Transcript Interconnection Tariff in SATRC countries.

Interconnection Regime in
Nepal
Nepal Telecommunications
Authority
Regulatory Regime
• Nepal Telecommunications Authority was established in 1998
as an autonomous regulatory body, to manage & regularize
telecommunications services pursuant to the
Telecommunications Act, 1997.
• Separate Telecommunications Policy was formulated in 1999
in line with the National Communications Policy ,1992.
• In order to benefit the Nepalese people from the dynamic
technological changes around the World in telecom sector New
Telecommunications Policy was formulated in 2004.
Telecom Statistics at a glance (as of
Chaitra, 2066, 14 April, 2010)
Particulars
No.of lines
Fixed line PSTN and wireless 826,071
Mobile GSM and CDMA
2.95%
6,828,468 24.35%
Others(LM,GMPCS,WCDMA) 336,475
Total
Teledensity
1.20%
7,991,014 28.50%
Data /internet services in Nepal (as of Chaitra,
2066, 14 April, 2010)
Services
No. of line.
Dailup (PSTN +ISDN)
28,863
Wireless Modem, Optical Fibre
Ethernet
Cable Modem, Cable etc.
ADSL
GPRS
13,000
CDMA 1X
85,160
Total
32,500
33,780
749,929
943,232
List of Licensees (as of 14 April, 2010)
• The number of licenses issued by the NTA is as
follows:
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Basic Telecommunications
Cellular Mobile
Network service provider
VSAT user
Internet (including e-mail)
International Trunk telephone
GMPCS
Rural telecom Service
Limited Mobility
Rural VSAT user
Rural internet service provider
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9
111
42
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41
8
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Interconnection development
• Interconnection Guidelines (IG) ………….
– 1st IG.
– Based on retail tariff structure of incumbent operator rather than
cost based.
• Interconnection Guideline effective from May, 2008
– Replaced the first IG
– Based on LRIC+ model to cover the sunk costs, especially cost
incurred for those infrastructures built in rural areas.
– Does not cover NGN.
– Two options for entering into Interconnection Agreement (IA)
• Negotiating and establishing in good faith, with another licensee
• Enter into an IA with another licensee by accepting another licensee's RIO.
– Obligation to all operators to interconnect each other.
– Interconnection usage charge is fixed by the NTA and operators
may fix there own mutually agreed IUC but not exceeding rate
fixed by the NTA.
Interconnection Usage Charge
• IUC on international calls is as follows.
– Incoming calls: International termination up to Point
of interconnection (for circuit switch only) NRs 1.80 per
minutes.
– Outgoing Calls: The international gateway operator
will receive 75% of the retail tariff.
• New interconnection guideline does not address
the IUC for VOIP service as well as other IP
based services.
Tariff to call SATRC countries
Amount in USD per minutes
Countries
Nepal
Telecom
United
Telecom
Ncell
STM
Telecom
Nepal
Satellite
Smart
Telecom
India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Sri
lanka
0.16
0.08 to
0.20
0.07 to
0.25
0.16
0.20
0.20
Maldives, Bhutan
0.20
0.20
0.20 to
0.25
0.20
0.22
0.24
Afghanistan
0.32
0.20
0.25 to
0.27
0.32
0.35
0.40
Except SATRC
most of the
countries
0.40
0.09 to
0.20
0.27 to
0.63
0.40
0.39
0.48