The Nepal Telecom (NT) has launched the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) telephone service from Sunday.
Talking to Nepalnews on Sunday, Surendra Thike, spokesperson of the NT informed that NT is distributing 100,000 telephone lines in Central region, 75,000 telephone lines in Eastern development region and 75,000 in Western, Mid-Western and Far-Western development regions.
He informed that the NT will distribute telephone lines in Kathmandu, Narayani zone, Janakpur, Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, Pokhara and Dhangadhi in the first phase.
He further said that the CDMA telephone lines will be distributed to the applicants, who are in waiting list of the NT, from Sundhara Exchange in the first phase.
He informed that CDMA is the latest technology, which has upto 153 kbps speed.
He further said that they are planning to distribute some one million-telephone line in five stages and also provide telephone line on demand.
The total demand of phones in the capital at present is estimated at 100,000 while the total demand of phones across the country is around 400,000.
The CDMA telephone service is based on the latest wireless technology. Besides, the technology is expected to make telephone network expansion cost effective and time saving. The technology is said be suitable for Nepal’s geographical terrain where wire telephone services is a difficult proposition.
NT hopes distribution of telephone services with this technology to rural parts will increase the country’s telephone density from around 3 percent at present to 20 percent within six years.
However Thike did not say anything about the resumption of the pre-paid mobile service that remained stalled from January 19.
Earlier responding query of journalists on Saturday, Minster of state for Information and communications Shrish Shumser Rana said that the service could resume anytime or other telecommunication services could be closed anytime, depending upon the security situation of the country.