ICT Development in Nepal

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ICT Development in Nepal

• Shiv Bhushan Lal
• Director
• Nepal Telecom
• Central Regional Directorate
• Birgunj

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ICT is changing the way of life

• The way we do business,
• (E-commerce, E-Procurement, Online banking)
• The way we communicate,
• (Mobile, SMS, MMS, 3G Video)
• The way government functions
• (E-Governance, Digital signature)
• The way we entertain
• (Online games, Internet,Chhating)
• The way we share information
• (Internet, Virtual library)
• The way services delivered
• (E-Health, E-Learning, Shopping, Online
  banking)

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Maitland report (missing link) 19851st to
Identify Digital Divide
Not all people were sharing the social and
economic benefits that telecommunication creates
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From Third World to First Lee Kuan Yew (Former
Prime minister of Singapore)
The new divide in the world will be between
those with the knowledge and those without. We
must learn and be part of the knowledge-based
world.
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Harsh Reality ICT in Nepal

• Information poor and information rich
  communities.
• Mismatched tele-density in urban and rural area.
• Local language on Internet
• Poor Access to information for rural people.
• Knowledge sharing is weak.

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Nepal Telecoms Infrastructure

• Number of telephone exchanges 236 1
• PSTN Subscribers 5,42,623
• CDMA subscribers 6,17,444
• GSM subscribers 20,74,677
• Total Internet Subscriber 10,651
• Total ADSL Subscriber 13,115
• Total PDSN Internet (CDMA) 29,422
• Total Internet Bandwidth(Intl GW) 625Mbps
• VSAT terminals 484
• VDC Covered by NT services 3209
• International circuits 3410
• Tele Density Total 12
• 
  Ref
  NTs MIS of Mangsir 2065

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Upcoming Technologies

• Next Generation Network (NGN)
• GSM 3G Services (800 Subcs. In Kathmandu)
• CDMA EVDO Services (IP CDMA)
• National IP Backbone STM 64
• ADSL service with Telephone/Internet/IPTV
• New Value added services
• Fiber link with China
• Internet Gateway STM 4
• SIP Phones
• Mobile Commerce

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Value added services

• PCC Prepaid Calling Card
• AFS Advance Free Phone Service (Toll Free Phone)
• HCD Home Country Direct
• PCL Prepaid Credit Limit
• UAN Universal Access Network
• Eg- IVR(interactive-voice-record)
• Notice Board, VMS, Quarry Bill etc.

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Mobile Users Rate

• Postpaid
• GSM / CDMA
• 6.00 AM to 8.00 AM Rs. 1.00/min
• 8.00 AM to 6.00 PM Rs. 1.60/min
• 10.00 PM to 6.00PM Rs. 0.75/min
• 6.00 PM to 10.00 PM Rs. 1.00/min
• Prepaid
• GSM
• 6.00 AM to 10.00 PM Rs. 2.00/min
• 10.00 PM to 6.00 AM Rs. 0.75/min
• CDMA
• 6.00 AM to 10.00 PM Rs. 1.80/min
• 10.00 PM to 6.00 AM Rs. 0.75/min
• SMS
• Rs. 0.50/sms

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New Charges in Landline

• No installation Charges for 2 months
• Charges for CID Rs. 200 (Prev. Rs. 500)
• Monthly Rental Charges Rs. 200 (175 calls free)
• 6.00 AM to 8.00 AM 1 call for 4 mins.
• 8.00 AM to 6.00 PM 1 call for 2 mins.
• 6.00 PM to 10.00 PM 1 call for 4 mins.
• 10.00 PM to 6.00 AM 1 call for 8 mins.

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Program of Nepal Telecom for F/Y 065/66

• PSTN 1,42,026 Lines
• NGN Based Switch 464,000 Lines
• ADSL Switch 62,946 Ports
• GSM 2.0M Lines out of 3.5 M
• GSM BTS 800 Nos.
• CDMA BTS 100 Nos.
• OPTICAL FIBER CABLE LAYING 400 km
• No of Exchanges 10 Nos.

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Birgunj Regional Directorate at A Glance

• Total Working Man Power 610
• Telephone Distribution
• Telephone Exchanges 36 1 37
• PSTN Telephone Lines 45657
• GSM Mobile Telephone 236586
• Post Paid 7125
• Prepaid 229461
• CDMA Telephone Lines
• C-Phone Post Paid 6953
• C-Phone Prepaid 20300
• SKY Phone 45219

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GSM BTS DETAILS (upto 600 K)
S/N District No of Existing BTS New Add. BTS in 600K
1 Chitwan 13 09
2. Makwanpur 05 04
3. Bara 04 03
4. Parsa 04 07
5. Rautahat 02 02
6 Dolkha 0 04
7 Ramechhap 0 04
8 Sindhuli 0 04
9 Dhanusha 03 05
10 Mahottari 01 02
11 Sarlahi 03 02
Total Total 35 46
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GSM BTS Summary (upto 600 K)

• Total Number of BTS 81
• Site Commenced 74
• Site Cancelled 6
• Equipment Shifted 1
• to MWD
• 81

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CDMA BTS DETAILS
S/N District No. of Existing BTS New Add. BTS in F/Y 065/066.
1 Chitwan 04 01
2. Makwanpur 03 03
3. Bara 03 03
4. Parsa 02 04
5. Rautahat 03 3
6 Dolkha 0 04
7 Ramechhap 0 04
8 Sindhuli 0 01
9 Dhanusha 02 04
10 Mahottari 02 03
11 Sarlahi 03 03
Total Total 22 25
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Summary of CDMA BTS

• Total Number of BTS 46
• BTS Commenced 30
• Equipments in Store 0

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CURRENT STATUS OF BTS (3.5m)
S/N District No. of BTS House Rent Completed 3 Phase Supply Remarks
1 Chitwan 13 12 12
2. Makwanpur 6 0 0
3. Bara 13 5 0 On Process
4. Parsa 16 8 3
5. Rautahat 8 5 3
6 Dolkha 3 0 0
7 Sindhuli 1 0 0
8 Dhanusha 29 7 0
9 Mahottari 9 4 0
10 Sarlahi 17 4 2
Total Total 115 45 20
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NTs Value Added Services

• Voice Mail for PSTN, GSM CDMA
• PDSN Packet Data for CDMA Customers
• Prepaid Calling Card
• Home Country Direct
• PSTN Bill Enquiry through IVR
• GSM Bill Enquiry through SMS
• GSM Bill payment through ATM, Banks and E-Bank
• Bills on Internet
• Web SMS
• Caller Ring back tone
• SMS Value Added Service (2626, 2323, 2722, 5151)

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Value Added Servicesin coming days

• National IP Backbone
• Virtual private networking
• ADSL based Internet and Telephone
• SMS Service between GSM CDMA
• CTD (Cell time Discount)
• LBS (Location Based Service)
• MVPN (Mobile Virtual Private Network)
• MMS (Multi Media Service) to all GSM Subscriber

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Services of NT
3G
ISD
PSTN
VMS
STD
Call Forwarding
Call Waiting
Caller ID
GPRS
PCL
GSM Mobile prepaid
GSM Mobile Postpaid
AFS
CDMA Fixed Prepaid
PSTN VMS
CDMA Fixed Postpaid
PCC
Pay Phone
CDMA VMS
CDMA Mobile Prepaid
Leased Lines
Night surfing Internet
Dial up Internet
SKYDATA
Email
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xDSL Technology

• Refers collectively to all types of digital
  subscriber lines
• Categories 2 main
• 1) Asymmetric DSL (ADSL) 
• 2) Symmetric DSL (SDSL)
• xDSL is technology backed by telephone companies
  to
• provide next generation high bandwidth
  services to the
• home using the existing telephone copper
  cabling
• infrastructure. 
• Promises bandwidths up to theoretically
  8.448Mbps.
• Data rates depends on Distance and line quality
  conditions.

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xDSL and PSTN

• POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
• Local Loop On Hook, Off Hook
• Dial Tone, Ringing tone
• Transmit receive sound signal
• (300Hz to 3.4Khz)

PSTN Exchange
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How xDSL works

• Utilise more bandwidth on copper (Frequency above
  3.4 Khz)
• Local Exchange is bypassed

End Devices
End Devices
Modem
PSTN Exchange
Modem
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ADSL
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Life is easy with NTs Internet Services
Collaboration
PC
Video
Phone
Whatever youre doing (applications)
Whatever youre using (devices)
Email
Web Apps

Wherever you are (across various access types)
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Mobile Broadband

• A mobile phone or cell phone is a longrang,
  portable electronic device used for mobile
  communication.
• In addition to the standard voice function of a
  telephone, current mobile phones can support many
  additional services such as SMS for text message,
  email, packet switching for access to the
  internet and MMS for sending and receiving photo
  and video.

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GPRS NETWORK
PSTN
GMSC
GGSN
Internet
PDN
AUC
HLR
VLR MSC
VLR MSC
SGSN
Gb
A
PCU
BSS
BSC
Note AUC Authentication Centre HLR
Home Location Registr. VLR Visitor
Location Reg.
Abis
BTS
BTS
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The Evolution of Messaging Service

• The roadmap of Messaging Service SMS-EMS-MMS

Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
Enhanced SMS (EMS)
Short Message Service (SMS)
Nice flower
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Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
The multimedia message service (MMS) is a
kind of new message service developed on the
basis of short message services. The contents of
multimedia messages include text, graph, image,
audio, video, etc.
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Application Mode of MMS
Mobile Network
SP
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• Thank you