Customer Satisfaction of Nepal Telecom
Customer Satisfaction of Nepal Telecom
Customer Satisfaction of Nepal Telecom
By
Karina Thapa
At the
Pokhara University
Nepal Telecom is the key market player as it holds about 60.30% of total no.
mobile phones and 91% of total no of fixed telephones. (NTC-MIS-2067, Aswin).
It has 221 Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) exchanges in 27 districts and
has covered all 2915 VDC With basic Telephone service. It offers various products
like mobile telephone, internet, ISDN, PSTN, Leased line, CDMA phone, sky data
card, etc. It has also started SIP telephony service for the Nepalese lying beyond
the country to call Nepal from round the world in its own tariff through internet.
To fulfill the ever growing demands and to browse and access the web pages like
video based programs ( Live TV browsing) NT installed WCDMA based 3G
system which offers 384 kbps of downloading and 64kbps of uploading data speed.
Nepal Telecom launched the 4G WiMAX IEEE 802.16e service first time in
Nepal. This service is available throughout the country. WiMAX enables
broadband wireless anytime; anywhere using any WiMAX enabled devices,
whether it is a laptop, desktop modem, digital phone or even a game device. Post-
paid and Pre-Paid service is the service where a GSM user can switch into a
prepaid and postpaid tariff. GPRS (General packet radio service) is the mobile
internet service provided by NTC and is most famous amongst the users. It is the
cheapest internet charge amongst the service providers. It has also added Top Up
services where NTC user can do recharge through online. Nepal Telecom has been
recognizing itself as the largest tax payer to the government and has been leading
the nation by revenue. The organization is working for the social service and has
been continuing the joint venture with the traffic police and working for the
awareness in the road accidents and helping the needy during the natural calamities
.Nepal Telecom collects revenue in billions every year. The goal of Nepal telecom
is to provide cost-effective telecommunication services to every corner of the
country.