Kathmandu, Aug. 20
Private telecommunications service provider
Ncell Axiata has paid Rs. 4.96 billion to the government towards the renewal
fee for its mobile service licence.
Of the total amount it paid to the Nepal
Telecommunications Authority (NTA), Rs. 4.25 billion represents the principal
amount of the outstanding instalment of the licence renewal fee.
The payment also includes Rs. 649.26
million in interest for 328 days from 23 August 2025 to the end of the 2025/26
fiscal year, and a further Rs. 65.32 million in interest for 33 days from 17
July to 18 August 2026, the company said.
Ncell had already paid the instalment and
interest due up to 22 August 2025. On 22 August last year, the company paid Rs.
3.29 billion, following an earlier payment of Rs. 2 billion on 13 July 2025.
The government had allowed Ncell to pay the
Rs. 20 billion mobile service licence renewal fees in four instalments. A Cabinet
meeting in August 2024 had decided that the outstanding instalments would carry
annual interest of 10 per cent.
The company had initially applied for
licence renewal after paying Rs. 4 billion as the first instalment in May 2024.
The government subsequently allowed the remaining amount to be paid in
instalments.
Ncell said that it has contributed around
Rs. 375 billion to the government in taxes and various fees since its
establishment. The payments include licence and renewal fees, royalties,
telecommunications service charges and income tax, among other government
levies.
The company began operations after
receiving a GSM cellular mobile service licence on 31 August 2004 under the
brand name Mero Mobile.
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