Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), the telecom regulatory body, has recommended to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) to allow basic wireless communication systems with limited mobility to go fully mobile.
An NTA press release states that the body has decided to convert the limited mobility services based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology to full mobility considering the multi service environment telecom policy 2060. It further states that NTA has decided to adopt the Unified Licensing system of neighboring India.
According to the recommended provision, the state owned telecommunications service provider Nepal Telecom (NT) and the joint venture United Telecom Limited (UTL) will be able to operate their CDMA based phones like mobile phones. The wireless CDMA technology is a cheaper and more effective solution than other telecommunication systems being used, especially for the rural parts of Nepal.
Although these companies are already technically capable of operating this cheaper system all over the country, they had not been given permission from the state.
The workers of NT have also been organizing sit-ins in different parts of the country as well as the Information and Communication Ministry and Finance Ministry to pressurize for this permission.
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