SC stays NT’s CDMA works

The Supreme Court on Monday issued stay order to the government and Nepal Telecom (NT), state owned telecommunications Company, not to carry out work relating to CDMA telephone service till July 18.

Responding to public interest litigation, SC Justice Paramananda Jha issued the order. The SC said it would decide whether or not to extend its stay order on July 18.

The NT has launched CDMA based basic telephone (C-phone) services in Kathmandu valley, on the occasion of His Majesty’s birthday. The service is to begin in Kathmandu by November.

According to NT officials, the NT has planned to distribute a total of one million C-phone lines throughout the country by 2008. In the first phase, it would distribute 100,000 lines in Kathmandu and 75,000 lines each in Bhairahawa and Biratnagar. nepalnews.com pd July 12 05

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