Ncell

Ncell Telecommunications

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Type	Private
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Nakkhu, Lalitpur, Nepal
Area served	Nepal
Products	Cellular network, broadband
Operating income	NPR 91.195 billion (2014)
Net income	NPR 41.932 billion (2014)
Total assets	NPR 500.324 billion (2014)
Total equity	NPR 300.586 billion (2014)
Number of employees	500 (2013)
Parent	Axiata
Slogan	Ncell ... Here for Nepal
Website	www.ncell.com.np

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. 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. Ncell is the largest ISP in Nepal with a subscriber base of more than 1.9 million users. Ncell had 10 million mobile subscribers in early 2013.

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.

Ncell provides free access to Twitter and Wikipedia to its subscribers with the partnership of Twitter and the Wikimedia Foundation respectively.

See also

• Telecommunications in Nepal
• Teliasonera