TELECOM SCENARIO

IN NEPAL

Source : Nepal Telecom Authority

As of November 15, 2013

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: 22,260,357

TOTAL TELECOM PENETRATION:

84%

74.33%

3.2%6.47%

MobileFixed LandlineOthers

84% Tel Users 74.33% of Tel

Users are Mobile

PENETRATION RATIO

NCELL

NTC

UTL

SMART TEL

OTHERS

49%

43%

3%

4%

1%

MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR PLAYERS

Mangsi

rPoush

Magh

Falgu

n

Chaitra

Baisak

hJesth

aAsh

ad

Shraw

an

Bhadra

Ashwin

0

5000000

10000000

15000000

20000000

25000000

SMART TELNCELLUTLNTC

NCell tops the chart

SUBSCRIBERS IN LAST ONE YEAR

GPRS 7,222,210

CDMA 235,838

ADSL 106,970

Wireless: 61,204

Cable modem: 17,815

WiMax: 5382

28.92%

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%

48% 50%

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%Pe

netr

ation

Rat

e

INCREASE IN PENETRATION RATE

• Use of telecommunication and internet is increasing rapidly.

• The competition between major giants of telecommunication is getting more fierce.

• People are getting more ways for internet access.

CONCLUSION

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