Ncell, a TeliaSonera company, has been so successful in the few short years (about 6 years) since it bought Mero Nepal that it prompted the Nepal Telecom Authority (NTA) to issue a 3rd GSM license. Reason given is the incumbent, Nepal Telecom (NT), is unable to compete with Ncell anymore. Ncell has exceed 6 million subscribers base a few months ago. Rarely do you see an incumbent so beaten up by the newcomer. If this keeps going, not sure what will become of NT. However, NT still has its strength as it still remain the only one that owns the most cables in the cities.
Looking at the topology of Nepal gives you an idea the kind of the challenges they faced. It is a landlocked country sharing borders with China and India so there's no subsea cables. The only way to get out would be India and China. The only choice from India so far should be Bharti Airtel, Tata or Reliance. As for China, perhaps only China Telecom. China Unicom may not even be anywhere near Nepal. Both countries are not exactly that open when it comes to Telecommunications. This will make internet and voice traffic rather expensive as the infrastructure going in and out of the country is still prohibitively expensive.
Regardless, Ncell has overtaken NT in Apr 2012 as the Number 1 in Nepal. Ncell is also the largest foreign investment in Nepal and has become one of the more admired and coolest company to work for. By the way, they say you can even check your email at the Mount Everest base camp. Of course, only with Ncell.
Great job Ncell!!
Looking at the topology of Nepal gives you an idea the kind of the challenges they faced. It is a landlocked country sharing borders with China and India so there's no subsea cables. The only way to get out would be India and China. The only choice from India so far should be Bharti Airtel, Tata or Reliance. As for China, perhaps only China Telecom. China Unicom may not even be anywhere near Nepal. Both countries are not exactly that open when it comes to Telecommunications. This will make internet and voice traffic rather expensive as the infrastructure going in and out of the country is still prohibitively expensive.
Regardless, Ncell has overtaken NT in Apr 2012 as the Number 1 in Nepal. Ncell is also the largest foreign investment in Nepal and has become one of the more admired and coolest company to work for. By the way, they say you can even check your email at the Mount Everest base camp. Of course, only with Ncell.
Great job Ncell!!
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