Ncell
File:Ncell.svg | |
Private | |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 2004 |
Headquarters | Nakkhu, Lalitpur, Nepal |
Area served
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Nepal |
Products | Cellular network, broadband |
NPR 91.195 billion (2014)[1] | |
NPR 41.932 billion (2014)[1] | |
Total assets | NPR 500.324 billion (2014)[1] |
Total equity | NPR 300.586 billion (2014)[1] |
Number of employees
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500 (2013)[2] |
Parent | Axiata |
Slogan | Ncell ... Here for Nepal |
Website | www |
Ncell is a privately owned mobile network operator in Nepal. Ncell was the first private company to operate public GSM services in Nepal, initially under Mero Mobile brand, re-branded to Ncell on 12 March 2010.[3] It broke the monopoly held by the then state-owned, now public telecommunication company Nepal Telecom.
The company was owned in 80% by Swedish/Finnish TeliaSonera Holdings.[4] Ncell is the largest ISP in Nepal with a subscriber base of more than 1.9 million users.[5] Ncell had 10 million mobile subscribers in early 2013.[6]
On 21 December 2015 TeliaSonera accounced plans to sell its 60.4% ownership in Ncell to a Malaysian telecommunication conglomerate Axiata, with the deal expected to be completed in the first half of 2016.[7]
Ncell provides free access to Twitter and Wikipedia to its subscribers with the partnership of Twitter and the Wikimedia Foundation respectively.
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