KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) has removed the provision ‘private sector telecommunication companies will come under the ownership of the Government of Nepal after 25 years' from the bill made to amend the Telecommunications Act. This draft has been sent back to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) with the aim of benefiting private-sector telecommunications service providers.

KATHMANDU, March 21: The government has drafted a bill to allow the recording of personal conversations on mobile phones. The bill prepared by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology for an amendment to the Telecommunications Act has such provision in sub-sections 1 and 2 of Section 77 of the draft.