TELECOM SCENARIO
IN NEPAL
Source : Nepal Telecom Authority
As of February, 2014
1948
Establishment of MOHAN AKASHB
ANI
1959
Establishment
of Telecommunication Department
1969Telecommunication Department
converted into Telecommunications Development Board
1975Establishment
of Nepal Telecommunications Corporation
2003Establishment
of United Teleco
m Limited breaking the
monopoly of Nepal Telecommunications Corporation
2004
• Nepal Telecommunication Corporation transformed to public limited Company
• Spice Nepal Pvt. Ltd. started the operation of Mero Mobile, first private GSM Operator in Nepal
TELECOM HISTORY OF NEPAL
TELECOM PENETRATION
TOTAL POPULATION OF NEPAL: 26,494,504 TOTAL NO. OF TELEPHONE USERS: 23,006,799
TOTAL TELECOM PENETRATION:
86.82%
76.8%
3.21%6.81%
MobileFixed LandlineOthers
86.82% Tel Users 76.8% of Tel
Users are Mobile
PENETRATION RATIO
NCELL
NTC
UTL
SMART TEL
OTHERS
48%
44%
3%
4%
1%
MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR PLAYERS
Baisak
hJesth
aAsh
ad
Shraw
an
Bhadra
Ashwin
Kartik
Mangsi
ePau
shMag
h0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
SMART TELNCELLUTLNTC
NCell tops the chart
SUBSCRIBERS IN LAST 10 MONTH
GPRS 7,681,392
CDMA 235,838
ADSL 119,285
Wireless 63,107
Cable modem 24,909
WiMax 7,446
30.70%
HOW DO PEOPLE CONNECT TO INTERNET?
Internet users in Nepal
Dialup
Wireless
modem, Optica
l fiber
ADSLGPRS
CDMA
Cable Internet
WiM
ax
0500000
1000000150000020000002500000300000035000004000000
NTCNCELLUTLISPs
WHO PROVIDES INTERNET?
NTC NCELL UTL ISPs0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
50% 48%
1% 1%
DATA CONNECTIVITY MARKET SHARE
Last Year This Year0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
3.19% 3.21%
73.23% 76.8%
27.18% 30.70%
Fixed LineMobile LineInternet
INCREASE IN PENETRATION RATE
• Use of telecommunication and internet is increasing rapidly.
• The number of mobile users is increasing at decreasing rate.
• People are getting more ways for internet access.
CONCLUSION
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