Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has recommended to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) to permit companies operating basic wireless telephone service with limited mobility to go fully mobile.

As per the recommended provision, the state-owned telecommunications service provider Nepal Telecom (NT) and the joint venture United Telecom Limited (UTL) will be able to operate their Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) based phone service like mobile phones. The mobile service operated through this technology is cheaper and more effective than other telecommunication being used.

Along with it, the NTA has also decided to adopt the Unified Licensing System of neighboring India, according to the released issued by the telecom regulatory body.

The decision of the body to allow limited mobility services based phones to go fully mobile is said to have come following the pressure applied by NT workers for the permission by organising sit-ins in different parts of the country as well as the MoIC.

Although these companies are already quite capable of operating this effective and cheaper system all over the country, they had been operating other telecommunications systems after not getting government permission for it.

According to reports, the companies obtaining the license will be able to operate all types of telecommunication services including local phones, domestic trunk calls, international trunk calls, telegraph services, tele-fax including mobile services, among others.