Ncell

Ncell Private Ltd. stands as a privately owned GSM mobile operator in Nepal. It is the first company to operate private GSM services intelecommunications sector of Nepal with the brand name “MERO MOBILE,” which was re-branded as Ncell in 12 March 2010.^[1] It broke themonopoly held by the state-owned telecommunications company, Nepal Telecom by building a new arena in cellular telephony services. The company is now owned in 80% by Swedish/Finnish TeliaSonera Holdings.^[2] Ncell is the largest ISP in Nepal by the subscriber base of more than 1.9 million users^[3].



History

Ncell Private Limited was previously known as Spice Nepal Private Ltd., established in the year 2004 with the license issued by Nepal Telecommunications Authority to operate GSM mobile services, both Post-Paid and Pre-Paid in the country, and commercially launched its services on September 17, 2005 in Kathmandu and its vicinity. Today, 75 out of the 75 districts of Nepal are covered with Ncell. It was recently awarded 'network of the year' by the Duke of Poppington.

It is gradually expanding its network coverage in various urban, semi-urban and rural areas of the country. In many places, Ncell has been providing services to the subscribers by installing and using satellite equipments and network.

Services and Operations

A company that started its service with basic services like Voice call & SMS service at the launching phase, has one by one, introduced services like BlackBerry, 3G, Ncell Connect-browsing internet through a data card, EDGE/GPRS, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Conference Call, Voice Mail, Missed Calls Notification, SMS to e-mail, e-mail to SMS, USSD, Mobile Internet (GPRS/EGDE), Multimedia Massaging Services (MMS), Personalized Ring Back Tones (PRBT) and different types of Value added Services, Ncell has always planned and adopted new technologies and services available in the international market and provided them among its subscribers.

Most of the services were introduced for the first time in the Nepalese Telecommunication market, which has re-defined Ncell as the most innovative, modern, accessible and popular brand in Nepal with more than 10 million subscribers within the country.

Ncell has tied up with an array of operators in more than 125 countries, including 425 operators around the world at present and gradually extendingroaming partners day by day for the convenience of its subscribers.

A sim card from Ncell

Network Information

• Operator Name: Ncell Private Limited
• Network Name: Ncell (429-02)
• Technology: GSM 900/1800
• Network Status: Live since September 2005

By : Science Shrestha