X Year

Issue 61th

Vol. 109

Mangsir, 2070 (16 November -15 December, 2013)

Nepal Telecommunications Authority

Management Information System

Published in Magh, 2070 (February, 2014)

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 Mangsir, 2070, 15 December, 2013) 1.1 Available Voice Telephony Services Services Operators NDCL UTL* NCELL STM* NSTPL* STPL Others Total Fixed PSTN WLL 647,152 5,230 598 652,980 122,505 73,070 2,644 198,219 851,199 Mobile CDMA Others LMS GMPCS 659,267 155 147,356 937,911 1,7446,89 1,742 1,742 1,746,431 Total 9,767,205 732,337 10,867,307 5,385 150,000 938,509 1,742

GSM

7,979,403 10,867,307 -

1,018,145 18,846,710 1,018,145 19,864,855

Services Fixed Mobile Others (LM, GMPCS) Total Population of Nepal 26,494,504 (Source: cbs.gov.np)
* Those operators who do not submitted data for the month of Mangsir.

22,462,485 Tele-Density Penetration Rate % 3.21 74.97 6.59 84.77

1.2 Data/Internet Services Services Dialup (PSTN +ISDN) Wireless Modem, Optical Fibre Ethernet Cable Modem ADSL GPRS,EDGE,WCDMA CDMA 1X, EVDO WiMAX Total Internet Penetration Rate % NDCL 4,756 121,279 3,535,909 136,573 6,049 3,804,566 Subscribers UTL NCELL 99,265 99,265 3,584,239 3,584,239 Total ISPs 10,197 63,040 24,454 97,691 14,953 63,040 24,454 121,279 7,120,148 235,838 6,049 7,585,761 28.63

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 NDCL- Nepal doorsanchar Company limited UTL- United Telecom Limited STM- STM Telecom Sanchar Pvt.Ltd NSTPL- Nepal Satellite Telecom Pvt.Ltd STPL- Smart Telecom Pvt.Ltd Subscribers 2,050 598 2,648

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A glimpse of one year telephone subscribers

2069 Poush 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NDCL UTL Ncell STM NSTPL STPL Others 8,414,901 682,613 9,133,305 5,360 149,708 561,469 1,742 Magh 8,503,891 682,613 9,133,305 5,363 149,708 576,503 1,742 Falgun 8,595,771 698,298 9,553,404 5,363 149,708 576,503 1,742 Chaitra 8,705,314 698,298 9,790,860 5,363 149,708 646,169 1,742 Baishakha 8,795,157 709,834 10,096,130 5,378 149,698 678,003 1,742 Jestha 8,964,595 709,834 10,346,794 5,385 149,698 713,900 1,742 Ashad 9,176,060 719,341 10,526,798 5,385 149,698 753,254 1,742 2070 Shrawan 9,306,678 723,287 10,689,852 5,385 149,698 774,480 1,742 Bhadra 9,409,057 727,453 10,759,610 5,385 149,698 806,704 1,742 Ashwin 9,552,068 732,337 10,805,537 5,385 149,698 852,993 1,742 Kartik 9,635,641 732,337 10,827,540 5,385 150,000 907,712 1,742 Mangsir 9,767,205 732,337 10,867,307 5,385 150,000 938,509 1,742

S.No.

Operators

1.4 Quality of Service Report for the Month of Mangsir 2070: N/A 1.5 Licence issued by NTA (As of Mangsir, 2070, 15 December, 2013) S.No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Name of the Services Number of the licensee 3 1 2 7 57 44 2 1 83 3 12 7 1 223

Basic Telecommunications Basic Telephone Service GSM Cellular Mobile Network Service Provider VSAT User Internet (With E-mail) GMPCS Rural Telecom Service Limited Mobility International Trunk Telephone Rural VSAT User Rural Internet Service Provider Pre-Paid Calling Card Service Total * Year wise licensing activity of NTA is shown in Appendix-1

2. NTA Activities 2.1 Type Approval Certificate: The type approval certificates have been issued during the month of Mangsir. S.No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Type of Device Mobile Handset Satellite phone CDMA Mobile Handset GSM Mobile Handset Tablet Mobile Handset Type of certificate Periodic Permanent Periodic Permanent Provisional Provisional Provisional Number 27 1 2 78 2

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. 275,116,853.51 in the month of Mangsir. 2.3 Recommendation for Import of Telecommunications Equipment: During the month of Mangsir recommendation for the import of Telecommunications equipment amounting to a total of NRs. 962,419,350.42 had been made by NTA. 2.4 Issuance of License: S.No. Name of Licensee 1. Air Network Pvt. Ltd., Butwal, Rupandehi

Service Internet/E-mail

Date (mm/dd/yy) 8/10/2070

2.5 License Renewal: S.No. Name of Licensee 1. Satelink Nepal Pvt. Ltd., Maharajgunj, Kathmandu. 2. STM Telecom Sanchar Pvt. Ltd., Baluwatar, Kathmandu 3. STM Telecom Sanchar Pvt. Ltd., Baluwatar, Kathmandu 2.6 License Cancellation: S.No. Name of Licensee 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Nepal Industrial & Commercial Bank Limited, Kathmandu Nepal Industrial & Commercial Bank Limited, Pokhara Nepal Industrial & Commercial Bank Limited, Birgunj, Parsa Nepal Industrial & Commercial Bank Limited, Dhnusha, Janakpur Nepal Industrial & Commercial Bank Limited, Dharan, Sunsari Nepal Industrial & Commercial Bank Limited, Biratnagar, Morang Nepal Industrial & Commercial Bank Limited, Anarmani, Jhapa Nepal Industrial and Commercial Bank, Surkhet Nepal Industrial and Commercial Bank, Butwal Nepal Industrail and Commercial Bank, Damak Terminal

Service Internet/E-mail Internet/E-mail Rural Telecom Service

Date (mm/dd/yy) 7/17/2070 6/9/2070 8/17/2070

Service VSAT User VSAT User VSAT User VSAT User VSAT User VSAT User VSAT User VSAT User VSAT User VSAT User

Date (mm/dd/yy) 6/1/2070 6/1/2070 6/1/2070 6/1/2070 6/1/2070 6/1/2070 6/1/2070 6/1/2070 6/1/2070 6/1/2070

2.7 Human Resource and Capacity Building: a) International Training, Seminar, Study and Observation Tours/Visit: S.No. Program 1. To take part in Expert Group Date Place Participants Name

on Telecommunication/ICT Indicator and World Telecommunication /ICT Indicator Symposium

2070/08/17 to 2070/08/21

Mexico

Udaya Raj Regmi Deputy Director

3. NTA's Major Decisions during the month of Mangsir, 2070: N/A 4. List of the members of Nepal Telecommunications Authority S.No. 1. 2. 3. 4. Members Name Mr. Girindra Raj Adhikari Mr. Mahesh Prasad Adhikari Mr. Anil Kumar Dhungel Mr. Dhan Raj Gyawali Designation Member Member Member Member Date of Appointment 2065/09/17 2068/11/04 2068/11/04 2069/08/19

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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 2013 (End of Ashad, 2070) Fiscal Year S. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total Total no. of License 3 1 2 15 1 157 70 8 6 1 3 2 109 4 16 6 404 License Cancelled 0 0 0 8 0 86 28 8 6 1 1 1 26 0 2 1 168 Existing no. of License 3 1 2 7 1 71 42 0 0 0 2 1 83 4 14 5 236

Services Basic Telecommunication Basic Telephone Service GSM Mobile Network Service Provider Pre-Paid Calling Card VSAT User Internet (with e-mail) Radio Paging Fax Mail Video Conferencing GMPCS Rural Telecom Limited Mobility Int. Trunk Telephone Rural VSAT User Rural ISP

056/57 0 0 1 6 0 16 13 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 47

057/58 1 0 0 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

058/59 0 0 0 3 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17

059/60 1 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20

060/61 0 0 0 1 0 20 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28

061/62 0 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

062/63 0 0 0 0 0 41 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 50

063/64 0 0 0 2 0 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 17

064/65 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 13

065/66 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 19

066/67 0 0 0 1 0 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 5 5 80

067/68 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 61 1 3 0 70

068/69 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 12

069/70 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Source: NTA License Section

Appendix-II

A Glimpse of Subscriber's of Internet Service as on Mangsir, 2070

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. Pulchok, Lalitpur Cherry World Communication P.Ltd., New Baneshwor, Kathamandu* Subisu Cablenet Pvt. Ltd. Baluwatar, Kathmandu Fiber Online Pvt. Ltd., Jawalakhel, Lalitpur* Mega Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. Dillibazar, Kathmandu* 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* I Plus 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 50 5,130 Wireless Modem, Optical Fiber Ethernet 131 112 162 4,303 10 38,503 7,605 34 469 15 10 266 1314 211 455 Cable Modem, Cable etc. 18 12,612 474 8 15 8,350 115 33 3 65 653 100 24 818 Total

131 112 180 16,915 474 1,370 18 15 38,503 19,450 34 115 502 18 75 152 919 1,464 211 24 6,403

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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 OTEL communication Pvt. Ltd., Jawalakhel, Lalitpur* 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

10,197

62 19 3,720 139 5,464 36 63,040

70 52 206 566 136 136 24,454

62 89 3,772 139 206 6,030 136 172

97,691

* Those ISP who did not submit the data for the month of Mangsir.

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