Year: XIV Issue 106 Vol.

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Nepal Telecommunications Authority

MIS Report

Bhadra, 2074 (17August, 2017 16 September, 2017)

P.O. Box No. 9754

Kamaladi, Kathmandu
Phone No.: +977-1-4254681
Fax No.: +977-1-4255250
E-mail: ntra@nta.gov.np, info@nta.gov.np Published on
URL: www.nta.gov.np Kartik, 2074 (November, 2017)
 Telecom Statistics:- Data of Bhadra, 2074 ( 17 August , 2017)
1.1 Subscription of Voice Telephony Services :-

Services Fixed Mobile Others Total

Operators PSTN WLL GSM CDMA LMS GMPCS

NDCL 679526 121187 15678138 1616904 - - 18095755

UTL - 50134 - - 476735 - 526869
NCEll - - 15931693 - - - 15931693
CGC* **2832 - - - 155 - 2987
NSTPL* 2984 - - 368684 - 371668
STPL **598 - 1649590 - - - 1650188
Others - - - - - 1742 1742
682956 174305 33259421 1616904 845574 1742 36580902
Total
857261 34876325 847316

Services Subscription (% )
Fixed 3.24
Mobile 131.64
Others (LMS, GMPCS) 3.20
Total 138.07
Population of Nepal 26,494,504 (Source: cbs.gov.np)

1.2 Data/Internet Services

Services Subscribers Total

NDCL UTL Ncell STPL CGC* ISPs
Dialup (PSTN+ISDN) - - - - - 152 152
Wireless - - - - - 52950 52950
Cable Modem/ Optical - - - - -
Fibre 226445 226445
ADSL 185146 - - - - -
185146
GPRS,EDGE,WCDMA 8270451 - 7183668 180774 - 15634893
CDMA 1X, EVDO 136573 63203 - - - - 199776
WiMAX 16906 - - - - - 16907
VSAT based Internet - - - - 13
13
Total 8609076 63203 7183668 180774 13 279547 16316281
Internet Penetration (%) 61.58

1.3 Public Call Centres (PCO)

Services Subscribers
Rural PCO's of CGC 1,447
Rural PCO's of STPL 598
Total 2,045
NDCL- Nepal Doorsanchar Company limited
UTL- United Telecom Limited
NCell- Ncell Pvt.Ltd.
CGC- C.G.Communication Pvt.Ltd
NSTPL- Nepal Satellite Telecom Pvt.Ltd
STPL- Smart Telecom Pvt.Ltd
* Data of the month of Bhadra, not received.
** VSAT based subscribers.

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 Glimpse of telephone subscribers in one year

2073 2074
S.No. Operators
Ashwin Kartik Mangsir Poush Magh Falgun Chaitra Baishakh Jestha Ashad Shrawan Bhadra

1 NDCL 13,353,918 13,514,403 13,684,219 13,870,032 14,062,135 14,252,058 14,434,489 14,617,068 14,820,201 15,014,434 17,798,538 18,095,755

2 UTL 525,362 525,600 526,078 526,274 526,375 526,419 526,451 526,539 526,635 526,689 526,869 526,869

3 Ncell 13,162,446 13,037,875 13,039,492 13,075,450 13,222,996 13,434,031 13,639,969 13,847,160 14,006,458 14,145,758 15,889,078 15,931,693
4 CGC 2,987 2,987 2,987 2,987 2,987 2,987 2,987 2,987 2,987 2,987 2,987 2,987
5 NSTPL 366,463 366,463 370,356 371,148 371,668 371,668 371,668 371,668 371,668 371,668 371,668 371,668

6 STPL 1,347,087 1,351,627 1,359,584 1,361,697 1,362,735 1,363,844 1,372,976 1,382,538 1,389,864 1,398,100 1,623,138 1,650,188
7 Others 1,742 1,742 1,742 1,742 1,742 1,742 1,742 1,742 1,742 1,742 1,742 1,742
1.4 License issued as of Bhadra, 2074 (17 August, 2017)

S. No. Name of the Services Number of

the licensee
1. Basic Telecommunications Service 2
2. Basic Telephone Service 2
3. GSM Cellular Mobile Service 2
4. Network Service Provider 13
5. VSAT Users 8
6. Internet (With E-mail) Service 71
7. GMPCS Service 2
8. Rural Telecom Service 1
9. Limited Mobility Service 7
10. International Trunk Telephone Service 2
11. VSAT Users (Rural Area) 8
12. Internet (With Email) Service in Rural Area 6
13. Pre-Paid Calling Card Service 1
Total 125
* Year wise licensing activity of NTA is shown in Appendix-1

2. NTA Activities
2.1 Type Approval Certificate:
List of type approval certificates issued in the month of Bhadra 2074

S. No. Type of Device Type of certificate Number

1. Short Range Device Provisional 25
Periodic permanent 3
2. GSM Mobile Handset Provisional 86
Periodic permanent 17
3. GSM Device Periodic permanent 2
4. Wimax Periodic permanent 2
5. Satellite Mobile Handset Periodic permanent 1
 2.2 Foreign Currency Recommendation: NTA recommended foreign currency equivalent to NRs. 100,209,060.39
(Approx) for the payment of Bandwidth & other service Charges of different Telecom operators, during the month of
Bhadra, 2074

2.3 Recommendation for import of Telecommunications Equipment : NTA recommended foreign currency equivalent to
NRs.35,311,531.20 (Approx)for the import of Telecommunications equipment of different Telecom operators, during the
month of Bhadra, 2074

2.4 Cancellation of License in Bhadra, 2074

1. Mega Broadcast Pvt. Ltd, DlliBazar, Kathmandu. Internet/Email

2.5 Issuance of License in Shrawan 2017

1. Prime Network pvt.. ltd., Krtipur -9 Nagaou , Kathmandu

2. City Network pvt. Ltd., Koteshwor, Kathmandu Internet/Email
3. Pathibhara Network pvt. Ltd., Damak Municipality, Damak,
Jhapa

2.6 Renewal of License during Bhadra, 2074

1. Sustainable Network pvt. Ltd , Pulchock, Lalitpur Internet/Email

3. Human Resource and Capacity Building:

3.1. International Training, Seminar, Study and Observation Tours/Visit:

S. Programme Date Place Participants Name

No.
1. ITU index statistical 2074|05|04 Xian, Purushottam Khanal,
2074|05|13 China Senior Director,
Arjun Ghimire
Director
2. 14th APT Telecommunication/ ICT 2074|05|18 Manila, Santosh Paudel
development Forum 2074|05|24 Philippines Deputy Director
Sandip Adhikari
Assistant Director

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 3.2. National Training, Seminar, Study and Observation Tours/Visit:

S. No. Program Date Place Praticipants Name

1. 2074|05|14 Kathmandu, Suresh Basnet
NFRS organization 2074|05|15 Nepal Deputy Director
by Nepal Accounting Bijay kumar Ray Yadav,
Standard Board Assistant

4. NTA's Major Decisions during the month of Bhadra, 2074: N/A

5. List of the members of Nepal Telecommunications Authority

S.N. Members Name Designation Date of Appointment

1 Mr. Digambar Jha Chairman 2069/08/19
2. Mr. Dhan Raj Gnyawali Member 2069/08/19
3. Mr. Tika Prasad Upreti Member 2071/07/27
4. Mr. Chudamani Chaulagai Member 2074/02/19
5. Mr. Teknath Acharya Member 2074/02/19

For Details Contact:

Economic Analysis and Consumer Protection Section
Nepal Telecommunications Authority
Kamaladi, Kathmandu
Phone No.: +977-1-4254681 (Ext. 244)
Fax No.: +977-1-4255250
E-mail: info@nta.gov.np, ntra@nta.gov

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 Appendix-I

NTA Licensing Activity at a glance as of 15 July 2017 (End of Ashad 2074)

Fiscal Year
License
Total no. Existing no.
Cancelled
S. No. Services 56/57 57/58 58/59 59/60 60/61 61/62 62/63 63/64 64/65 65/66 66/67 67/68 68/69 69/70 70/71 71/72 72/73 73/74 of License of License
1 Basic Telecommunication 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
2 Basic Telephone Service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
3 GSM Mobile 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
4 Network Service Provider 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 21 8 13
5 Pre-Paid Calling Card 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
6 VSAT User 16 8 11 15 20 6 41 7 0 6 22 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 157 149 8
7 Internet (with e-mail) 13 2 3 2 6 6 7 3 3 7 12 5 1 0 5 3 7 23 108 37 71
8 Radio Paging 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0
9 Fax Mail 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
10 Video Conferencing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
11 GMPCS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
12 Rural Telecom 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
13 Limited Mobility 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 3 35 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 102 7
14 Int. Trunk Telephone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
15 Rural VSAT User 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 3 5 0 0 1 0 3 20 12 8
16 Rural ISP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 11 5 6
Total 47 16 17 20 28 13 50 17 13 19 80 70 12 2 9 6 9 30 458 333 125

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 Appendix-II
Internet Subscriber's of Service as of Bhadra, 2074
Fiber
S.No. Company Name Dialup Wireless Cable Total

1 Mercantile Communication (Pvt). Ltd. DurbarMarg, Kathmandu* - 561 - 783 1344

2 WorldLink Communications (Pvt.) Ltd. Jawalakhel, Lalitpur - 9961 8246 109890 128097
3 Himalayan Online Services (Pvt) Ltd. Durbarmarg, Kathmandu* - 266 653 919
4 Vianet Communicatuins Pvt. Ltd., Sidhibhawan, Kathmandu* - - - 34879 34879
5 Web Surfer Nepal Communication. System Pvt. Ltd., Tinkune Kathmandu - 6973 2373 1640 10986
6 Subisu Cablenet Pvt.Ltd. Baluwatar, Kathmandu* - 15288 44833 3315 63436
7 Japan Nepal Information Communication Technology, Kalikasthan* 152 - - 152
8 Broadlink Network & Communication Pvt..Ltd., Kathmandu - 8703 - 6219 14922
9 Sustainable Network Pvt. Ltd. Pulchok, Lalitpur - 142 3 1 146
10 Nepal Net Sanchar, Biratnagar * - 60 15 75
11 Allied Net Link Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Marajgunj, Kathmandu* - 62 - 62
12 ITEL communication Pvt. Ltd., Jawalakhel, Lalitpur - - 2127 3569 5696
13 Eastern Networks Pvt. Ltd., Naxal, Kathmandu* - - 206 206
14 Net Max Technologies P. Ltd, Anamnagar, Kathmandu* - 4108 124 375 4607
15 Fiber Online Pvt. Ltd., Jawalakhel, Lalitpur* - - 474 474
16 Pokhara Internet Pvt. Ltd., Pokhara, Kaski* - - 15 15
17 Cherry World Communication P.Ltd., New Baneshwor, Kathamandu* - 162 18 180
18 Classic Tech Pvt. Ltd., Baneshwor, Kathamandu* - 6014 6687 12701
19 Eastlink Technology Pvt. Ltd., Tripureshwor, Kathamandu - 650 - 650
Total 152 52950 59087 167358 279547
* Those ISP who did not submit the data for the month of Bhadra .

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