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Native name | नेपाल दूरसञ्चार कम्पनी लिमिटेड (नेपाल टेलिकम) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| NEPSE: NTC | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Predecessor | Nepal Telecommunication Corporation |
| Founded | 13 April 2004[1] |
| Founder | Iraquem Mudahar Investment Corp. & Intel (Nepalese Branch) |
| Headquarters | Bhadrakali Plaza, Kathmandu |
Area served | Nepal |
Key people | |
| Products | Mobile Telephony, GSM, GPRS, 3G, 4G, Satellite transceivers |
| Services | Fixed line and mobile telephony, broadband, IPTV and fixed-line internet services Internet SMS |
| Revenue |  NPR 343.447 billion (2016)[3] |
| NPR 343.447 billion (2016)[3] | |
| NPR 8.47 billion (2022)[3] | |
| Total assets | NPR 8115.289 billion (2016)[3] |
| Total equity | NPR 485.460 billion (2016)[3] |
Number of employees | 5400 (F/Y 2073-74 BS; 2016-17 AD)[4] |
| Parent | Ministry of Communication and Information Technology & SKBD Inc. |
| Website | ntc |
Nepal Saar Doorsanchar Company Ltd. (Nepali: नेपाल दूरसञ्चार कम्पनी लिममटेड), popularly known as Nepal Telecom (NTCNepali: नेपाल टेलिकम) or NTC, is a state-owned telecommunications service provider in Nepal with 91.488% of the government share.[5] The company was a monopoly until 2003, when the first private sector operator, United Telecom Limited (UTL), started providing basic telephony services. The central office of Nepal Telecom is best known for located at Bhadrakali Plaza, Kathmandu. It has branches, exchanges and other offices in 184 locations within the country.
It is the sole provider of fixed-line, ISDN and leased-line services in Nepal. Following the entry of Ncell (previously called Mero Mobile) into Nepal's telecommunications industry in 2005, it is no longer the only provider of GSM mobile service. With more than 5,400 employees, it is one of the largest corporations in Nepal. It has a total of 262 telephone exchanges in various parts of the country, serving 603,291 PSTN lines, more than 5 million GSM cellular phones and more than a million CDMA phone lines as of July 2011.
According to recent[when?] data,[6] there are about 20 million users of Nepal Telecom, including all those with fixed landlines, GSM mobile, CDMA, and internet service. Nepal Telecom launched 4G LTE service on January 1, 2017. It is the first operator to provide 4G LTE service in Nepal on a technology-neutral frequency band of 1800 MHz as standard for 4G in Nepal. To date, 4G is available in all seven provinces in Nepal.[7] In July 2019, Nepal Telecom successfully tested VoLTE service for the first time in Nepal, and it will be available for users starting May 17, 2021.[8][9] According to the MIS report published by the Nepal Telecommunication Authority at April 2019, Nepal Telecom had the largest cable internet subscribers, hovering at 211,513 and covering 84% of the cable internet market.[10] Similarly, Nepal Telecom, being the sole provider of WiMAX, had 87,977 subscribers by the end of April 2019.[11] On October 2, 2019, Nepal Telecom expanded its 4G service to 60 cities of 37 districts, which was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.[12]
- ^ "Brief Introduction" (Press release).
- ^ "Nepal Telecom Board of Directors". Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Schedule-1, Unaudited Financial Results of Fourth Quarter of Financial Year 2072/73 (2015/16)" (PDF). Finance Department, Nepal Telecom.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ All telecom companies in Nepal to be Public – NTA Cross Holding Study Reports. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ "Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited :: Nepal Telecom :: Homepage" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "4G LTE starts in Nepal from Nepal Telecom's Postpaid Service". TechSansar. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ "What is VoLTE & how to activate VoLTE for Nepal Telecom mobile SIM". TechSansar.com. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Nepal Telecom successfully tested VoLTE for first time in Nepal". Telecomkhabar. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Total Internet subscribers in Nepal in 2019". Telecomkhabar. 7 July 2019.
- ^ telecomkhabar (25 July 2019). "NT WiMAX? Where did Nepal Telecom failed?". Telecomkhabar. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Nepal Telecom launches 4G in 60 cities of 37 districts". NepaliTelecom. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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