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A2P SMS regulations in Nepal.
Compliance with NTA rules and sender-ID registration.

A2P SMS to Nepal is regulated by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA). NTA + operator sender ID registration. Nepali (Devanagari) and English supported, with approval typically taking 7-14 business days. Nepal IT Bill 2019 governs PII. BroadNet carries this traffic over direct operator connections.

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Nepal Telecommunications Authority regulates A2P messaging
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Who regulates A2P SMS in Nepal?

Application-to-person messaging to Nepal is overseen by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), which licenses the operators that terminate A2P traffic and sets the conditions those routes run under. BroadNet delivers into Nepal over direct operator connections — Nepal Telecom (NTC) and Ncell — rather than through resold or grey routes, so the sender ID, the delivery receipt and the audit trail all come back from the licensed path.

  • Telecoms regulator: Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA).
  • Direct operator routes: Nepal Telecom (NTC) and Ncell.
  • Sender-ID registration: NTA + operator sender ID registration. Nepali (Devanagari) and English supported.
  • Typical lead time: 7-14 business days.

Sender ID registration in Nepal

NTA + operator sender ID registration. Nepali (Devanagari) and English supported. Registration is not a formality — an unregistered or mismatched sender ID is the most common reason otherwise-valid traffic is filtered, and the failure is usually silent rather than a hard rejection. Plan 7-14 business days for approval and register before you need the route, not during a launch.

  • Lead time: 7-14 business days.
  • BroadNet files sender IDs on your behalf through the NTA-licensed operators.
  • Nepali (Devanagari): UCS-2 routing native.
  • Time to production: Live in 8–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time).

Consent and content rules

Nepal IT Bill 2019 governs PII. Transactional messages — one-time passcodes, delivery and account alerts — are treated differently from marketing, but the distinction is decided by the content of the message rather than by how the campaign is labelled.

  • NTA sender ID: Sender IDs registered via operator route.
  • Nepali (Devanagari): UCS-2 routing native.
  • IT Bill 2019: Nepal PII framework.

What this means for your integration

Practically, three things decide whether traffic to Nepal performs: a registered sender ID on an NTA-licensed route, a consent and opt-out record you can evidence, and message content that matches the category it was registered under. BroadNet's compliance engine checks each submission against the Nepal ruleset before it reaches the operator, so a non-compliant send is rejected back to you rather than filtered silently downstream — which is the difference between a fixable error and traffic that quietly disappears.

  • Every message returns a delivery receipt (DLR); BroadNet does not publish per-country delivery percentages.
  • Indicative list pricing: USD 0.025 – 0.05 per message.
  • Addressable mobile base: 38M subscribers.
  • Data handling follows the applicable Nepal privacy regime.
DiagramSender ID registration, step by step
  1. Submit your KYC packTrade licence, authorisation letter and sample messages
  2. BroadNet files the applicationWith the operators or the regulator, as the market requires
  3. Review and approvalTypical lead time7-14 business days
  4. Send under your brandYour approved sender ID on every message
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Technical facts

Technical facts for Nepal

Network codes, message lengths and sender-ID rules in one table. Segment lengths are the GSM standard values (3GPP TS 23.038).

Technical facts for Nepal
Mobile country code (MCC)429
Dialling code+977
Operators (MCC-MNC)
  • Nepal Telecom (NTC) · 429-01
  • Ncell · 429-02
SMS length, GSM-7 (Latin alphabet)160 characters in a single SMS; 153 per part when concatenated
SMS length, UCS-2 (Arabic, Cyrillic and other scripts)70 characters in a single SMS; 67 per part when concatenated
RegulatorNTA (Nepal Telecommunications Authority)
Sender-ID rulesNTA + operator sender ID registration. Nepali (Devanagari) and English supported.
Sender-ID lead time7-14 business days

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CapabilityPromotional / marketingTransactional / service (OTP, alerts)
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Opt-out instruction required—
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FAQ

Common questions

Who regulates SMS in Nepal?
the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA). It licenses the operators that terminate A2P traffic and sets the conditions those routes operate under. BroadNet delivers into Nepal over direct connections to Nepal Telecom (NTC) and Ncell.
Do I need to register a sender ID for Nepal?
Yes. NTA + operator sender ID registration. Nepali (Devanagari) and English supported. Allow 7-14 business days for approval. An unregistered sender ID is the most common cause of silently filtered traffic, so register before the campaign rather than during it.
How long does it take to start sending to Nepal?
Live in 8–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time). The sender-ID registration is usually the long pole at 7-14 business days; the technical integration itself is the same REST or SMPP interface you would use for any other market.
What does A2P SMS cost in Nepal?
Indicative list pricing is USD 0.025 – 0.05 per message, with volume tiers below that. The rate depends on the operator, the message category and committed volume — see the Nepal coverage page for the per-operator breakdown.
What delivery rate should I expect in Nepal?
BroadNet does not publish per-country delivery percentages. Every message on these direct operator routes returns a delivery receipt (DLR), so you can measure delivery on your own traffic, and the platform carries a 99.99% uptime SLA. Grey routes deliver until they do not, and give you no receipt when they fail.

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