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ISPs Stepping Back from Wireless Services

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ISPs Stepping Back from Wireless Services
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January 3: Nepali internet service providers (ISP) are seen reluctant to expand their wireless services. Due to the lack of commercial frequency for wireless internet services, ISPs are taking their steps back from wireless technology.

Many services provided by the ISPs used to be based on wireless service till two years ago. 60 percent of internet services in the country were based on wireless technology till October 2015 while the remaining were dial-up and cable based. However, in the recent time, ISPs are focused on providing cable internet services compared to wireless.

According to statistics of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) published in August/September, the share of wireless internet has reduced to around 30 percent of the overall services. The statistics which comprised of the customers of 26 different service providers shows that the ISPs have expanded their services to 132,825 customers. Among them, 109,739 customers are using cable internet, 4,474 are using dial-up and remaining 48,612 are wireless modem users. Two years ago, customers using wireless internet were more than 64,000. As per the NTA data, cable modem is replacing the wireless modem for internet services. Suman Lal Pradhan, President of Internet Service Provider of Nepal (ISPN) accepts the weaknesses of ISPs regarding the declining use of wireless technology.

Meanwhile, telecom services providers have been successful to capture a large portion of the internet services due to wireless technology. Wireless technology is based on frequency. ISPs have been providing wireless services through non-commercial frequencies. They have been providing internet services through normal frequencies that are being used in homes and offices due to the lack of the commercial frequency.  

With the expansion of internet services, users are attracted towards high speed internet in the recent years. NTA has not distributed commercial frequency to the ISPs though it has been already decided to distribute frequency. “NTA has prepared a modality for the distribution,” says Min Prasad Aryal, Spokesperson of NTA. He further adds that the Authority has already sent a proposal that includes frequency auction modality and base price to the Ministry. “The distribution process will move ahead after we get approval from the Ministry,” he informs. 

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