Nepal Telecom Expands Prepaid Roaming Service to 62 Countries

Nepal Telecom has announced that its prepaid roaming service, previously available to its customers, will now be accessible in 62 countries. The telecom has signed agreements with 89 telecommunication service providers in various nations for this expansion.

Telecom stated that service expansion was achieved by signing agreements with various service providers in countries including Latvia, Slovenia, Turkey, Taiwan, Australia, Ghana, Romania, and Laos, following the month of Shrawan in the current fiscal year.

Nepal Telecom was already providing this facility in several other countries. Roaming service can be utilized in Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg.

Similarly, roaming service can also be used in Malaysia, Macau, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan-ROC, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Laos. 

Telecom believes this service will be very useful, targeting customers traveling abroad. Under the roaming service, customers can use voice, data, and SMS services from their mobile phones even while abroad.

For customers traveling to India, they can activate the service by dialing *14157# from their mobile and selecting the 'Roaming' option from the menu. For postpaid users, the service can be activated by having a minimum balance of five thousand rupees or by dialing *14157# if they are not existing users.

Customers residing in Nepal can activate the service via email before traveling abroad. For this, they need to download the 'Prepaid Roaming Registration Form' from the Telecom's website, fill it out, and send it along with the required documents to [email protected].