KATHMANDU, APR 12, 2012
Customers of Nepal Telecom ( NT ) have been spending Rs 42 per month on average for internet service. According to the state-owned telecom giant’s financial report for fiscal 2011-12, its 2.07 million subscribers paid Rs 1.05 billion for use of its data service. A growing trend of surfing the internet using GPRS on mobile handsets and an increased number of ADSL subscribers have helped to boost NT ’s revenue from the data segment. Compared to the fiscal year 2010-11, its income from the data segment in the current fiscal year soared 41 percent.
During the last fiscal year, the company earned a total of Rs 32.80 billion from its various services. Its income from ADSL and GPRS services jumped 43.18 percent and 129.89 percent respectively. However, revenue from its CDMA and dial-up services recorded a double-digit plunge.
NT officials said the drop in income from dial-up service was to be expected as the technology is a decade old and new technology-based services and packages have become available. As for the decline of CDMA internet, officials said it was an impact of ADSL reaching all the districts in the country.
Meanwhile, the company has set a target to focus on expansion of broadband service based on GSM and CDMA technology from this fiscal year, with a view to making internet the main revenue source.
This year, it has launched WiMax wireless broadband service and also expanded CDMA technology-based EVDO data service. Currently, it provides six types of internet services—WiMax, ADSL, dial-up, CDMA wireless internet and GSM mobile internet (GPRS and 3G internet).
NT said that its revenue from data service would continue to increase due to the launching of WiMax service and Sky Pro-service which provides high speed internet access besides voice service. By 2015, the company aims to launch 4G service besides expanding 3G service which is currently limited to the Kathmandu valley and a few other cities.
Source: The Kathmandu Post
Customers of Nepal Telecom ( NT ) have been spending Rs 42 per month on average for internet service. According to the state-owned telecom giant’s financial report for fiscal 2011-12, its 2.07 million subscribers paid Rs 1.05 billion for use of its data service. A growing trend of surfing the internet using GPRS on mobile handsets and an increased number of ADSL subscribers have helped to boost NT ’s revenue from the data segment. Compared to the fiscal year 2010-11, its income from the data segment in the current fiscal year soared 41 percent.
During the last fiscal year, the company earned a total of Rs 32.80 billion from its various services. Its income from ADSL and GPRS services jumped 43.18 percent and 129.89 percent respectively. However, revenue from its CDMA and dial-up services recorded a double-digit plunge.
NT officials said the drop in income from dial-up service was to be expected as the technology is a decade old and new technology-based services and packages have become available. As for the decline of CDMA internet, officials said it was an impact of ADSL reaching all the districts in the country.
Meanwhile, the company has set a target to focus on expansion of broadband service based on GSM and CDMA technology from this fiscal year, with a view to making internet the main revenue source.
This year, it has launched WiMax wireless broadband service and also expanded CDMA technology-based EVDO data service. Currently, it provides six types of internet services—WiMax, ADSL, dial-up, CDMA wireless internet and GSM mobile internet (GPRS and 3G internet).
NT said that its revenue from data service would continue to increase due to the launching of WiMax service and Sky Pro-service which provides high speed internet access besides voice service. By 2015, the company aims to launch 4G service besides expanding 3G service which is currently limited to the Kathmandu valley and a few other cities.
Source: The Kathmandu Post
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