Finally Nepal Telecom (NT) has slashed some of the subscription charges and calling rates on its major services including 3G, GSM, CDMA and PSTN International (ISDN) calling rates. However, the lowered rates are not much likely what the subscribers expected from the country’s largest telecommunication company.
It took Telecom a six-month period to lower the charges, due to government formalities. The table below shows the newer charge rates with Nepal Telecom 3G services.
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Before slashes |
Present prices |
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Initial subscription charge |
NRs 4,130 |
NRs 2,130 > credit amount NRs 1,000 > first 100 MB data FREE |
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Video calling: NRs 5 |
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Initial subscription charge |
NRs 2,500 |
NRs 1,500 > credit amount NRs 1,000 (talk time) |
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Video calling: NRs 6.20 |
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Total capacity: 1,75,000 lines For Kathmandu: 1,00,000 lines 3G Towers (BTS): 64 running, 76 under construction Total users: 1,048 (3G Postpaid), 877 (3G Prepaid) |
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Effective from Jestha 10, 2067 (May 24, 2010)
International calling tariff (dial 1424) at just NRs 4/min (exclusive of taxes): India, China, USA, Canada, Hongkong, Thailand, Singapore NRs 6/min for Malaysia, S Korea, Makau
SIP phone :Nepal Telecom is planning to bring SIP (Session Initiation
Protocol) phone which will work as Net Phone at much cheaper rates than present
rates. Many cyber cafes and other ISPs are now running such SIP phones (NetPhones)
at much cheaper price.
ADSL Volume based: Onward Jestha 16, 2067 (May 30, 2010) Telecom is planning for
volume based ADSL package in two schemes – right now ADSL is unlimited in data plan.
Bandwidth of 512 Kbps, Data volume of 2 GB : NRs 660
Bandwidth of 512 Kbps, Data volume of 10 GB : NRs 1,970
However, this volume based price of ADSL is still more as compared to present unlimited data plan. Also Telecom’s ADSL is just name shake thing in many cities; even in Kathmandu many users have complains including us.
Meanwhile, NCell has also lowered tariff for India, USA, Baharaia, China, Hong Kong and additional five countries to Rs 6 from May 18.
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