to climb mountain to get telephone signal,
by Narhari Sapkota (rep 03/07/2018)
NTA
to open licence for virtual network operators, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 14/04/2018)
Telecom
authority’s plan to issue infrastructure service licence
delayed (ht 29/03/2018)
Telecom
in Nepal: Wider outreach required, by Somanta Raj
Bhattarai (ht 27/02/2018)
Country’s
tele-density stands at 141pc (ht 15/02/2018)
Information
Minister Basnet insists on quality service (ht
06/02/2018)
NTA
to crack down on grey market mobile phones (ht
16/01/2018)
To
the letter: Delivering snail mail in a digital age,
by Abijeet Pant (kp 06/01/2018)
NT
to introduce pre-paid system for PSTN service (ht
29/12/2017)
Eight
foreign firms show interest to provide telecom
infrastructure service (ht 09/12/2017)
NTA
to soon detect int’l telecom traffic on its own (ht
11/10/2017)
NT,
Ncell dominate 93% of telecom market (rep
09/10/2017)
Far-flung
areas of Dolpa lack telecommunication services: Only a
few communication towers have been set up in Dunai,
by Anita Shrestha (ht 07/10/2017)
NTA
bans ‘Viber Out’ service in Nepal, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 27/09/2017)
Inefficient
workforce plagues Postal Service Department (ht
15/09/2017)
Ncell
says data consumption jumped by 2.5 times in Q2, by
Santosh Neupane (rep 14/09/2017)
Tanahun
post offices face manpower crunch (ht 03/08/2017)
Smart
Telecom seeks two more months to roll out 4G (ht
01/08/2017)
Viber
Out now available in Nepal (kp 31/07/2017)
Telcos
against
compensating users for all interruptions (ht
19/07/2017)
Ncell
expands
4G service to western cities: Now fast mobile broadband
available in Pokhara and Damauli (ht 01/07/2017)
Plans
afoot
to digitise country’s postal offices, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 24/06/2017)
NTA
to
promote mobile financial services (ht 19/06/2017)
‘STM
may
get licence if it fulfils conditions’, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 16/06/2017)
PAC
on
warpath after Ncell launches 4G (kp 02/06/2017)
NTA
to
bar Ncell from launching 4G service: Says it’ll abide by
the fresh directive issued by the Public Accounts
Committee (kp 28/05/2017)
Telecom
service
not available in Dhanusha (ht 25/05/2017)
Smart
Telecom
becomes third telco to receive 4G licence (ht
25/05/2017)
PAC
unconvinced
by NTA’s explanation for issuing permit, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 23/05/2017)
Nepal
Telecom
to revitalise landline service with new plans: According
to the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), there
were 681,423 PSTN subscribers as of mid-February 2017
(kp 20/05/2017)
NTA
to
focus on rural telecom services (ht 18/05/2017)
Nepal’s
licence
Raj: The telecom regulator can impose rigorous
conditions to bar entry of unprofessional firms (kp
12/05/2017)
PAC
asks
NTA about Ncell 4G licence: Says it has not formally
received any information on the matter (kp
07/05/2017)
Nepalis
in
no hurry to upgrade to 4G service (kp 27/04/2017)
NTA
‘in
a bid’ to include controversial provision, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 23/04/2017)
Quality
control
bylaw to compensate phone users: NTA can slap fines up
to Rs500,000 on network provider for faults, by
Sanjeev Giri (21/04/2017)
NTA
set
to implement Quality Guidelines: New rules for telcos to
be effective from July 16 (ht 20/04/2017)
NCELL
fails
to abide by new pulse directive (kp 16/04/2017)
You’ve
got
mail: The government should encourage the improvement
and expansion of our postal service, by Bishwambhar
Ghimire (kp 14/04/2017)
Pulse
rate
for mobile calls to be halved (kp 13/04/2017), New
pulse
duration for calls comes into effect (ht 15/04/2017)
Don’t
return
unknown int’l calls, teleco warns (kp 08/04/2017)
Phone
calls
to cost less from April 14: From October 18 users will
be charged for the exact duration of each call, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 01/04/2017)
NT
acts
to maintain supremacy in data (kp 21/03/2017)
NT
likely
to gain access to Chinese bandwidth in May, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 19/03/2017)
Nepali
telecom
service users do not complain, say NTA data: Even though
the NTA has prepared a Quality Assurance bylaw to
penalise service providers that provide lacklustre
services, it is yet to come into effect, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 18/03/2017)
Data
segment
outdoes voice in growth rate, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
13/03/2017)
Satellite
launch
plan: NTA evaluating service providers (kp
27/02/2017)
Telecom
operators’
consumer-centric schemes flout ‘net neutrality’
principle, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 24/02/2017)
400k
NT
subscribers switch to 4G network: According to NT,
90,000 postpaid and 310,000 prepaid subscribers have
switched to the 4G network, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
17/02/2017)
NT
4G
service opened to Apple phone users (kp 08/02/2017)
Nepal
Telecom
asked to phase out obsolete technologies (kp
05/02/2017)
NT
prepaid
subscribers to get 4G from today, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 04/02/2017)
NTA
permission
mandatory for telcos to change share structure (ht
01/02/2017)
MoIC
stumbles
upon high-level panel after 13 years of its formation,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 28/01/2017)
NT
lags
behind Ncell in number of active SIM users, revenue
(ht 21/01/2017)
NT’s
prepaid
users to get 4G from Feb 4, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
19/01/2017)
House
panel
directs NT to expand 4G service across country by Oct
(ht 19/01/2017)
NTA
‘may
not be able’ to stall issuing NCELL’s licence (kp
18/01/2017), NTA
to
issue separate licences to MVAS providers (ht
18/01/2017)
Operation
of
Nepal-China optical fibre link likely from Feb (ht
14/01/2017)
NT
launches
4G mobile service, by Bibek Subedi (kp 02/01/2017),
NT
launches
4G service for post-paid users: Informs the service will
be available for pre-paid subscribers only from February
4 (ht 02/01/2017)
Nepal
Telecom
to launch 4G service tomorrow (kp 31/12/2016)
20
firms
express interest in launching satellite for Nepal
(kp 25/12/2016)
NT,
China
Telecom ink pact to deliver IP service in Nepal (ht
08/12/2016)
NTA
mulls
genuine IMEI numbers for fake handsets (ht
08/12/2016)
Ncell
customer
spending drops on lower tariffs (kp 26/11/2016)
‘More
than
50 per cent smartphones compatible with 4G’ (ht
19/11/2016)
Ncell
to
roll out 4G service in three districts within a month
after NTA issues licence (ht 15/11/2016)
Telecom
regulator
seeks 4G plan from Ncell, by Bibek Subedi (kp
31/10/2016)
NTA
allows
NT to launch 4G service, by Bibek Subedi (kp
24/10/2016)
Mobile
phone technology empowers Jumla, by DB Buda (rep
19/10/2016)
NT
to
launch 4G on December 15: Service to be rolled out
simultaneously in Kathmandu and Pokhara in the first
phase (ht 18/10/2016)
Communication
revolution brings many changes in Karnali, by DB
Buda (ht 18/120/2016)
NT
takes
3G service to 75 districts (ht 07/10/2016)
Kathmandu,
Pokhara
may have 4G by Nov, by Bibek Subedi (kp 04/10/2016),
NT
set
to become first telco to operate 4G service in Nepal
(ht 04/10/2016)
NTA
to
soon approve 4G service for NT, Ncell, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 26/09/2016)
91
VoIP
centres busted in six years: Rs 11.48 billion fine
sought from the racketeers (ht 22/08/2016)
ADSL
service
yet to be restored in quake-hit areas (ht
06/08/2016)
Construction
of
dozens of mobile towers in limbo (ht 03/08/2016)
New
firms
barred from obtaining basic telephone service licence
(ht 25/07/2016)
NCELL
seeks
additional 40.6Mhz bandwidth, by Bibek Subedi (kp
08/07/2016)
Plans
to
launch 4G: NTA amends frequency policy (kp
07/07/2016)
Accord
signed
to lay optical fibre cable (kp 01/07/2016)
Govt
to
allow telcos to start 4G services (kp 26/06/2016)
Mobile
subscriptions
outnumber population: Nepal has 27.85 million mobile
users, against population of 26.49 million, by
Rajesh Khanal and Pralhad Rijal (kp 14/06/2016)
More
than
500,000 phones registered in one and half months, by
Sujan Dhungana (rep 24/05/2016)
NTA’s
IMEI
registration plan set to face delays: NTA has
successfully registered IMEI numbers of around 200,000
imported handsets so far, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
08/05/2016)
Thank
god
for the phones, by Bibek Subedi (kp 24/04/2016)
Nepal
Telecom
to launch 4G next year (kp 21/04/2016)
Govt
makes
phones’ IMEI registration mandatory from Wednesday,
by Sujan Dhungana (rep 12/04/2016)
National
postal
system in dire need of restructuring: Offices, staff
size require downsizing; New businesses have to be
created, by Prakash Acharya (ht 03/04/2016)
Nepal
Post:
Time for innovation, by Dhananjay Shah (ht
19/02/2016)
NT
to
upgrade towers to improve service quality (kp
06/02/2016)
NT
restores
335 towers hit by quake (kp 21/01/2016)
Ncell
warns
of service disruption (ht 20/01/2016), Fuel
shortage
hits Ncell’s services (ht 21/01/2016)
NT
unveils
MEET social networking platform (kp 19/01/2016)
Ncell:
You
can disable unnecessary services (kp 18/01/2016)
NT’s
prepaid
mobile service disrupted (kp 14/01/2016)
Service
faster
in Khumbu: Ncell (kp 07/01/2016)
NTA
shows
concerns over Ncell share transfer, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 06/01/2016)
Mobile
service
interruption could have been ‘much worse’ during quakes:
Report (ht 26/12/2015)
TeliaSonera
dials
A for Axiata: Swedish company that made foray into Nepal
in ’08 agrees to sell majority stake in Ncell to
Malaysian firm, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 22/12/2015)
Mobile
nation:
With mobile, our staple media, every man is his own
gatekeeper, spectator and receiver at the same time,
by Dharma Adhikari (rep 17/11/2015)
‘Nepal
has
17pc active mobile broadband users’ (ht 25/09/2015)
Access
to
mobile phone makes life easier in Jumla, by LP Devkota
(kp 20/09/2015)
Postal
service
facing existential crisis: Only tourists posting letters
in traditional letter boxes in the capital, by Thomas
Bogaty (ht 01/09/2015)
The
subscriber
cannot be reached: Nepal’s mobile phone network survived
the earthquake but is finding it difficult to survive the
aftermath, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 21/08/2015)
Nepal
Telecom
redesigning network to boost service, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 17/08/2015)
NTA
plans
to manage overhead telecommunications wires (ht
17/08/2015)
NTA
plans
to utilise Rs 1.48 billion from RTDF (ht 16/08/2015)
NTA
to
introduce single emergency number (ht 13/08/2015)
Country’s
telephone
penetration crossed 100pc: Telecom regulator (ht
29/07/2015)
NTA
to
speed up work on 4G spectrum allocation (kp
28/07/2015)
NTA
collects
Rs 15bn in first renewal fee: Remains undecided on how
much to charge telcos for second renewal of mobile
licences (ht 26/07/2015)
Nepal
Telecom
doesn’t care two pins for local industries: Indulging in
anti-national,discriminatory purchase policy; Wasting
foreign exchange by favouring overseas vendors (ht
24/07/2015)
NTA
to
soon issue new guideline: Third-party insurance mandatory
for rooftop tower installation, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
10/07/2015)
Telcos
disconnected
on interconnection: Recently formed NTA task force looking
into interconnectivity problems brought to its notice,
by Ramesh Shrestha (ht 02/07/2015)
13
int’l
firms submit EoI for RTDF consultancy (ht 24/06/2015)
Govt
yet
to fix emergency communication frequency (ht
17/06/2015)
NT
top
telecom service provider: Ncell continues to take the lead
in mobile segment (ht 17/06/2015)
Remove
NTC
towers, urge house owners (ht 05/06/2015), NEA
assessing
mobile towers on rooftops: To advise removal of equipment
from houses built against rule (ht 05/06/2015)
Looming
large, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 30/05/2015)
NTA
considering
infrastructure sharing in temblor-hit areas (ht
25/05/2015)
Telecom
operators
may face problems in setting up towers, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 17/05/2015)
House
panel
calls on MoIC, NTA: Urges steps to encourage telcos to
improve their services (ht 24/04/2015)
Quake
preparedness:
NTA works on measures (kp 16/04/2015)
MNP
guideline
in offing, service likely from next fiscal (ht
12/04/2015)
Only
2.6pc
of RTDF utilised so far: Lack of clear policies results
in huge amount of resources remaining idle in the fund
(ht 02/04/2015)
Telephone
penetration
crosses: 100 per cent after 100 years, by Ramesh
Shrestha (kp 20/03/2015)
UTL
seeks
additional 60 days to collect unified licence (ht
18/03/2015)
UTL
service
resumes partially (ht 16/03/2015)
Int’l
consultant
to build model to utilise RTDF (ht 04/03/2014)
UTL
service
disruption hitting consumers, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
01/03/2015)
Unified
telecom
licence: NTA shoots 30-day ultimatum to UTL, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 23/02/2015), NTA
seeks
authority to initiate action, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
26/02/2015)
UTL
services
shut again due to employee strike (kp 21/02/2015)
Govt
collects
Rs 1.7bn as frequency fee (ht 04/02/2015)
3G
coverage
expands beyond 65 districts (ht 31/01/2015)
Nepal
Telecom
installing 77 new towers to improve service quality,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 28/01/2015)
UTL
services
resume as mgmt, union reach deal (kp 16/01/2015)
UTL
to
get unified licence to provide varied services (kp
14/01/2015), UTL
plans
to get unified licence soon, stick to decision to
downsize staff, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht 15/01/2015)
Mgmt-worker
dispute
hits UTL services, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 10/01/2015),
UTL
fails
to abide by regulator’s directiveServices remain
disrupted at several places in Eastern and Western
regions; management, workers trade barbs (kp
12/01/2015), UTL’s
telecom,
internet services down for last four days (ht
12/01/2015), 80
percent
of UTL phones not working, by Kriti Bhuju (rep
12/01/2015), UTL
weighing
options to restore services (ht 13/01/2015)
What
is
delaying 4G service rollout? (ht 01/01/2015) |