Kathmandu, Jan. 27:
The Development and
Technology Committee of the Parliament on Sunday directed the Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) and Nepal Telecommunication
Authority (NTA) to scrap the licenses of the telecommunication companies that
failed to start operation as per the terms of reference.
The committee
directed the ministry and NTA to start the process to recover the dues from the
telecommunication service providers at the earliest.
United Telecom
Limited (UTL), Nepal Satellite Telecom (STM), CG Communication and Smart
Telecom have a huge amount to pay to the government against their license.
These companies have a very poor customer base and haven’t operated services as
per the license.
The house-panel also
asked the ministry to make timely amendment in the telecommunication policy,
act and bylaws.
It expressed serious
concerns to the delay in the backbone network and broadband access network
project being run with the money from the Rural Telecommunication Development
Fund (RTDF) and directed the ministry to ensure the quality in the work and
timely completion of the projects, and submit the details to the committee.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 28 January 2019.
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