Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Welcome to my Blog

After couple of years blogging to my friends and family about whereabouts in Korea, Cambodia and Nepal, I felt that I have to raise the bar. Social Media seems to become essential part of our daily lives in some form or another. I joined Facebook some seven years ago, it was then the best way to be in touch with my then teenage kids; they did not bother to reply my SMSs but were always alert on FB messages. LinkedIn is the other venue I have used to in order to be update on colleagues’ promotions, networks and sometimes have used it to offer a job.

What I like in blogging is the feeling of sharing. Sharing of thoughts, ideas, happenings or just expressing thoughts.  Funny, how writing can be used therapeutically if you cannot express yourself in the speaker’s corner of Hyde Park. The park is nowadays in internet.

In this particular blog, I aim to concentrate in mobile telephony, especially in Nepalese context. Welcome everybody to participate, although we cannot solve our customer complaints at this venue. For any issues concerning Ncell services of your personal subscriptions, please be in touch either Ncell Call Center at 9005 or please email info@ncell.com.np. This blog is for Voice of Customer: if you have a general issue on mobile telephony or Ncell Services, please drop a line. We do moderate the comments at least for a certain period of time to see how this works; when looking at the post at the FaceBook fun site of Ncell, I sometimes wonder why people post such ugly language or point out something generic without facts. So please, no “Ncell sucks” posts or "put tower in my village". Yes, you can help in coverage issues but please email to above email address with the exact location and describe the issue. We are Here for Nepal. And Timro Lagi too.

And last; please excuse me if everything is not grammatically correct. English is a foreign language to me and I will not control my writing too much: I once made a spell mistake in a presentation of a strategic plan and wrote pig picture instead of big picture which are both correct in a sense. Boy we had fun at the meeting. :)
 

42 comments:

  1. Ramesh ShresthaJune 29, 2011 9:16 PM

    Wow! It is so nice to know that you are into blogging now. I wish you all the best for happy blogging days ahead.

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  2. gaurav shrestha @F.B {frns frn}June 29, 2011 10:00 PM

    ya, ur incredible help iz making nepal our country developing .. such a technologi devlopmnt can onli devlop the nation as broadli what it wants..}}

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  3. Nice of you to start bloging, now we have a place to complain direct to the CEO

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  4. Expecting some words of your career and experiences in blog.

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  5. Prashant GhimireJune 29, 2011 10:20 PM

    This is a good beginning n best wishes to Mr. Koistinen for making this start. hoping to know more about Ncell and I think this will help make Ncell more transparent organization...

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  6. all the best sir !!
    Of course ncell rocks..but if the gprs rate is reduced that gonna be awesome..

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  7. Pramod ShresthaJune 29, 2011 10:30 PM

    Hyvä Pasi.

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  8. I'll be with Ncell for 2000 days this week and all I can say is i has given me mobility and freedom atleast in kathmandu and also to other parts wherever I went wherever the network was possible.

    I have stuck with Ncell as something new's happening all the time that keeps us engaged and makes us feel close to the telecom provider. It's been 2000 days and I bet many more days ahead !!

    Thanks Ncell

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  9. Great initiative! Congrats!

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  10. This is a sign of success!!! I really liked it. I respect the daring of the honorable CEO, who wanted to be with us, who wanted to listen our queries through blog. Wow!!! it's a great thing for me to post a comment for his blog. Thank you so much NCELL!!! We are with you. Go on with new concept and new interesting schemes.

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  11. It is always good to know people getting busy with their Social Media Activities for the business as well as personal purpose too. Since there is an increase of Internet users in Nepal I think your step for Blogging is really appreciated and good step in this techno friendly niche. Best Of Luck from My entire team people. Will be following your blog.

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  12. NICE.....best of luck.....WE need uncuttable connections....with affordable rates///thank you

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  13. Welcome Pasi, Ncell is already no.1 in mobile provider now you should focus on Internet provider as well ..PEACE

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  14. Nice to see you on blog.

    I've only two wishes with Ncell.

    1) Online recharge (with ebanking)
    2) Cheap volume based Internet with lifetime or long time validity

    Yes, I've said this to cool customer care representative few times @ 9005.

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  15. Ncell Connect is really an awesome service!!! as I am able to connect to the High Speed Internet connection (via HSDPA) in my Village! :)

    But Ncell must consider the tariff as well as it is quite high.

    Good Wishes 2 Ncell!

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  16. Welcome to u in blog. I have some suggestions as a long time customer of ncell. I don't like ur system of bringing anything conditional schemes which mostly uneducated ,villagers cann't know. All schemes have benifitted upper,middle class people. Don't u feel that large number of ur customers who are lower class are victimized by this strategy? Isn't it like exploit maximum from poor and provide cheap to rich? I hope ur organization take u-turn in terms of brining twisting,ambiguous and complicated schemes in a country like nepal. I hope u promote system like flat rate and distributing sim cheaply and eaisly.

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  17. This is an excellent initiative and I wish you success in meeting friends of Ncell, and others with interest in your business, through this blog, which I am sure will help make Ncell even better for its customers.

    Successful regards from Stockholm,

    LG Wallmark
    TeliaSonera

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  18. yap, good to see you on blog.... Now we can be more closer with you.. We really appreciate your work and hope to see a lot in up coming days.... :)

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  19. Ashish ShresthaJune 30, 2011 2:14 PM

    Definitely it's the best way to share feelings and thoughts and more importantly Voice of Customers!

    A great start indeed.

    We will be hoping to see more of the "educative" words from you, Sir.

    All the Best!

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  20. Well, the quality services provided by your company is really appreciable. I am the regular user of your service since 2007/6. In the very former period the Spice Nepal introduced the unlimited internet package. After some time it was closed. Don't know why? But i was always looking for the same thing. If possible, i will be looking for the same thing with reliable connection and bit high bandwidth.

    Good luck !

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  21. i m using ncell since 1624 days including 2day. bt nw the networks of ncell is goin good to bad. hope u will recover it so that ncell works out well for next century.

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  22. It is good to see your blog. It's definitely your dynamic leadership and clearn vision that NCELL became a No. 1 in telecom service in Nepal and we are really happy to get new features and services. I appreciate if you could consider on rates of Internet servie (N Connect).

    Hoping to get more features on cheaper rate without compromising quality.

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  23. Ncell Mobile service is excellent But the internet facilities provided is too expensive..
    The common people here, doesn't have enough money in their pocket to expense in your internet plan. So Internet plan should be revised..Thank you sir.

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  24. Start online prepaid balance recharging via netbanking or any other payment modes(esewa), reduce the mobile gprs package tariff and last but not the least double the present upload bandwith speed of ncell connect(download is awsome).

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  25. Start online prepaid mobile recharging, reduce the prepaid mobile gprs package rates and double the ncell connect upload speed( download speed is awsome).

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  26. तपाईंको नयाँ ब्लगको अग्रिम शुभकामना।

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  27. Nice to see you in blog. Hope you will always be here to respond your customers' quaries, comments, suggestions, complaints etc. posted through this blog.... And i must say thanks for providing quality of service..

    Thanks.
    Baral, Sarojpond your customers' quaries, comments, suggestions, complaints etc. posted through this blog.... And i must say thanks for providing quality of service..

    Thanks.
    Baral, Saroj

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  28. A great start indeed.it is good for communication field

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  29. पासी सर नमस्कार

    म एनसेलको सेवाप्रति अत्यन्तै आशावादी रहेको थिएँ। मेरो गाउँमा २ महिना अगाडीदेखि एनसेलले आफ्नो बि.टि.एस्.मार्फत सेवा सुरू गरेको थियो। यहाँ इन्टरनेट चलाउनका लागि मैले Ncell Connect पनि ल्याएँ। करीब करीब १ हप्ताजति यसले राम्रै काम ग-यो। तर केहि समयपश्चात Ncell को नेटवर्क Namaste Mobile को जति पनि प्रभावकारी भएको छैन। १ मिनेट नेटवर्क आउँछ भने १ दिनभन्दा पनि बढी समयको लागी नेटवर्क हुँदैन। मैले ४ पटकभन्दा पनि बढी 9005 मा फोन गरेर यो समस्या बताएको थिएँ तर समस्या जहिँको त्यहिँ छ। आज लगातार ५ दिन भैसक्यो नेटवर्क नभएको तर कुनै पनि सुधारको काम भएको छैन। मैले info@ncell.com.np मा समेत यो समस्या लेखेर पठाएको थिएँ तर अहिलेसम्म कुनै उत्तर प्राप्त भएन। यहा Ncell को नेटवर्क नभएकाले Namaste बाट फोन गर्न खोजे तर 9809005000 मा फोन गर्न सकिदैन भन्ने सन्देश सुनिन्छ। त्यसकारण यस ब्लगमार्फत हजुरसमक्ष यो समस्या राखेको छु।

    भवदिय
    सन्तु राजी(Santu Raji)
    Zone:- Bheri
    Dist:- Surkhet
    VDC:- Mehelkuna
    Mob Ncell: 9814559826
    Mob Namaste: 9848104587

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  30. welcome to blogging. you might as well want to communicate with the users on the blog.

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  31. good job ncell keep it up

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  32. Santu, hope you case is taken care of. Sorry! Roshan, Ncell offers only mobile internet: you can use it either with Ncell Connect data card or with your smart phone.
    Regards,

    Pasi from Ncell

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  33. For a country like Nepal, Ncell has given a wide platform and future of easy connection. Hope Ncell help build eco-friendly communication throughout globe and make Nepal, a country with industrial success.

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  34. Dear Bhagwan,
    mobile internet is using airwaves in the air it self and it is a limited way to transfer data compared to fibre optics. When 3G was introduced in Finland some ten years ago, the network was empty with no users (no handsets available). As soon as people noticed that there is unlimited data transfer available, they begun downloading movies from the internet by 3G. So, the network will get congested and our money is not enough to built enough capacity:)

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  35. Dear Suraj,

    having a 100% perfect network quality is very challenging and in Nepal even more difficult. We had up to 16 hours of power cuts and we try to optimize the usage of power at the base stations. Because of no grid power, we have to use both batteries and diesel generators to keep towers online. Sometimes there is just enough reserves and the tower goes off. Nowadays we have better power situation thanks to rain. But again, mud and water sometimes makes it impossible to enter the site and turn it on or make maintanence. Unfortunately, 95% of the quality issues is about not having power at the towers and we are sorry for this. But we will use more the Nepalese Sun and will increase solar sites, also reducing the emissions of DG.

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  36. A very commendable move from Ncell CEO. I hope it is well received and people maintain their honor here. I really believe that this is going to be a great way to solve many customer-provider issues. Good luck!

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  37. customercare staff dont have manners to talk with customer they talk so rudely with customer.customercare management should give them education to talk softly with cutomer.customer r god for every business organization as i think

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  38. Dear Anjali,

    thank you for your feed back and opportunity to improve our customer experience. Could you please email me your number you called from; we record our calls and can take corrective actions when necessary.

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  39. bring cheap and unlimited internet packages ..

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  40. dear CEO,sir
    i always have the bluff call from customer service number 9005 in time 11:30 and he use vulgar word to the number 9814126848

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  41. म एनसेलको सेवाप्रति अत्यन्तै सन्तुस्त छु !!!

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