History
Companies, products and programmes that closed, were acquired or became part of the record
2020s16
| Entry | Kind | Outcome | Years | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RTDF local-government broadband programme 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. | Programme | Discontinued | 2021–2026 | — |
FirstPay Technology Licensed Payment System Operator (PSO) whose operating licence was revoked by Nepal Rastra Bank in October 2025 under Section 13(6) of the Payment and Settlement Act, 2075. | Service | Discontinued | –2025 | — |
Nepal Pay Time Mobile wallet that received its payment service provider licence from NRB on 5 September 2019 but was inactive for a long time; NRB declined to renew the licence in February 2025. | Service | Discontinued | 2019–2025 | — |
Paywell Nepal Licensed payment service provider whose licence was scrapped by Nepal Rastra Bank on 19 June 2025 for violating payment and anti-money-laundering provisions. | Service | Discontinued | –2025 | — |
Prabhu Pay Digital wallet service operated by Prabhu Technology Pvt. Ltd.; reported to have over 500,000 downloads. Ceased operations in October 2025 after Nepal Rastra Bank revoked the company's operating authorisation. | Service | Discontinued | –2025 | — |
Sajilo Pay Licensed payment service provider (Sajilo Pay Payment Services Pvt Ltd) whose licence was scrapped by Nepal Rastra Bank on 19 June 2025. | Service | Discontinued | –2025 | — |
Sanima Bank Internet Banking Web-based internet banking channel of Sanima Bank, permanently discontinued from 30 November 2025 in favour of the bank's mobile banking app, Sanima Sajilo e-Banking. | Service | Discontinued | –2025 | Sanima Sajilo e-Banking (mobile banking) |
C. Data Communication Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Birgunj-16, Parsa; licence granted 2 February 2020. | Service | Discontinued | 2020–2024 | — |
CG Communications (formerly STM Telecom Sanchar) 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. | Service | Discontinued | 2003–2024 | — |
Life Net Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Birendranagar-6, Surkhet; licence acquired 16 September 2019. | Service | Discontinued | 2019–2024 | — |
MyFi Internet Service (Regmi Media) Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Run by Regmi Media Inc., Bhairahawa; licence obtained 9 October 2014. | Service | Discontinued | 2014–2024 | — |
Chitwan Network Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Licence issued 28 November 2018 and expired 28 November 2023. | Service | Discontinued | 2018–2023 | — |
eSewa Money Transfer domestic remittance Domestic (within-Nepal) remittance business of eSewa Money Transfer. The company closed it completely from 1 January 2023 and refocused on inward remittance from abroad. | Service | Discontinued | –2023 | — |
Max Net Solutions Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Licence issued 22 November 2018 and expired 22 November 2023. | Service | Discontinued | 2018–2023 | — |
GME Pay Wallet/payment service provider licensed by NRB on 8 October 2020 (Lainchaur, Kathmandu); licence revoked after the service could not be brought into operation for a year. | Service | Discontinued | –2021 | — |
iflix in Nepal (Ncell) Video streaming service offered to Nepali users through Ncell from 2017, including free access for some Ncell data users. Ncell stopped providing it from 6 June 2020 without giving a reason; iflix continued in other countries. | Service | Discontinued | 2017–2020 | — |
2010s8
| Entry | Kind | Outcome | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
Alipay and WeChat Pay use in Nepal Chinese mobile payment apps used by Chinese tourists and traders in Nepal outside the formal banking system. Nepal Rastra Bank banned their use in May 2019, with the threat of criminal investigation for users. | Service | Discontinued | –2019 |
Nepal Satellite (Hello Nepal) 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. | Service | Discontinued | 2018–2019 |
Yonder Music Nepal Music streaming app brought to Nepal by Ncell with US firm Yonder Music Inc.; it suspended service on 23 March 2018, also suspended in Malaysia the same day. | Product | Discontinued | –2018 |
Ncell Facebook Free 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. | Service | Discontinued | 2017 |
Mandabi Multipurpose Society Development Centre Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Daman, Hetauda. | Service | Discontinued | –2013 |
Pratidhwani Media Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Liwang, Rolpa. | Service | Discontinued | –2013 |
Samajik Nyayakalagi Sanchar Abhiyan Telecom/internet service provider; its licence was cancelled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority. Based in Arghakhanchi. | Service | Discontinued | –2013 |
Surfin 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. | Service | Discontinued | –2012 |
Date not recorded9
| Entry | Kind | Outcome | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
Askina Cable Network 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. | Service | Discontinued | — |
Galkot Link 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. | Service | Discontinued | — |
Hamro Net TV 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. | Service | Discontinued | — |
Himalayan Gorkha Net 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. | Service | Discontinued | — |
Mega Cable Net 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. | Service | Discontinued | — |
Nepal Telecom CDMA service (Sky Phone / C-Phone) 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. | Service | Discontinued | 2006– |
Nepal Telecom WiMAX broadband 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. | Service | Discontinued | — |
Reliant Techno Networking 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. | Service | Discontinued | — |
Surkhet Cable Net 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. | Service | Discontinued | — |