| Nepal Telecom, Ncell, Smart Cell works and offers in this COVID-19 pandemic - 11/05/2020 |
| Nepal Telecom, Ncell, Smart Cell |
| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Asia & Pacific | Nepal (Republic of) |
| Nepali Telecom operators have incessantly performed their duty in this COVID-19 pandemic situation for the maintenance of their works, support to the government and people. Let’s find out how the telcos respond and dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal.The telecom industry workers were among the front liners in this pandemic situation to move outside despite the virus threat. They worked throughout this period to keep the system up and running & more.As people keep adhered to their smartphones and computers, internet usage from mobile data has surged heavily. It is not only the multimedia consumption for entertainment but also the usage of mobile data by professionals for Work from home. Similarly the huge number of webinars, online meetings did mark up the data usage from both ISPs and Telcos. Here we focus on the telecom services only. Find the challenges of ISPs in this pandemic period. The increased demand and the obligation for seamless network availability had put the telcos under pressure in these difficult times. As there could be congestion in some parts of their network or specific location area. For which the telcos did put additional resources and performed optimization. It is interesting to note that while the data demand surged by more than 50%, the voice call dropped off. The reason might be due to the usage of OTT apps as the people you need to contact is found online. |
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