Nepal Digital Payments Company Ltd. (NDPC), a joint venture of Nepal Doorsanchar Company Ltd. and Rastriya Banijya Bank Ltd., entered into an agreement with Nepal Clearing House Ltd. (NCHL) for collaboration to expand the digital payments ecosystem in Nepal. NDPC will be using NCHL’s National Payments Interface (NPI) for its upcoming Digital Wallet NamastePay. The agreement was signed by Mr. Krishna Prasad Bhandari, CEO of NDPC. and Mr. Neelesh Man Singh Pradhan, CEO of NCHL.

NDPC will be using NCHL’s National Payments Interface (NPI) as a single channel for interconnection with multiple underlying core systems including connectIPS and NCHL-IPS systems, corresponding to which NDPC will have access to the banks & financial institutions. This will help initiate transactions and facilitate its settlements for various business use cases on both real-time and deferred basis. Whereas, NDPC will be able to focus on expanding digital financial services to rural areas to cover the banked and unbanked population.

The agreement between NDPC as a telecom-led entity and NCHL as a BFIs led entity is a key milestone in the digital payments ecosystem for Nepal. It is expected to further strengthen the digital initiatives as outlined by the Government of Nepal under the Digital Nepal Framework and the policies of Nepal Rastra Bank. The wallet service that NDPC will be operating in near future for mobile financial services is currently in the testing phase. Also, once it is live, the service can be used through both online and offline media as well. The best part is, it can be used through a feature phone too. For this, NDPC has recently obtained a license from Nepal Rastra Bank to operate as a Payment Service Provider through “NamastePay”.

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Nepal Telecom, the state-owned telecommunication service provider, has launched phone and internet service through optical fiber cables in Baglung, Parbat, Myagdi and Mustang districts which will replace current ADSL and provide faster internet services.

Senior engineer for the Nepal Telecom office, Baglung, Keshab Sharma announced the service operation by inaugurating it amid a function on Wednesday. "Customers can avail of the service based on optical fiber technology at their old telephone number," he said.

The total of 60 consumers of Galeshwor have got the service-connected to their phones in the first phase. He added, the service would be expanded to the district headquarters, Beni bazaar. In this regard, efforts were underway to bring this service to the total 2,560 consumers in Beni bazaar. Approximately 1,100 consumers of Baglung bazaar have availed of the service so far.

The NTC has a plan to provide the service to over 5,200 customers in Beni bazaar alone. Likewise, the installation of optical fiber is underway in a bid to provide the service to 2,560 customers in Kushma, the district headquarters of Parbat, and 1024 in Jomsom, the district headquarters of Mustang, according to the NTC.

Source: RSS

NTC has launched ‘Happy Learning Pack’ to facilitate online classes that are being conducted nationwide. As the entire world is suffering from the novel Coronavirus Pandemic, the traditional teaching-learning process has been replaced by online class system. 

In context of Nepal, several students and teachers are stressing because of no internet connection and pricey data packages. To solve this hurdle, NTC has introduced Happy Learning Pack on the auspicious occasion of Father’s day on Bhadra 3, 2077.

Previously, NTC had also introduced e-Shikshya Package. Both e-Shikshya Pack and Happy Learning Pack are an offer for students and teachers of any academic institutions all over Nepal. These are highly subsidized Large Data Pack that works in all networks (2G/3G/4G).

What are the Package offers in Happy Learning Pack?

Happy Learning Pack has two package offers and they are:

• 24GB All Time Data [20GB for e-learning  Apps (Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet) + 4GB for Any Applications ] at Rs. 315
• 35GB All Time Data [30GB for e-learning Apps(Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet) + 5GB for Any Applications] at Rs. 500

The validity of above package is 28 days and the above prices are inclusive of Telecommunication Service Charge (TSC) and VAT. Also digital payment options are avialable.

What is the Process to get the Package? 

If you want to get the package offer then you must;

• Prepare an official request from your School, College, or University with the list of students or academic staff along with their name and mobile number. 
• Send the soft copy of the request and list (word or excel) from the authorized staff to [email protected] . 
• If Possible, use the institution’s official email for correspondence.

Once eligible, you can dial *1441# and select any package you require. And to check the volume, you can dial *1415*55# or use Nepal Telecom APP.

 

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The two top telecom service providers of Nepal, NTC and Ncell have introduced new affordable data packages amidst health and financial crisis situations.

NTC data packages

Although NTC has not introduced any offers specifically related to the lockdown.

There are some packages NTC is offering that could be beneficial for many people during the current situation.

Long-term packages:

Data                  Price           Validity

1GB/Day               Rs. 45 1 Day

1GB/Day + 14Min/Day   Rs. 250 7 Days

1GB/Day + 14Min/Day   Rs. 649 28 Days

Please dial *1415*6# to purchase these packages.

Short Term packages:

Data                             Price Validity

1.5 GB                             Rs. 95 7 Days

Unlimited                 Rs. 30 2 Hrs

Please dial *1415*1*1*4# to receive the first package and *1415*8# to receive latter.

Ncell data packages.

Ncell has introduced data packages focusing on the needs of those working from home during the lockdown.

Work from home:

The offer is intended for those who are working remotely and the data can only be used on video conferencing apps like Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet.

App Data   All-time data    Validity Price

2GB     150MB       1 Day Rs. 31

14GB     3GB       7 Days Rs. 127

Please dial  to purchase these packages.

New Pack

You can subscribe to internet plans that range from 65MB to 750 MB, with each packs it’s own validity period.

Data   Price       Validity

65MB   Rs. 19     3 day

150MB   Rs. 39     5 days

200MB   Rs. 49     7 days

300MB    Rs. 59    10 days

400MB   Rs. 69     14 days

550MB   Rs. 79     21 days

750MB   Rs. 99     30 days

Please dial *17123*9# to purchase these packages.

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