Ncell

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Ncell Telecommunications
Private
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 2004
Headquarters Nakkhu, Lalitpur, Nepal
Area served
 Nepal
Products Cellular network, broadband
Increase NPR 91.195 billion (2014)[1]
Increase NPR 41.932 billion (2014)[1]
Total assets Increase NPR 500.324 billion (2014)[1]
Total equity Increase NPR 300.586 billion (2014)[1]
Number of employees
 500 (2013)[2]
Parent Axiata
Slogan Ncell ... Here for Nepal
Website www.ncell.com.np

Ncell is a privately owned mobile network operator in Nepal. Ncell was the first private company to operate public GSM services in Nepal, initially under Mero Mobile brand, re-branded to Ncell on 12 March 2010.[3] It broke the monopoly held by the then state-owned, now public telecommunication company Nepal Telecom.

The company was owned in 80% by Swedish/Finnish TeliaSonera Holdings.[4] Ncell is the largest ISP in Nepal with a subscriber base of more than 1.9 million users.[5] Ncell had 10 million mobile subscribers in early 2013.[6]

On 21 December 2015 TeliaSonera accounced plans to sell its 60.4% ownership in Ncell to a Malaysian telecommunication conglomerate Axiata, with the deal expected to be completed in the first half of 2016.[7]

Ncell provides free access to Twitter and Wikipedia to its subscribers with the partnership of Twitter and the Wikimedia Foundation respectively.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Nepal Telecom - 8th Anniversary Souvenir
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