Nepal has three nation-wide mobile service operators, namely Nepal Telecom, Ncell and Smart Cell. You can get different services from the telcos out of which voice call, data and SMS are the basic mobile telephony services. To inform you well of the cost of each mobile services, we have gathered all the tariffs of the telcos in Nepal. It includes the comparison of voice call rate (tariff), data tariff, SMS rate for Ntc, Ncell and Smart Cell.
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Earlier the telcos used to compete on the voice call tariff for both on-net and off-net. Nowadays, the voice, data and SMS tariff of Ntc, Ncell and Smart Cell does not vary much whereas they work more on the packages.
Voice Call Tariff of Ntc, Ncell and Smart.
The voice call rate of an operator first differs on whether the call is on-net or off-net, that is within the operator or to other operators. Similarly, the call tariff is different for prepaid and postpaid with a little cheaper on the postpaid ones. And finally, the operators also let you make cheaper calls to some numbers of friends or family in the name of FNF or My5 numbers.
Lets find the Voice tariff for prepaid numbers.
S.N. |
Operator (Prepaid number) |
Voice tariff (Cost per minute) |
Tax included |
1 |
Ntc to Ntc |
Rs 1.5 |
No |
2 |
Ntc to Ncell, Smart cell |
Rs 2 |
No |
3 |
Ncell to Ncell |
Rs 2.54 |
Yes |
4 |
Ncell to Ntc, Smart Cell |
Rs 2.54 |
Yes |
5 |
Smart Cell to Smart |
Rs 1.92 |
Yes |
6 |
Smart Cell to Ntc, Ncell |
Rs 1.92 |
Yes |
7 |
Ntc Friends and Family |
70 paisa |
No |
8 |
Ncell My5 |
99 paisa |
No |
The cheapest call you can make with the voice tariff for on-net calls is from Ntc while subscribing FNF for 5 numbers enable it to be more affordable.
Find the voice tariff for postpaid number of all telcos here.
S.N. | Operator (Postpaid number) | Voice Call Tariff Cost per minute |
Tax |
1 | Ntc to Ntc |
Rs 1 |
No |
2 |
Ntc to Ncell, Smart cell |
Rs 2 |
No |
3 |
Ncell to Ncell |
Rs 1.20 |
No |
4 |
Ncell to Ntc |
Rs 1.53 |
No |
5 |
Ncell to Smart Cell |
Rs 1.92 |
Yes |
6 |
Smart Cell to All |
Rs 1.92 |
Yes |
7 |
Ntc friends and family tariff |
55 paisa |
As you can see above, Smart Cell has the same voice tariff for both on-net and off-net calls.
Check out: Voice call rate of Ntc, Ncell and Smart Cell
Data Tariff of Ntc, Ncell, Smart Cell
The mobile data tariff for all the telcos is measured in the cost per MB. Earlier the cost per MB was very high for Ncell but they have reduced the data tariff sharply over the years.
S.N. |
Operator |
Data tariff |
Tax included |
1 |
Ntc |
Rs 1 per MB |
No |
2 |
Ncell |
Rs 2 per MB |
No |
3 |
Smart Cell |
Rs 1.92 per MB |
Yes |
Here also, the cheapest data tariff (for PayG data) is from Ntc. For more affordable mobile data usage, you need to buy data packages.
SMS Tariff of Ntc, Ncell, Smart Cell
As with the voice call, SMS tariff also differs for on-net and off-net which means the SMS sent within an operator number or to another operator’s number. For example, the price of SMS also differs if you send it from Ntc to Ntc itself or Ntc to Ncell, Smart Cell. Find the SMS tariff of Ntc, Ncell, and Smart Cell below.
S.N. |
Operator |
SMS tariff |
Tax Included |
1 |
Ntc |
Rs 1 per SMS |
No |
2 |
Ncell |
Rs 1.28 per SMS |
Yes |
3 |
Smart Cell |
Rs 1.92 per SMS |
Yes |
4 |
Ntc to Ncell, Smart Cell |
Rs 1.25 per SMS |
No |
5 |
Ncell to Ntc, Smart Cell |
Rs 1.62 per SMS |
Yes |
6 |
Smart Cell to Ntc, Ncell |
Rs 1.92 per SMS |
Yes |
With the above price of SMS, we find that the cheapest SMS you can send is with Ntc and Ncell for on-net ones. If you have to send a large number of SMS, we suggest you to buy SMS package. Find the Ntc SMS packs and Ncell SMS packs here.
After comparing the basic telecom services, if you want to know any specific tariff of other services or value-added services available, do comment below or ask us on our Facebook page.