KATHMANDU, Sept 24: In celebration of its 18th anniversary, Ncell Axiata Limited has joined hands with the Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) to embark on a mission to enhance the greenery of the Kathmandu Valley. Under this collaborative effort, Ncell helped in planting over 200 trees along the Bagmati Corridor in Ward 1 of LMC.

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Ncell celebrated a remarkable 18-year journey of transforming lives and communities through connectivity and its telecommunications services in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Ncell, a leading private telecommunication service provider of Nepal, has reportedly agreed to support the government's efforts to access highly confidential data of citizens in the name of controlling crime through new provisions.

KATHMANDU, July 13: After the revocation of Smart Telecom's license, the anticipated tender process for its asset management and license sale has hit a roadblock. Despite the government taking ownership of Smart Telecom and initiating a global tender process for its license sale, the process is yet to commence. The asset management committee, headed by Gokarna Mani Sitaula, a member of the board of directors of Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), had intended to call for the tender. However, sources within the NTA indicate that the process remains stagnant.

KATHMANDU, June 14: A cabinet meeting held on Tuesday decided to extend thanks to all those who made efforts from the Nepal side in a case filed at the international commission regarding Ncell case.

KATHMANDU, June 11: The government has won the case against Axiata Group, the parent company of Ncell, in the dispute over the settlement of the capital gains tax.

KATHMANDU, May 18: Global Shapers Community Kathmandu in collaboration with Ncell Axiata Limited (Ncell) will be hosting SHAPE South Asia at Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur from Friday.

KATHMANDU, April 22:The license revocation process of Smart Telecom, initiated by the Nepal Telecommunication Authority, has been stalled for some time. The process has been stalled after the Patan High Court issued a short-term interim order not to implement the decision to cancel the license of Smart Telecom.

KATHMANDU, April 17: While the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) has advanced the process of asset management to take ownership of Smart Telecom Company by the government, Ncell has prepared to buy it at the price of scrap value. After the government took ownership of Smart and started the auction process, Ncell started the bid to extend its service period by participating in it. It is said that Ncell is in the strategy of buying the telecommunication service provider company Smart Telecom Company and not transferring ownership to the government by extending its deadline.

KATHMANDU,  April  7:  The proposed amendments to the Telecommunications Act 2053 have met with significant resistance from employees. During internal discussions held within the Ministry of Information and Communication over the past few days, employees expressed vehement opposition, arguing that the draft bill would not serve the best interests of the nation.

KATHMANDU, April 1: The draft bill to amend the Telecommunications Act has removed the provision that Ncell will be owned by the Government of Nepal in 2029. The provision in sub-section 1 of section 25 of the Act has been deleted in the draft bill. Section 25 of the existing Act mentions the period and renewal of the permit. In sub-section 1 of the same section, the period of the permit is said to be 25 years at most.

KATHMANDU, March 31: A private sector telecommunication service provider, Ncell, which should supposedly come under the government’s ownership after 2029 as per the existing laws, will not come under the ownership of the government as manipulations are being made in the draft bill being introduced to bring amendment to the existing Telecommunication Act, 1997.

The move by the government to expedite the process of introducing new telecommunication laws with controversial provisions that seek to benefit cellphone giant Ncell has raised concerns. It appears that Ncell is trying to manipulate the existing law, and the government seems to be more than willing to help it do so.

The 25-year license period that Ncell obtained on September 1, 2004, is expiring in September 2029. As per the existing Telecommunication Act, 1997, after the expiry of the license period, Ncell will come under the ownership of Nepal government if it chooses not to limit its foreign ownership to less than 50 percent.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Ncell has said that its network has experienced disturbance on Thursday due to multiple optical fiber links breakage in Butwal-Bardaghat and Damuali-Abhukhaireni areas as a result of ongoing road expansion works.

KATHMANDU, Sept 1: Ncell Axiata Limited has received Nepal’s Fastest Mobile Network Award for January-June 2022 from Ookla®, the global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence.

KATHMANDU, August 8: Ncell Axiata Limited on Sunday announced the relaunching of its ‘Sahi Yo’. The feature of this pack is Free access to Instagram, My5 Service, and various digital services

KATHMANDU, July 6: Ncell Axiata Limited has inaugurated the Ring Road’s Green Belt on Tuesday which is built and maintained by the company as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.

KATHMANDU, March 16: Ncell Axiata Limited has launched new data packs under Gajjabko Daily GB Packs, on the occasion of Holi, making data service affordable for its customers. The company has also increased data volume in existing data packs under the daily GB data packs.

KATHMANDU, Decc 16: Ncell Axiata Limited has launched an advance prepaid plan ‘Ncell Bizlite’ in which subscribers can easily avail services without any monthly fee commitments. Now, small businesses can now reap benefits from an attractive scheme focused on their communication requirements, according to the company.

KATHMANDU, Oct 2: Ncell Axiata Limited (previously Ncell Private Limited) has launched an attractive free SIM scheme bundled with attractive offers, focusing on senior citizens.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: Ncell Axiata Limited has won awards at the Global Business Outlook (GBO) Awards 2021. Ncell has been recognized as the ‘Most Socially Responsible Telecom Company’ in the telecommunications category, and its CEO Andy Chong has been named the ‘Telecom CEO of the Year’ under the leadership category of the GBO Awards.

KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Ncell Axiata Limited launched a new thematic campaign “DataSadhaiOn” on Monday, focusing on the expansion of the 4G services in the country. The campaign aims to provide services and offers at affordable rates to its customers, ensuring that they are connected digitally all the time.

KATHMANDU, August 26: Vianet, an internet service provider, has launched the Purple Pack Offer in collaboration with Ncell. The Purple Pack offers 80 Mbps Internet along with ViaTV and a free Ncell sim card that comes with 4GB mobile data every month for a year.

KATHMANDU, June 9: Ncell Axiata Limited has revised International Call Distance (ILD) call rates to 19 countries effective from Friday (June 4).

KATHMANDU, June 5: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Ncell Axiata Limited have entered into a partnership to promote sustainable development solutions, including through promotion of cycling for healthy lives and cities in Nepal. UNDP Resident Representative Ayshanie Medagangoda Labe and Ncell CEO Andy Chong signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) virtually to this effect on June 4.

KATHMANDU, May 23: Chief Executive Officer of Ncell Axiata Limited, Andy Chong has handed over 150 units of oxygen concentrators to Chief Specialist Mahendra Prasad Shrestha of the Ministry of Health and Population to ease the treatment of patients in district hospitals.

KATHMANDU, May 21: Ncell Axiata Limited on Friday handed the first batch of over 150 oxygen concentrators to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), extending its support to the government to mitigate the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

KATHMANDU, April 26: Ncell Axiata Limited as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative has taken up the responsibility for building and maintaining of iconic Lainchaur ground at the heart of the city. With the aim to greatly benefit the people of Kathmandu, the building of the iconic Lainchaur Green Park will contribute to the making of a clean, green, and healthy city.

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: Ncell prepaid customers in Nepal can now make calls to any Indian number at more affordable rates.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Cellphone giant Ncell has launched the ‘Kurai Kurama Upahar’ festive offer for voice service users for Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: Ncell customers can now take benefit of access to data service at a more affordable rate from the main balance without any fear of high charges, the company said on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Ncell has converted itself into a public company from a private limited company, indicating a plan of the mobile service provider to issue its share to the general public.

KATHMANDU, May 15: Targeting University Students willing to go for online learning, Ncell has brought forth a Mobile Class Data Pack in collaboration with Tribhuvan University (TU).

KATHMANDU, April 22: Ncell private limited has announced pay later offer on voice, data and SMS bundled pack during the lockdown period.

KATHMANDU, April 16: Ncell Private Limited has launched a self-assessment survey through Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) medium to support the Government to identify COVID-19 infected people.

KATHMANDU, April 14: On the occasion of Nepali New Year, Ncell has announced two special offers on Monday.

KATHMANDU, April 12:  Ncell, a privately owned telecommunication company, has cleared all its dues related to outstanding capital gain tax (CGT) on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, April 11: Ncell has initiated a credit facility for prepaid customers on data usage and SMS service during the lockdown imposed by the government to control the transmission of the deadly virus.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Ncell Private Limited has slashed internet price by 25 percent from April 2 in a bid to give relief to its customers amid the nationwide lockdown imposed by the Government of Nepal.

Kathmandu, Feb 20: Ncell Private Limited on Thursday handed over cash prizes to the monthly and weekly winners under its ‘RechargemaChamatkaar’ campaign.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Ncell Private Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and UNICEF is supporting the government for the National Measles Rubella (MR) Campaign 2020. The government aims to immunize over 3 million children across the country between the ages of 9 months to 5 years as a part of this much anticipated campaign.

KATHMANDU, Feb 3:  The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Sunday directed the government to recover long-standing capital gains tax (CGT) from Ncell before authorizing the private company to use additional frequency.

KATHMANDU, Dec 20: Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) on Wednesday selected Ncell to use residual frequency spectrum through auction, ending the long-running impasse.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has selected Ncell to use residual spectrum in 1800 MHz band on condition that it first settles outstanding capital gains tax (CGT) dues with the government.

KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Making public the full text of its judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday said Ncell, the private sector telecom service provider, has a remaining capital gains tax (CGT) liability of only Rs 21.10 billion.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: The Supreme Court said on Thursday that Ncell, a private telecom company, can pay only Rs 21.10 billion in capital gains tax against the Rs 39.06 billion determined by the Large Taxpayers' Office under the Nepal government.

KATHMANDU: Ncell has said that its customers can now enjoy data roaming at more affordable rate while traveling in 10 countries.

KATHMANDU, Sep 7: A parliamentary committee has decided to study all recent court decisions related to the controversial capital gains tax case to be paid by telecommunication company Ncell, following questions from various quarters after the judiciary invalidated the tax assessment by the Large Taxpayers Office (LTO) two weeks ago.

KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights have expressed its concerns over the Supreme Court’s decision on Ncell tax assessment.