Nepal Telecom

{{short description|State owned telecommunication service provider in Nepal}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Nepal Telecom

| native_name = {{nowrap|नेपाल दूरसञ्चार कम्पनी लिमिटेड
(नेपाल टेलिकम)}}

| logo =

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| type = Public

| traded_as = {{NEPSE|NTC}}

| predecessor = Nepal Telecommunication Corporation

| products = Mobile Telephony, GSM, GPRS, 3G, 4G, Satellite transceivers

| founder = Iraquem Mudahar Investment Corp. & Intel (Nepalese Branch)

| area_served = Nepal

| key_people = * Radhika Aryal{{small|(Chairman)}} ex officio {{cite web|title=Secretary |url=https://mocit.gov.np/our-team-detail/541/|access-date=17 April 2022}}

• Sangeeta Pahadee Aryal{{cite web|title=Nepal Telecom Board of Directors|url=https://www.ntc.net.np/about-us/board-of-directors|access-date=17 April 2022}}

| industry = Telecommunications

| services = Fixed line and mobile telephony, broadband, IPTV and fixed-line internet services Internet SMS

| revenue = {{Nowrap|{{Increase}} NPR 343.447 billion (2016){{cite web|url=https://www.ntc.net.np/departments/cfo/finance-state/4th_quarterly_report_072-73-statement.pdf|title=Schedule-1, Unaudited Financial Results of Fourth Quarter of Financial Year 2072/73 (2015/16)|publisher=Finance Department, Nepal Telecom}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}}}

| operating_income = {{Increase}} NPR 343.447 billion (2016)

| net_income = {{Increase}} NPR 8.47 billion (2022)

| assets = {{Increase}} NPR 8115.289 billion (2016)

| equity = {{Increase}} NPR 485.460 billion (2016)

| num_employees = 5400 (F/Y 2073-74 BS; 2016-17 AD){{Cite web |url=https://www.ntc.net.np/media/company/reports/annualrep072-73.pdf |title=Ninth Annual Report, 2012/13 |access-date=2017-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901071205/https://www.ntc.net.np/media/company/reports/annualrep072-73.pdf |archive-date=2018-09-01 |url-status=dead }}

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| logo_caption = Nepal Telecom logo used since 2004

| foundation = {{start date and age|2004|April|13|p=y|df=y}}{{cite press release| title=Brief Introduction| url= https://www.ntc.net.np/companyInfo/ntBrief.php}}

| location_city = Bhadrakali Plaza, Kathmandu

| parent = Ministry of Communication and Information Technology & SKBD Inc.

| homepage = {{URL|ntc.net.np}}

}}

Nepal Doorsanchar Company Ltd. ({{langx|ne|नेपाल दूरसञ्चार कम्पनी लिममटेड}}), popularly known as Nepal Telecom ({{langx|ne|नेपाल टेलिकम|links=no}}) or NTC, is a state-owned telecommunications service provider in Nepal.[http://techsansar.com/telecom/telecom-companies-nepal-go-public/ All telecom companies in Nepal to be Public – NTA Cross Holding Study Reports]. Retrieved 22 January 2014. The company was a monopoly until 2003, when the first private sector operator, United Telecom Limited (UTL), started providing basic telephone services. The central office of Nepal Telecom is located at Bhadrakali Plaza, Kathmandu. It has branches, exchanges, and other offices in 184 locations within the country.

Nepal Telecom is the sole provider of fixed-line, ISDN, and leased-line services in Nepal. Following the entry of Ncell (formerly Mero Mobile) into Nepal's telecommunications industry in 2005, Nepal Telecom was no longer the exclusive provider of GSM mobile services. With more than 5,400 employees, it is one of the largest corporations in Nepal. The company operates 262 telephone exchanges nationwide, serving 603,291 PSTN lines, over 5 million GSM cellular phones, and more than a million CDMA lines as of July 2011.

As of 2019, Nepal Telecom had about 20 million users across its fixed landline, GSM mobile, CDMA, and internet services.{{cite web|url=https://nta.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/MIS-2076-Mangsir.pdf|title=Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited :: Nepal Telecom :: Homepage|access-date=17 November 2019|archive-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407045158/https://nta.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/MIS-2076-Mangsir.pdf|url-status=dead}} Nepal Telecom launched Nepal's first 4G LTE service on 1 January 2017, using a technology-neutral 1800 MHz frequency band available in all seven provinces.{{cite web|url=http://techsansar.com/tech-news/4g-lte-nepal-telecom/|title=4G LTE starts in Nepal from Nepal Telecom's Postpaid Service|publisher=TechSansar|ref=6|access-date=1 January 2017}} In July 2019, the company successfully tested VoLTE service, which became available to users starting 17 May 2021.{{Cite web|date=17 May 2021|title=What is VoLTE & how to activate VoLTE for Nepal Telecom mobile SIM|url=https://techsansar.com/telecom/volte-how-to-activate-volte-for-nepal-telecom/|access-date=17 May 2021|website=TechSansar.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.telecomkhabar.com/nepal-telecom-successfully-tested-volte-for-first-time-in-nepal/|title=Nepal Telecom successfully tested VoLTE for first time in Nepal|date=2019-07-15|website=Telecomkhabar|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717222136/https://www.telecomkhabar.com/nepal-telecom-successfully-tested-volte-for-first-time-in-nepal/|archive-date=2019-07-17|url-status=dead}} According to the Nepal Telecommunication Authority's MIS report in April 2019, Nepal Telecom had the highest number of cable internet subscribers (211,513) and controlled 84% of the cable internet market.{{Cite web|title=Total Internet subscribers in Nepal in 2019|url=https://www.telecomkhabar.com/2019/07/internet-subscribers-in-nepal-in-2019/|website=Telecomkhabar|date=7 July 2019 |language=en-US}} The company also provided WiMAX to roughly 88,000 subscribers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telecomkhabar.com/nt-wimax-where-did-nepal-telecom-failed/|title=NT WiMAX? Where did Nepal Telecom failed?|last=telecomkhabar|date=2019-07-25|website=Telecomkhabar|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725224346/https://www.telecomkhabar.com/nt-wimax-where-did-nepal-telecom-failed/|archive-date=2019-07-25|url-status=dead}}