Tag Archives: Telecom

Be aware of spam and social engineering fraud

Ncell, privately owned telecommunication service provider has requested its customers to be aware of fraudulent SMS and calls. The request comes after a customer reported about the receipt of SMS fraud in social media. The message reads ‘Dear Customers you have win 25,000,00 lakhs from Ncell. Congratulations to you and your family if you want to receive this prize please contact …

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Afnai Dhun: Ncell PRBT change tone into tune

Often we all listen to irritating tones while calling someone and cannot avoid listening to those tones until someone picks call at another end. For those who care about their caller Nepal Telecom and Ncell two major mobile service provider offering ringback tone service to change the monotonous ringback tones into melodious tunes. Either you user Ncell’s Personal Ring Back …

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UTL receives basic telephone service license

United Telecom Limited (UTL) has received a unified license (also known as basic telephone service license) from NTA (Nepal Telecommunication Authority), which allows it to expand GSM mobile services nationwide. UTL has been awarded the basic telephone service license after it cleared all its outstanding dues. The government had introduced the provision of unified license publishing a notice in 2012 …

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Ncell’s new logo unveiled officially

Pledges to provide affordable and innovative service to its customers Ncell has unveiled its new brand logo officially in a programme on Tuesday. Managing Director of Ncell, Simon Perkins together with Axiata Regional Chief Executive Officer for South Asia, Dr Hans Wijayasuriya unveiled the new brand logo of Ncell in a programme attended by customers, representatives from private sectors, foreign missions and …

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Ncell unveils new brand logo

Pledges to invest Rs 70bn in 2 years After four months of acquisition of Ncell by Axiata from Teliasonera, Axiata has unveiled new brand logo of Ncell. Axiata is the sole investor in Reynolds Holdings, which holds 80% shares of Ncell. It had acquired shares for Rs 109.86 billion in the last April. ‘The rebranding of Ncell marks the beginning …

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Night call offer: the delight that comes with the night

Telecom service providers have introduced various schemes in view of requirements of customers. A launch of various schemes indicates that they truly value their customers’ needs and service improvements. Night Call offer is one of the various schemes. Customers can make calls at low rates with this offer after 10 pm.   Under Nepal Telecom Network CDMA prepaid users can …

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Construction of Ncell supported dialysis center completes

Construction of Day Care Dialysis Centre supported by Ncell at Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) has been completed. This has enabled the hospital to enhance its capacity to operate health services for kidney patients. Ncell had provided the support to the hospital under its corporate social initiative ‘We Care’. Ncell in 2014 had provided financial support to the leading health …

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NT and Ncell apply for 4G service

State-owned Nepal Telecom and privately owned Ncell have applied for the launch of 4G service from the existing 1800 Mhz bandwidth. Ncell submitted the application seeking for permit for 4G service operation on Sunday while NT submitted on Monday. After the amendment of Radio Frequency Policy, Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has allowed to upgrade their services based on technology neutrality. …

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OTT providers are major threat to Mobile Network operators: Report

Alepo, a global provider of core network and IT solutions for communication service providers, recently released a research report titled 'Mobile Operator Survey: OTT Services Outlook in Asia-Pacific' highlighting the impact of OTT services on the business of Asia Pacific mobile network providers and their outlook for OTT partnerships.

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Nepal Telecom Comes Up With Festive Scheme

State owned telecom operator Nepal Telecom (NT) has come up with discount schemes on the occasion of biggest festivals of Hindus - Dashain, Tihar and Chhath. The festive schemes was delayed this year because of protest of engineers objecting appointment of a non-engineer Buddhi Prasad Acharya as NT Managing Director.

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NT Introduces Fibre To The Home Broadband Connection

Nepal Telecom (NT) has introduced Fibre To The Home next generation network based on optical fibre to provide customers with high-speed broadband Internet and other value added services.

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Ncell Brings Data Campaign for Non-Package Users

Good news for Ncell subscribers who don't prefer data packages. The new campaign can allow users to surf internet with less than 1 Rs per MB. Service named "SuperNet" seems to be the cheapest internet in which the data charge decreases with increase in the usage per month.

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Nepali Telecom Operators Spent Less Internet Bandwidth Fees

The internet bandwidth charge paid by nepali internet service providers declined by nearly 8% from last fiscal year. Though the customers count increased by over 30% in 2013/14, the internet bandwidth fee fell to NPR 2.39 billion from 2.59 last year.

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Ncell Extends ‘Call Ayo Paisa Payo’ Scheme

Ncell has relaunched the scheme of bonus while receiving international call for next 2 months starting from July 21st, 2014. Under the scheme, customers receiving int'l calls for more than one minute will receive bonus of Rs 3 per every minute.

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The worst telephone booths

Telephone booths in street reflects telephonic development and civilization of society. Telephone booths are as important part of daily needs, although mobile technology has changed the world scenario people and community are still using telephone booth,

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