Rural broadband expansion projects financed from the Rural Telecommunications Development Fund and implemented through local governments under a cabinet decision of 11 February 2021. The regulator stopped expansion in March 2026 after more than Rs 410 million had been spent.

Twelve-month acceleration programme for eight edtech and healthtech ventures run by Accelerator Nepal with SDC funding through the DIGI Nepal project; concluded in 2025.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Birgunj-16, Parsa; licence granted 2 February 2020.

Rural telecom licensee (licence RTS-EDR-01, granted 21 November 2003 to STM Telecom Sanchar Pvt. Ltd.) whose licence NTA formally confirmed as revoked, effective 2 January 2024, after a missed renewal deadline.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Birendranagar-6, Surkhet; licence acquired 16 September 2019.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Run by Regmi Media Inc., Bhairahawa; licence obtained 9 October 2014.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Licence issued 28 November 2018 and expired 28 November 2023.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Licence issued 22 November 2018 and expired 22 November 2023.

Private mobile operator (brand Smart Cell). NTA revoked its licence over unpaid dues in April 2023 and the state took control of its assets; a bank-led auction of pledged assets later won by Ncell Axiata is disputed and under prosecution.

Basic telephony service of United Telecom Limited using CDMA wireless-local-loop technology with limited mobility. UTL held a CDMA WLL licence from 2002 and was among operators whose licence the NTA annulled in December 2023.

Wireless digital terrestrial TV service (DVB-T2) of Prabhu Group, launched 17 June 2018 and later also offering fibre internet. Merged into DishHome in 2021; TV and internet are served under the DishHome brand.

Rural telecom service provider operating under the brand Hello Nepal, licensed in February 2018; NTA revoked its licence on 19 August 2019 after it failed to clear about Rs 800 million in dues.

Ncell offer giving customers free text-based access to Facebook, introduced on 15 February 2017. Ncell ended it by SMS notice effective 2 May 2017 after criticism that it breached net neutrality; free Twitter and Wikipedia offers had been closed earlier.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Daman, Hetauda.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Liwang, Rolpa.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Arghakhanchi.

Internet service provider whose operating licence was scrapped by NTA in April 2012; it was found operating an illegal VoIP call-bypass service and had lent its licence to another company, Airwave.

One of two DTH providers (with Home TV) whose merger in 2010 created the DishHome direct-to-home TV service operated by Dish Media Network Ltd.

One of two DTH providers (with Dish Nepal) whose merger in 2010 created the DishHome direct-to-home TV service operated by Dish Media Network Ltd.

Consumer mobile brand of Spice Nepal, described as Nepal's first private mobile operator, launched in 2005. After TeliaSonera took a majority stake (2008) the brand was changed to Ncell in March 2010 and Mero Mobile was retired.

State-owned telecom corporation formally established under the Communications Corporation Act; transformed into the company Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (NDCL) from Baisakh 1, 2061 BS, trading publicly as Nepal Telecom.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Named by Kathmandu Post among seven operators whose licences NTA cancelled roughly five months before December 2023.

Offers omnichannel telephony and call-centre solutions and missed-call banking services. Swift Technology, a fintech subsidiary of IME Group, bought a majority stake for an undisclosed sum (announced 31 March 2022).

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Named by Kathmandu Post among seven operators whose licences NTA cancelled roughly five months before December 2023.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Named by Kathmandu Post among seven operators whose licences NTA cancelled roughly five months before December 2023.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Named by Kathmandu Post among seven operators whose licences NTA cancelled roughly five months before December 2023.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Named by Kathmandu Post among seven operators whose licences NTA cancelled roughly five months before December 2023.

CDMA fixed-wireless and mobile service of Nepal Telecom, sold under the Sky Phone and C-Phone brands. Nepal Telecom later switched off its CDMA base stations nationwide and began returning the 850 MHz spectrum to the regulator.

Wireless broadband service run by Nepal Telecom in a 30 MHz slice of the 2300 MHz band, available only in a few hilly areas. Nepal Telecom moved existing users to 4G with a 4G router and considered handing the spectrum back to the regulator.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Named by Kathmandu Post among seven operators whose licences NTA cancelled roughly five months before December 2023.

Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Named by Kathmandu Post among seven operators whose licences NTA cancelled roughly five months before December 2023.