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Articles tagged with: Nepal Telecom
Nepal's 3rd GSM Network to Launch Next Month
Nepal is to get a third GSM based mobile network next month, when Nepal Satellite Telecom (NST) launches its services. The company will be focusing on the underserved rural areas first before expanding coverage to include the main urban area along the Kathmandu valley next year. more
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Nepal Could Get a Third Mobile Network
Nepal's new Minister for Information and Communications, Shankar Pokharel has warned the country's two incumbent mobile networks, that the government might consider licensing a third operator if the incumbents do not improve their service quality. more
Related Tags: mero-mobile, shankar-pokharel, Nepal
Nepal Operator Plans $250 Million Investment Over Two Years
Nepal based mobile network operator, Spice Nepal has plans to invest US$250 million over the next two years to expand its network and improve services. The company trades under the Mero Mobile brandname. TeliaSonera recently acquired a 40.8% stake in the firm after buying a 51% stake in the Kazakhstan based holding company, Visor Group which in turn owns 80% of Spice Nepal more
Related Tags: teliasonera, tim, ovi, iden, landline, spice-nepal, mero-mobile, spice, Nepal
Nepal Telecom Orders Satellite Capacity for Mobile Backhaul
Gilat Satellite has won a contract to provide Nepal Telecom with a SkyEdge broadband satellite communications network, offering rural internet coverage and also mobile backhaul facilities. Nepal Telecom will use the new VSAT network to deliver broadband Internet connectivity to remote areas and to provide toll-quality telephony to rural citizens, meeting its Universal Service Obligations. more
Related Tags: rsa, rural, edge, cdma, satellite, backhaul, gsm, vsat, life, Nepal
ZTE Doubles GSM Equipment Shipments in Q1
China's ZTE has announced a doubling in volume shipments of its GSM products in the first quarter. The company attributes this to the "ongoing robustness and expansion of the international GSM market, combined with ZTEÃ's ability to capitalise on the launch of several GSM product marketing initiatives in the Asia Pacific region" more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, zte, China
Nepal Telecom Selects Unified PrePay Top-Up Vouchers
Billing services provider, eServGlobal says that China's ZTE has selected its Top Up Suite eRetail and eVoucher solutions to provide prepaid mobile recharge and voucher management services to Nepal Telecom. eServGlobal's top-up product will provide unified recharging services to Nepal Telecom's GSM, CDMA as well as PSTN networks. more
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Nepal Telecom Floatation Fails to Raise Expected Funds
The planned floatation of shares in Nepal Telecom may be in trouble after far fewer applications for shares were received than had been hoped for. Local reports, citing the Citizen Investment Trust (CIT), the issuing manager, estimated that NT received applications worth Rs 2.5 billion (US$40 million) - compared to the hoped for Rs. 15 billion (US$240 million). more
Nepal Telecom To Triple Kathmandu Base Stations
Nepal Telecom (NT) says that it plans to triple the number of Base Stations in the Kathmandu Valley in response to its subscribers' growing complaints about poor mobile phone connections. A senior NT official told the eKantipur newspaper that once the new equipment was set up, it would be bye bye to current annoyances like busy network, line drops and interrupted conversations. more
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ZTE Wins Nepal GSM and 3G Contract
China's ZTE Corp. has been awarded by Nepal Telecom, a project that will help the telecom company to add 3.5 million lines to reach total GSM mobile capacity of 5 million lines within next three years. The project, which is the biggest ever embarked by NT, includes installation of new networks for GSM mobile phones services as well as 3G cellular networks based on W-CDMA protocol. more
Related Tags: w-cdma, zte, wcdma, gprs
The official Chinese news agency, Xinhua News has reported that Nepal Telecom launched a 3G network yesterday. According to Nepal Telecom director Buddhi Acharya, the SIM card for 3G service will cost 4,195 Nepali rupees (US$64.50) and its charges will be similar to that of prepaid mobiles. more
Related Tags: sim-card, xinhua