Nepal

Basics
Nepal has two mobile operators: Given the mountainous terrain, coverage can be very spotty outside the Kathmandu valley.
 * Ncell (owned by Swedish/Finnish TeliaSonera)
 * Nepal Telecom (state owned)

Ncell
Ncell by TeliaSonera has become market leader in Nepal and was renamed 2010 from Mero Mobile. Its 2G is on 900 and 1800 Mhz and reaches 90% of population, 3G is on 2100 Mhz in the 20 biggest towns. http://www.ncell.com.np/About-Us/Coverage

Availability
Ncell SIM cards are bought from a number of street stores, and require a passport photocopy (which the vendor will make) and a passport photo (which you bring). Some stores also take two thumbprints on the application form. http://www.ncell.com.np/Contact-Us/Ncell-Centres.aspx

The price for starter pack is Rs.99 with Rs.50 of credit and 60 domestic texts, 40 domestic minutes and 20 MB of data You can purchase top-up scratch cards from Rs.10. For top-ups over Rs. 100, you get 5-12% bonus on top. They have two tariff lines for prepaid called Sajilo and Ramro, which doesn't make a difference for data.

Default tariff outside of package is Rs.6 per MB, so get a pack. Activating prepaid data by typing the USSD code and

NOTE: price listed, like ones listed in store, are exclusive of taxes, which is 13% plus.

More Info

 * APN: web
 * Website: http://www.ncell.com.np

Nepal Telecom (NTC)
prepaid 3G tariff: http://www.ntc.net.np/tariff/mob_3g_tariff.php