Need for Infrastructure-sharing in
Nepal's Telecom Sector, by Buddhi Prasad
Acharya (rep 25/10/2024)
Ncell
renews license with first installment of Rs 5
billion (kh 02/09/2024)
Ncell’s
fate to be decided by Communications Minister
Gurung : Prime Minister KP Oli grants
discretionary powers to Prithivi Subba Gurung,
by Narayan Aryal (kh 27/08/2024), Government
plans to allow Ncell to renew license in
installments (kh 27/08/2024), Govt
renews Ncell license with installment plan to
settle dues (rep 29/08/2024)
NTA
instructs Ncell to pay Rs 19 billion, warns of
revoking license if renewal fees is not paid by
September 1 (rep 03/08/2024), Ncell
faces over a billion rupees in liabilities
(kh 04/08/2024), Ncell
Defrauded Customers of Billions: Report, by
Narayan Aryal (kh 05/08/2024), Ncell:
License renewal conditional on full tax payment
and share transaction restrictions, by
Narayan Aryal (kh 08/08/2024), Windfall:
Despite profit, Ncell involved in tax evasion,
by Narayan Aryal (kh 09/08/2024)
NTA
issues 15-day ultimatum to United Telecom to
clear Rs 7.42 billion arrears (kh
07/06/2024)
Ncell
reduces roaming charges, ‘no need to carry local
SIM card while abroad’ (rep 30/05/2024)
Ncell
required to pay Rs 20 billion for license
renewal by mid-May (kh 14/05/2024)
Nepali
nationals granted access to Indian SIM cards
(kh 20/02/2024)
1,636
posts of postal office scrapped (kh
09/02/2024)
Revocation
of UTL’s writ clears path for Information
Highway development (kh 07/02/2024)
SC
asks govt to respond to dispute over NTA Chair
appointment (kh 03/02/2024)
Telecom
regulator says tax dispute with ISPs will be
resolved soon : Urges ISPs to ask Indian
suppliers not to cut internet bandwidth supply
as payment deadline nears (kp 30/12/2023)
Incomplete
legal process delays Ncell shares transaction:
NTA (kh 28/12/2023)
Telecom
regulator instructs Ncell to submit details of
Axiata’s deal : This is the third time Nepal
Telecom Authority has sought details from the
private company, according to NTA chairperson,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/12/2023), Parliamentary
committee directs govt to collect outstanding
taxes from Ncell, suspend approvals for share
transactions (kh 19/12/2023), Nationalise
Ncell by 2029: House panel tells government :
Prime Minister Dahal admits he, as well as other
top leaders, knows Satish Lal Acharya, raising
questions about political connections
influencing Acharya’s share purchase deal,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/12/2023)
Selling
Ncell, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 15/12/2023)
NTA
revokes internet service licenses of three
companies (rep 14/12/2023)
Seven
Nepalis acquire 11 shares in Ncell Axiata
(kh 12/12/2023)
Indian
telcos threaten to suspend internet bandwidth to
Nepal : Warning follows failure of Nepali
private internet firms to clear dues with Tata
and Airtel, the bandwidth providers, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 12/12/2023)
Stop
Corporates From Bending Laws, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 12/12/2023)
All
you need to know about Ncell dispute : Telecom
giant’s share sale is mired in controversy—for
its low valuation, charges of poor investment
climate and suspected bid to own company even
after licence period, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 10/12/2023)
Ncell’s
tale unraveled: Axiata’s sale or sham? (kh
08/12/2023), Axiata
may find breaking up hard to do : Malaysian
conglomerate likely to be tied down in court
battle with Nepal government over its stake sale
in Ncell, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 09/12/2023)
Mobile
rule makes Nepal immobile : Confusion about new
Mobile Device Management System angers visitors,
by Aïsha MacDougall (nt 09/12/2023)
House
panel orders halt to Axiata’s Ncell sale process
: Government told to conclude investigation
within 30 days, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/12/2023), Ncell
sale row: Too many panels may complicate probe :
As two parliamentary committees and a government
panel look into the deal, yet another committee
shows interest, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/12/2023)
Lawmakers
express woes on possible impacts on FDI inflow
due to Axiata-Ncell issue (rep 06/12/2023)
Hearing
on Ncell tax dispute case postponed until
February 27 (kh 05/12/2023) [???], PAC
convenes meeting to discuss Ncell (kh
05/12/2023),
NCELL
Controversy: Government in disarray, Opposition
maintains silence, by Gyanu Ghimire (kh kh
05/12/2023), Government,
Axiata could be in a long legal battle over
Ncell sale : Nepal studying the legality of
Axiata’s abrupt exit without notifying the Nepal
Telecommunications Authority, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 05/12/2023), Disputed
Ncell deal sparks debates and protests : Ruling
parties unanimous the deal is suspicious and
call for a thorough probe, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 06/12/2023)
Ncell’s
earnings: A closer look at telecom revenue
dynamics (kh 04/12/2023), IRD
steps up to investigate controversial deal of
Ncell partner Axiata Group (rep 04/12/2023),
Axiata’s
Ncell exit smacks of intention to evade capital
gains tax (rep 04/12/2023), PM
Dahal assures to initiate probe into Ncell’s
share transactions, vows not to spare guilty
(kh 04/12/2023)
Axiata
to exit from Ncell amid revenue decline (kh
29/11/2023), Axiata
announces exit as Nepal plans Investment Summit
: The Malaysian telecom giant decided to quit
the country citing increasingly challenging
operational environment, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 29/11/2023), NTA
asks Axiata to follow legal procedures while
selling away its stakes in Nepal (rep
02/12/2023), PAC
seeks clarification on Ncell’s share sale
(kh 04/12/2023)
Experts
explore key challenges, future prospects of
telecommunication sector (ae 27/11/2023)
NTA
implementing MDMS from today : Unregistered
phones to face disconnection (kh
06/11/2023), NTA's
implementation of MDMS marks milestone in
Nepal's mobile device market (rep
07/11/2023), More
than 800 SIM cards on iPhone 15 deactivated :
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority has
formally implemented MDMS, primarily to stop the
use of smuggled phone sets (kp 08/11/2023),
NTA
faces challenge in implementing MDMS due to
middlemen (rep 08/11/2023)
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) |