Friday, July 11, 2014

Sim Card in Nepal - Compare Sim Cards - Which Sim Card is Best Namaste or Ncell - Sim Card network Signal and Coverage in Nepal

In Nepal there are major 2 telecom companies one is own by the government operated by Nepal Telecom they sale Namaste Sim Card Prepaid, Namaste Sim Card Postpaid, CDMA Sim Cards Prepaid and postpaid with data and voice, Sky Pro, Evdo. Beyond mobile sim cards they have regular land line, ADSL internet and various telecom services. Nepal telecom is the only company in Nepal providing various types of telecom services together under one company Nepal Telcom formerlly NTC Nepal Telecom Authority.

Though telecom services in Nepal was only allowed by government latter government allowed private and international companies the most successful company to catch this offer is Ncell formerly Mero Mobile. Ncell is private company own by Teleia Sonera an European Company. Currently Ncell hold the major GSM Market and Users. Ncell has the wide data users  because of its easily availability and simplicity to use.

Here is the short comparison between Nepal Telecom (NT) and Ncell Sim Cards available in Nepal.


Features
Nepal Telecom, NT, NTC
Ncell, Mero Mobile, Spice Nepal
Compatible Network
GSM , GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, CDMA, EVDO, HSDPA
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 3G
Simplicity in Use
Moderate
Good
Network Availability
Good in Major Cities, Best in Villages and rural area CDMA covers almost all districts of Nepal.
Very Good in City
National Calling Cost
Cheaper
Moderate
International Calling
Cheaper 1424
India
USA
China
Hong Kong
Golf
Europe
And All other Counties
Moderate
Cheaper in Europe & USA
Expensive to Some less call out going countries
National Roaming
Free
Free
National in coming
Free
Free
International in coming
Free
Free
Validity
Good but Need to recharge regularly
Unlimited validity if you use it regularly but expire faster though you have enough balance
Customer service - Support
Moderate
Very Good
Majority Owned by
Nepal Government
Private European - Teleia Sonera