Mobile and Internet Penetration rate of Nepal's Telecom as per the report of NTA published on November.

1. Source : Nepal Telecom Authority
As of November, 2013

2. 1948
1959
1969
1975
2003
2004
Establishment
of MOHAN
AKASHBANI
Establishme
nt of
Telecommun
ication
Department
Telecommun
ication
Department
converted
into
Telecommun
ications
Developmen
t Board
Establishme
nt of Nepal
Telecommun
ications
Corporation
Establishme
nt of United
Telecom
Limited
breaking the
monopoly of
Nepal
Telecommun
ications
Corporation
• Nepal
Telecommunication
Corporation
transformed to
public limited
Company
• Spice Nepal Pvt. Ltd.
started the
operation of Mero
Mobile, first private
GSM Operator in
Nepal

3. TELECOM PENETRATION
TOTAL POPULATION OF NEPAL: 26,494,504
TOTAL NO. OF TELEPHONE USERS: 21,859,649
TOTAL TELECOM PENETRATION:

4. PENETRATION RATIO
6.07%
3.19%
Mobile
Fixed Landline
Others
73.23%
80.51% Tel
Users
71.46% of Tel
Users are Mobile

5. MARKET SHARE OF MAJOR PLAYERS
OTHERS
SMART TEL
UTL
NTC
NCELL
1%
4%
3%
43%
49%

6. SUBSCRIBERS IN LAST ONE YEAR
25,000,000
NCell tops
the chart
20,000,000
15,000,000
SMART TEL
10,000,000
5,000,000
0
NCELL
UTL
NTC

7. HOW DO PEOPLE CONNECT TO INTERNET?
GPRS 6,752,222
CDMA 234,724
ADSL:116,990
Wireless:
61,207
Cable
modem:
17,815
WiMax:
3,689
Internet users in Nepal

8. WHO PROVIDES INTERNET?
4000000
2000000
0
NTC
NCELL
UTL
ISPs

9. DATA CONNECTIVITY MARKET SHARE
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
48%
49%
10%
2%
1%
UTL
ISPs
0%
NTC
NCELL

10. INCREASE IN PENETRATION RATE
Penetration Rate
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
Fixed Line
Mobile Line
Internet
Last Year
This Year
3.15%
58.70%
19.32%
3.19%
73.23%
27.18%

11. CONCLUSION
• Use of telecommunication and internet is
increasing rapidly.
• The competition between major giants of
telecommunication is getting more fierce.
• People are getting more ways for internet
access.

12. THANK YOU !!