Internet at its beginning

First, thanks to all for your interest, comments and ideas about mobile data and internet. Proir to the days when we announced the new brand of Ncell our company went dedicated in to the internet business. Considering all your comments - in this blog, Facebook, emails - it is clear that we are many enthusiasts sharing the same dedication. That is a pleasure!

As a mobile operator we offer internet services through 3G. This is short for 3rd Generation, a GSM wireless technology suitable for internet services, from data card or mobile phone. With our current add-on technology HSDPA, our subscribers can enjoy up to 3.6 mega bit speed when online. Next level of technology, HSPA is another add-on which will extend speed further. And when we are allowed from regulator, we are ready to start with LTE, Long Term Evolution technology, which will provide internet access up to amazing 100 mega bit! Our parent company, TeliaSonera, were the first in the world to launch LTE - and I will be exited to start this project in Nepal.

But as all other technologies 3G also has its limitations. If you are far from the site, behind a big building, or if there is many simultanious mobile users in your proximity, you will share the same capacity and experience lower coverage and speed. This is of course a natural consequense of using a service while you can move around and which is not on a dedicated line. We continue to optimize, but it is clear that the success we have created in Nepal is not lacking behind comparing to other countries.

We receive many positive encouragements from our subscribers to extend 3G to their place of living, working or studying. Only few days back I received an email from a student in Chitwan. He asked Ncell to extend 3G to his college, because the fixed line internet there is not meeting the need from him or his 700 fellow students.

To him and others: I can promise we are dedicated. Our 3G coverage - more sites, increase in speed, capacity and quality - will continue. In only one year we have expanded our 3G network to 15 locatons in Nepal, and now having almost 1.8 million data users per month as latest NTA report shows. An incredible acheivement in such short time!

This successfull acheivement is shared with you, our subscribers, and the success can only continue if Ncell and our subscribers join hands. Investing in 3G, HSDPA, LTE, etc is expensive. We have rolled out faster than any other operator I know or have worked with - simply because you, our subscribers, requested for the service and have been willing to pay for your usage. Thus, as Pasi has previously mentioned in this blog, it is not within our plans to offer unlimited services, nor can I add, to offer the chapest internet in Nepal.

Our focus ahead is to offer the best internet in Nepal. Packages, suitable for mobile phones and laptop internet, allowing you to choose according to your need. We continuesly try to optimize our products and services - making new packages and adjusting existing ones. This way we will offer you the flexibility to make the choice how your internet package should be combined. This work is a stepwise process, but we have already started, and are looking forward offering you more.

Looking back we have already launched our mobile portal at wap.ncell.com.np, Ncell Connect – the best internet service in Nepal, mega byte packages for mobiles and data cards.

With that, I look forward to many years of growing connectivity in Nepal.

Best regards,

Rasmus Nissen

Head of Product Management

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