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Nepal Telecom Expands Data Roaming to 13 Countries

customers with roaming service can access to cellular internet
using their Ntc SIM card. They could already use voice, SMS
service from before. For the prepaid customers, Ntc also adds the
data roaming service but it is now available in China and India
only. Find the cost of the prepaid roaming service in Ntc. All the
customers with roaming service enabled will automatically get
the data roaming facility. Similarly, for those you activate the
international roaming service now, the data roaming service will
also be available instantly along with voice and SMS service. As
known, Ntc will add more countries for the international roaming
service which includes data, SMS, and voice. They will also add
more countries and operators to enable the prepaid SIM work as
roaming in those countries/operators. Ntc has been providing
international roaming service in postpaid mobile for a long time.
With the international roaming service, Ntc postpaid customers
Nepal Telecom (NTC) which resumed its data roaming service could use the mobile service with 192 operators of 87 countries.
recently for India has expanded the service to 13 more countries. Similarly, Ntc started international roaming service in Prepaid
The international data roaming in those countries with Nepal for India and China. Find how to activate international roaming
Telecom SIM card will start from Ashoj 3, 2076. Ntc postpaid service in Ntc.

LG Uplus, China Unicom Team on 5G Roaming

South Korean mobile operator LG plans. The roaming service is
Uplus partnered with China Unicom currently available only on the
to offer roaming service for its 5G LG V50 ThinQ smartphone, but
customers travelling in China. The customers will soon be able to use
operators began roaming trials Samsung’s Galaxy S10 and Note 10
in China in June and completed through software upgrades, it said.
network integration tests in LG Uplus said the official launch
mid-August. LG Uplus, the third of the service is scheduled for the
largest operator in South Korea by end of September. China Unicom,
subscribers, said it will initially offer the second largest operator in the
free unlimited 5G data roaming, country, has introduced 5G pilots
voice calls and text messages in 40 major cities and deployed
for customers on some premium 17,000 base stations.

Telenet, Voo Lose Appeal against Wholesale Cable Regulation

Belgian cable operators Telenet and Voo material grounds and ruled the regulator latter two operating under the Voo brand)
have lost their appeal against the revised had not violated procedure when it judged to open their networks to competitors and
wholesale cable access regulation passed the companies hold significant market apply fair tariffs for the services provided
in June 2018. In a judgment issued on 4 power in the relevant markets. The cable to rival operators.
September, the Market Court rejected access regulation adopted in 2018 requires
their objections both on procedural and Proximus, Telenet, Brutele and Nethys (the

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