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Nepal Telecommunications Authority: It is the telecommunications regulatory body of Nepal. It is an autonomous body established on Feb 1998 in accordance with Telecommunications Act, 1997 and Telecommunications Regulation, 1998. It's objective is to create a favorable and competitive environment for the development, expansion and operation of telecommunications services with the private sector participation in Nepal. It's aims are:

• To make the telecommunications service reliable and easily available to the public.
• To make necessary arrangement to avail basic telecommunications service and facilities in all rural and urban areas throughout the kingdom of Nepal.
• To protect the rights and interests of consumers by ensuring the provision of quality service.
• To make arrangement for the coordination and healthy competition among the persons providing telecommunications service and facilities.

To meet the objectives, NTA has been actively performing the following functions:

• Granting Licenses to operate the telecommunications service in private sector. Involving national and foreign private sector investors in the operation of the Telecommunications Service.
• Prescribing, fixing and approving the standard and quality standard of the plant and equipment relating to the telecommunications and the telecommunications service.
• Approving and regularizing the fees to be collected by the licensee for providing the telecommunications Service.
• Regularly inspecting and monitoring the activities carried out by service providers to ensure that the quality of service and quality standard in telecom equipments have been maintained.
• Settling dispute between two service providers or a service provider and its customers.
• Providing suggestions to His Majesty's Government on the policy, plan and program to be adopted by His Majesty's Government for the development of the telecommunications service.