Title: Nepal Interconnection Guideline 2076 (2019)

Language: English

Type: Document

Nature: Guidelines

Published: March 6, 2021

Region: East Asia and Pacific

Country: Nepal

Sector: Telecom and ICT

Topic: Legal Framework

Keywords: Telecom and ICT, ICT Core

Document Link(s):

• Nepal Interconnection Guideline 2076 (2019)

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Document Summary:

This Guideline for Interconnection regime is established pursuant to Section 52 (a) of the Telecommunications Act, 2053 (1997) to achieve the purpose laid down in the section 31 of the Act.

This Guideline for Interconnection establishes the policy objectives and the regulatory principles to be applied for the Interconnection regime for telecommunication service providers who provide voice services in Nepal under various licenses issued by NTA.

In particular, this Guideline sets out the procedures to be adopted for interconnecting the networks of different service providers and also sets out the prices for the associated interconnection.

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Document Details:

NTA has issued a number of licenses of various categories having different license conditions. In order to establish and maintain fair competition between licensed network operators and service providers, prevent dominant operators with large market shares to delay or deny the new entrant’s right to be connected to the existing operators and to make use of existing infrastructure to make services available and affordable for people and businesses throughout Nepal.

Within the terms of this Guideline, from time to time and as a need arises; Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) will issue detailed determinations covering aspects of the implementation of the principles set out in this document.

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Updated: October 25, 2021