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KATHMANDU: The two major telecom operators of Nepal – NTC and Ncell – have different bands and frequency across the country.
Currently, all common bands operational in Nepal are supported by Samsung including Band 8 (900 MHz) for 2G, Band 1 (2100 MhZ) for 3G, Band 3 (1800 MHz) for 4G by the major telecom operators in Nepal. Nepal Telecom introduced an additional common band to support its LTE/4G network during its VoLTE expansion – Band 20 (800 MHz).
This service was tested and implemented by Samsung in their devices, becoming the first mobile brand to provide Band 20 support in Nepal since 2020, as per a media release.
Telecom companies in Nepal are also working to launch 5G network and with the commercialisation of this technology by all the network operators in the country, users…
