X Year

Issue 36th

Vol. 84

Kartik, 2068 (15 October-14 November, 2011)

Nepal Telecommunications Authority

Management Information System

Published on Poush, 2068 (December, 2011)

P.O. Box No. 9754

Bluestar Office Complex

Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel.: +977-1-43101030-38 Fax: +977-1-4101034 E-mail: ntra@nta.gov.np, info@nta.gov.np URL: www.nta.gov.np

1. Telecom Statistics at a glance (as of Kartik, 2068, 14 November, 2011) 1.1 Available Voice Telephony Services Services Operators NDCL UTL NCELL STM* NSTPL Smart Others (GMPCS) Total Fixed PSTN WLL 610,805 154,800 71,000 5,108 2,505 598 616,511 228,305 844,816 Mobile Others GSM CDMA LMS GMPCS* 5,556,699 857,981 517,307 6,686,871 155 96,480 192,466 1,742 12,243,570 857,981 13,101,551 806,408 1,742 808,150 Total 7,180,285 588,307 6,686,871 5,263 98,985 193,064 1,742

Services Fixed Mobile Others (LM, GMPCS) Total Note: Projected Population for 2011 is 26,620,809 (Source : cbs.gov.np) * Current data didn't submitted by the service providers. 1.2 Data/Internet Services Services NDCL 5,557 Subscribers UTL NCELL 2,194,065 2,194,065

14,754,517 Tele-Density Penetration Rate % 3.17 49.21 3.03 55.41

Total ISPs* 14,207 30,397 16,898 61,502 19,764 30,397 16,898 76,740 3,436,564 171,078 3,751,441 14.09

Dialup (PSTN +ISDN) Wireless Modem, Optical Fibre Ethernet Cable Modem, Cable etc. ADSL 76,740 GPRS 1,242,499 CDMA 1X 109,127 61,951 Total 1,433,923 61,951 Internet Penetration Rate % * Licensee wise ISP's subscribers is shown in Appendix-II 1.3 Public Call Centres (PCO) Services Rural PCO's of STM Telecom Sanchar Pvt. Ltd. Rural PCO's of SMART Telecom Pvt. Ltd. Total

Subscribers 2,014 598 2,612

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A glimpse of one year telephone subscribers

S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Operators NDCL UTL NCELL STM NSTPL Smart Others 2067 Magh 6,326,068 538,833 4,479,021 5,185 77,238 91,469 1,742 2068 Shrawan 6,835,106 578,435 5,846,365 5,249 93,639 153,138 1,742

Mangsir 5,875,025 520,820 4,084,444 5,159 66,027 88,249 1,742

Poush 6,402,131 530,721 4,283,659 5,179 71,875 88,249 1,742

Falgun 6,346,808 545,854 4,785,715 5,220 86,225 94,572 1,742

Chaitra 6,439,735 555,986 5,036,722 5,220 86,799 99,556 1,742

Baishakh 6,510,034 562,797 5,207,239 5,392 85,479 103,988 1,742

Jestha 6,637,070 569,142 5,421,414 5,399 89,337 109,229 1,742

Ashad 6,743,976 573,629 5,619,224 5,245 91,435 128,398 1,742

Bhadra 6,883,557 582,106 6,032,938 5,263 95,904 160,953 1,742

Ashwin 7,046,216 585,170 6,334,011 5,263 97,280 179,136 1,742

Kartik 7,180,285 588,307 6,686,871 5,263 98,985 193,064 1,742

1.4 Licence issued by NTA* (Existing as of Kartik, 2068, 14 November, 2011) S.No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Name of the Services Number of the licensee 3 2 9 100 49 3 2 108 3 11 6 296

Basic Telecommunications Cellular Mobile Network Service Provider VSAT User Internet (With E-mail) GMPCS Rural Telecom Limited Mobility International Trunk Telephone Rural VSAT User Rural Internet Service Provider Total * Year wise licensing activity of NTA is shown in Appendix-1 2. NTA Activities 2.1 Type Approval Certificate

The type approval certificates for 4 Short Range Device have been issued during the month of Kartik as given below. S. N. 1. 2. 3. 4. Provisional R-SRD-P-132 R-SRD-P-133 R-SRD-P-134 R-SRD-P-135 Brand Name Model No. Short Range Device Samsung SSG-3050 HP NOKIA Azurwave SDGOB-1191 SDGOB-1192 AW-NB068 Equipment Type 3D Active Glasses with Bluetooth HP 802.11n/a/g/b WLAN Module HP 802.11n/a/g/b WLAN Module IEEE 802.11b/g/n WiFi/ BT combo slim module

2.2 Foreign Currency Recommendation : Recommendation for Payment of Bandwidth Cost: NTA, pursuant to section 35 of Telecommunication Act, 1997, recommended to MOIC to avail Foreign Exchange facility to the licensees for the payment of Bandwidth cost to an aggregated amount of NRs. 30,346,956.00 in the month of Kartik. Recommendation for Import of Telecommunications Equipment: During the month of Kartik recommendation for the import of Telecommunications equipment amounting to a total of NRs. 1,159,536,671.71 had been made by NTA. 2.3 License Issue: S. No. 1. Name of Licensee Techminds Network Pvt. Ltd Bharatpur-3 Chitwan Service Internet/Email Date (mm/dd/yy) 7/8/2068

2.4 License Transfer: S. No. 1. Name of Licensee ANG Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Thasikhel, Lalitpur transfer from Buddha Net Pvt. Ltd. Service Internet/Email Date (mm/dd/yy) 07/03/2068

2.5 Human Resource and Capacity Building a) National Training, Seminar, Study and Observation Tours/Visit: S.No. Program 1. Seminar on VOIP call bypass and telecom related case Study for concerned judges, public prosecutors, investigation officers, private lawyers and others 2. Kathmandu Valley Earthquake Management and Response System Prototype Demonstration and Interaction Program Date 2068/7/19 to 2068/7/21 Place Biratnagar Participants Name Tulsi Bhatta Purusottam Khanal Kailash Pd. Neupane

2068/7/17

Khumaltar Lalitpur

Min Prasad Aryal Achuyatananda Mishra

b) International Training, Seminar, Study and Observation Tours/Visit: S.No. Program 1. ITU Training on Securing Date 2068/7/14 to 2068/7/19 Place Malaysia Participants Name Bijaya Kumar Roy Babu Ram Dawadi

Networks

3. NTA's Major Decisions during the month of Kartik, 2068: N/A 4. List of the members of Nepal Telecommunications Authority S.No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Members Name Mr. Bhesh Raj Kanel Mr Mahesh Prasad Adhikari Mr. Balaram Pradhananga Mr Tulsi Bhatta Mr. Girindra Raj Adhikari

Designation Chairman Member Member Member Member

Date of Appointment 2065/08/08 2063/09/09 2063/09/09 2064/04/07 2065/09/23

For Details Contact : Mr. Arjun Ghimire Deputy Director Mr. Sandip Adhikari Assistant Director Consumer and Economic Analysis Section Bluestar Office Complex, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu Phone No.: +977-1-4101030-38 (Ext. 243, 224) Fax No.: +977-1-4101034 E-mail: aghimire@nta.gov.np, sadhikari@nta.gov.np URL: www.nta.gov.np

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Appendix-I

NTA Licensing Activity at a glance as of 15 July 2010 (End of Ashad 2067)

Fiscal Year S. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Services Basic Telecommunication GSM Mobile Network Service Provider VSAT User Internet (with email) Radio Paging Fax Mail Video Conferencing GMPCS Rural Telecom Limited Mobility Int. Trunk Telephone Rural VSAT User Rural ISP Total Source: NTA License Section Till 056/57 0 1 6 16 13 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 057/58 1 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 058/59 0 0 3 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 059/60 1 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 060/61 0 0 1 20 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 061/62 0 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 062/63 0 0 0 41 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 50 063/64 0 0 2 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 17 064/65 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 13 065/66 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 19 066/67 0 0 1 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 5 5 80 Total 3 2 15 152 64 8 6 1 3 2 48 2 8 6 320 License Cancelled 0 0 7 54 20 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 Existing 3 2 8 98 44 0 0 0 3 2 48 2 8 6 224

Appendix-II

A Glimpse of Subscriber's of Internet Service as on Kartik, 2068

S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Company Name STM Telecom Sanchar Pvt.Ltd., Baluwatar, Kathmandu* Sustainable Network Pvt.Ltd. Pulchook, Lalitpur Cherry World Communication P.Ltd., New Baneshwor, Kathamandu* Subisu Cablenet Pvt. Ltd. Baluwatar, Kathmandu Fiber Online Pvt. Ltd., Jawalakhel, Lalitpur* Everest Net (Pvt) Ltd. Jawalakhel, Lalitpur* Namche Networks Pvt. Ltd.* Pokhara Internet Pvt. Ltd., Pokhara, Kaski* Broadlink Network & Communication Pvt.Ltd., Kathmandu WorldLink Communications (Pvt.) Ltd. Jawalakhel, Lalitpur* Surfin Pvt.Ltd., Putalisadak, Kathmandu* Iplus Pvt. Ltd, Lazimpat* Classic Tech Pvt. Ltd., Baneshwor, Kathamandu Square Networks Pvt. Ltd.* Mitra Networkr Pvt.Ltd. Manbhawan, Lalitpur* Japan Nepal Information Communication Technology, Kalikasthan* Himalayan Online Services (Pvt) Ltd. Durbarmarg, Kathmandu* Vianet communicatuins Pvt. Ltd., Sidhibhawan, Kathmandu Eastlink Technology Pvt. Ltd., Tripureshwor, Kathamandu* Health Net Nepal, Jaya Bageswori, Kathmandu* Mercantile Communication (Pvt). Ltd. DurbarMarg, Kathmandu* Dialup (PSTN +ISDN) 1,370 3,495 152 400 8,725 Wireless Modem, Optical Fiber Ethernet 121 105 162 1,234 20 18,623 7,605 34 281 15 10 266 510 127 385 Cable Modem, Cable etc. 18 5,418 474 6 15 8,350 76 30 3 65 653 206 23 24 395 Total

121 105 180 6,652 474 1,370 26 15 18,623 19,450 34 76 311 18 75 152 919 1,116 150 24 9,505

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Allied Net Link Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Marajgunj, Kathmandu* Satelink Nepal Pvt.Ltd., Maharajgunj, Kathmandu* Net Max Technologies P. Ltd, Anamnagar, Kathmandu* Zentech International Eastern Networks Pvt. Ltd., Naxal, Kathmandu Web Surfer Nepal Company. System Pvt. Ltd. Naxal, Kathmandu Radius Communication Pvt.Ltd., Putalisadak, Kathmandu* Netplus Technology Pvt.Ltd* Total

65 -

57 19 62 90 635 36

70 43 24 733 136 136

14,207

30,397

16,898

57 89 105 90 24 1,433 136 172 61,502

* Those ISP who don't submit the data for the month of Kartik.

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