Mobile phone in Kalikot

The Nepal Telecom (NT) is to distribute SIM cards of Namaste mobile in Kalikot, a distant hilly district of the country, the Rastriya Samachar Samiti reported.

Around a 1000 SIM cards will be distributed with the number beginning from 98583 and it will be local throughout the Karnali Zone, said Nepal Telecom Office Chief Prem Bista.

The price of the card will be provided at the same rate as other places have.

The telephone tower was set up two months ago. The district people have been elated over the opportunity to use mobile phones. nepalnews.com ag Feb 25 08