Telecoms news from Nepal

Ncell Denies NST Takeover - Admits Parent Shareholder in in Talks

Nepal based mobile network, Ncell has denied recent reports that it is looking to buy Nepal Satellite Telecom (NST) and merge the two networks. ...more.

Nepal to Gain Consumer WiMAX Service This Week

Nepal Telecom will start offering its corporate WiMAX services to consumers from later this week, local media has reported. ...more.

Nepal to Clamp Down on Unauthorised Imports of Mobile Phones

Nepal's telecoms regulator has issued a couple of notices warning importers of mobile phones that devices need approval before they can be sold in the country, and that it is seeking views on a base station emission policy. ...more.

Nepal Telecom Prepares for Upgrade CDMA Network Launch

Nepal Telecom is nearing the completion of an upgrade of its CDMA network to offer faster mobile data download speeds. ...more.

Nepal Telecom Offers 5.2 Million GSM Lines Contract to Huawei

Nepal Telecom has issued the long-expected formal tender to China's Huawei to deploy a network upgrade for 5.2 million additional GSM lines. ...more.

Nepal Considers Licensing Third Mobile Network Operator

Nepal's telecoms regulator is considering licensing a third mobile network to boost competition in the market which is increasingly dominated by a single player. ...more.

Nepal Telecom to Complete Delayed Network Expansion by Next July

Nepal Telecom says that it will start offering new connections to its network from the end of the current fiscal year - in July 2013. ...more.

Nepal Telecom Switching Network Contract from Ericsson to Huawei

Nepal Telecom is reported to have cancelled a network contract with Ericsson and is looking to award it to Huawei instead. ...more.

Huawei Wins Nepalese GSM Expansion Contract

Huawei is reported to have won a network expansion contract in Nepal to add 4.8 million GSM lines to the Nepal Telecom network. ...more.

Nepal's Ncell Settles Outstanding License Fees

Nepalese mobile network, Ncell has paid the outstanding license fees that the country's Supreme Court had ordered the mobile networks to submit to the telecoms regulator. ...more.

Nepalese Regulator to Collect Radio Spectrum Fees

Nepal's government has instructed the telecoms regulator, the NTA to speed up its collection of unpaid radio spectrum fees from the mobile networks. ...more.

TeliaSonera Sells Cambodian Stake, Increases Nepal Investment

TeliaSonera has announced that it has sold its 18.6% stake in Cambodia's Smart Mobile, and entered into an agreement to increase its ownership in Nepal's Ncell. ...more.

Nepal Mobile Subscriber Base Reaches 13.6 Million

Nepal's total telephone customer base reached 15.33 million at the middle of January, according to the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA). The overall teledensity reached 57.56 percent. ...more.

Dead Lizard Knocks Out 1,000 Phone Lines in Nepal

A dead lizard was the cause of landline disruptions that took six days to repair in a western region of Nepal. ...more.

Qtel Builds on Partnership with Nepal Telecom to Improve Network Connectivity

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has signed an agreement with Nepal Telecom to establish and manage a Multi-Service Point of Presence (PoP) in Qatar. ...more.

Nepal Telecom Aims to Improve Network Quality Within 2 Months

Nepal Telecom has ordered infrastructure supplier, ZTE to carry out maintenance and replacement work in two months to improve the network quality on both its GSM and CDMA networks. ...more.

Nepalese Regulator Asked to Explain License Irregularities

The Nepalese Parliament is calling on the telecoms regulator to explain what it says are irregularities in the awarding of telecoms licenses. ...more.

Investigations into Poor Network Coverage by Nepalese Phone Networks

Nepal Telecom has been accused of renting land for base stations based less on the optimum location to improve coverage than on whether the land is owned by friends and relatives of the staff. ...more.

ZTE Compensdates Nepal Telecom for Faulty CDMA Equipment

China's ZTE has offered compensation to Nepal Telecom after some of the CDMA equipment it supplied was of poor manufacturing quality, ...more.

Nepal Mulls Reclaiming Unused Radio Spectrum

Nepal's Telecommunications Authority (NTA) is recommending that the government allow it to reclaim any unused radio spectrum allocated to a license holder if it has been unused for over two years. ...more.