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Monthly Archives: February, 2011

Nepal to host international canyoning event

Nepal will organise International Canyon Rendezvous-2011 for the first time in Asia and the Himalayas from 7 - 13 April 2011. “With consistent and hard...

Ncell BTS towers equipped with solar power

Ncell, the country’s largest private GSM mobile service provider, has started using solar power to operate its Base Transceiver Station (BTS) towers under its...

Telecom operators Quality of service ‘under scanner’

KATHMANDU: Unplanned service expansion, short-term profit taking mentality, regular power outage, bureaucratic hassels and nepotism is hurting the quality of service of telecom operators,...

Nepal Telecommunications Authority set to fix tariff for interconnection

Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) is set to fix tariff for interconnection service to international call termination. “The authority is planning to reduce the interconnection...

Ministry mulls to shift casinos out of the valley

The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) is studying possible ways to phaseout the casinos out of the Valley. “The ministry is forming a...

Government to open bid for biometric national ID cards in Nepal

The government is gearing up for a multimillion dollar international bidding for its ambitious project to distribute biometric national ID cards to citizens of...

Nokia and Microsoft join forces in smartphone war

Nokia and Microsoft teamed up on Friday to build an iPhone killer in a desperate attempt to take on Google and Apple in the...

YouTube rules the mobile net roost

YouTube video-sharing service is the most popular website among smartphone users, accounting for 17 per cent of mobile data traffic, according to a report...

NTA to construct an alternative information superhighway

Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has started District Optical Fibre Network Programme (DOFNP) aiming at connecting all districts headquarters through optical fibre network. The regulatory...

Nepal Telecom reduces tariff on most of its services

Nepal Telecom (NT) is all set to reduce the tariff of its all most all its services to be effective from February 13. We...

Nepal Telecom planning to launch WiFi service

Nepal Telecom (NT) is mulling to operate WiFi Internet service, according to NT sources. “We are seeking private sector partners to start the WiFi...