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Nepal lifts restrictions on cellphone services
The Govt had shut down all telephone and Internet connections on Jan 19, but later resumed landline phone and Internet services.
Nepal's royal government on Thursday lifted remaining restrictions on mobile phones, weeks after shutting down services to try to prevent dissidents from organising anti-government protests, a telecommunication official said.
The government had shut down all telephone and Internet connections on January 19, but later resumed landline phone and Internet services.
A week later it also allowed mobile phone operations, but restricted it to those customers who had postpaid connections that usually come after a detailed scrutiny of the user.
The decision of Nepal Telecom Ltd., the state-owned monopoly in cellular phone services, to resume prepaid mobile phone services on Thursday came after a court sought explanation from the government for restricting the use of mobile phones.
