NT subscribers exchanged 14m SMS on Friday

15, Apr 2012

As people widely exchanged New Year wishes through SMS (text messaging service), Nepal 
Telecom said it enjoyed record high volume of SMS business, which numbered at 14 million, on the 
Nepali New Year day on Friday. According to NT, its subscribers exchanged a total 
of 8 million SMSes on the eve of the New Year. "By 2 pm on the New Year day, 
14 million SMSes were exchange by our subscribers," said NT Spokesperson Surendra 
Prasad Thike. 

Given that the exchange of good wishes continues till late on the day, NT anticipates the
actual volume of SMS exchanged could be still higher. In a bid to facilitate the subscribers,
NT had halved the rate of each SMS to 50 paisa on Thursday and Friday. The rate was
exclusive of VAT and other service charges. 

Despite halving the rate, the turnover of NT from SMS crossed over Rs 11 million, excluding
 tax and other service charges, over the two days of New Year eve and New Year.

According to NT, its subscribers had exchanged 10 million SMSes on New Year day last year.
NT has been announcing cut in rates on occasions like New Year and Dashain festival in a bid
to encourage people to use the facility.