LATEST TELECOM
SCENARIO IN NEPAL
PUBLISHED BY: NEPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY
PRESENTED BY: SPARROW SMS
CONTENTS
o LATEST TELECOM PENETRATION SCENARIO
o HOW ARE PEOPLE CONNECTED?
o NEW SUBSCRIPTION
o NTC vs Ncell SUBSCRIPTION
o MARKET SHARE OF VOICE TELEPHONY
o INTERNET PENETRATION SCENARIO
o HOW DO PEOPLE CONNECT TO INTERNET?
o CONCLUSION
LATEST TELECOM PENETRATION
RATE
Penetration Rate (% ofpopulation)
93.69
Total Population of Nepal: 26.5 million
People Connected by Telephones: 24.82 million
93.69%
HOW ARE PEOPLE
CONNECTED?
Mobile
Fixed
Limited Mobility Devices
84.03%
3.13%6.53%
* Of the 93.69%
CHANGES FROM THE
PREVIOUS MONTHJULY-AUG JUN-JUL NEW
SUBSCRIBERS
Mobile 84.03% 83.23% 211,956
Fixed 3.13% 3.13% -
Limited
Mobility
6.53% 6.32% 55,638
TOTAL SUBSCRIPTION –
GSM and DATA
Ncell
3.99
million
NTC
9.18
million
Ncell
11.97
million
NTC
4.52
million
VOICE TELEPHONY MARKET
SHARE
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
45%
48%
4% 1 % 2%
INTERNET PENETRATION
SCENARIO
Dialup
Wireless Modem
Cable Modem
ADSL
GPRS, EDGE
CDMA,EVDO
WiMax*
95%
Of the 33.76%
2%
0.16% 1.28%
0.35%0.72%0.11%*
INTERNET PENETRATION: 33.76%
INTERNET/DATA SERVICES
MARKET SHARE
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
1% 1%
OTHER ISP’S
53%
45%
CONCLUSIONo Penetration is on an increasing trend
o 267,000 more subscribers in just one month!
o NTC has done well marginally (Managed to increase its market share by 1%)
o Ncell is still the market leader in voice telephony, but NTC has more data service users
CONCLUSION
o However, many SIM cards are still inactive. Hence, 93.69% may not indicate actual penetration
o The study also uses same population figure for all months
o And there are many people who have access to different forms of internet services all at once –Hence, actual internet penetration rate may be different