Nepal - Third Telecommunications Project

Document of The World Bank I FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY FILE C Report No. 1897-NEP STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT NEPAL NEPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (NTC) THIRD TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECT April 14, 1978 Energy, Water and Telecommunications Department South Asia Regional Office This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit - Nepalese Rupee (NRs) US$ 1.00 - NRs 12.0 NRs 1.00 - US$ .083 FISCAL YEAR July 16 - July 15 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED IN THE REPORT Calbinets - Connecting points in a cable network which provide flexibility between main and distribution cables. CA14A - Central Automatic Message Accounting - equipment which allows separate details of long distance calls to be recorded rather than bulked charges on the local call meter. CIF - Cost Insurance and Freight. Coin Boxes - Telephone installed at a convenient central location for public use where the fee is deposited by the caller. Filled Cables - Cables which are filled with insulating jelly to prevent ingress of water. HF Radio - High Frequency Radio working in the range of 3-30MHz. ICB - International Competitive Bidding. ITU - International Telecommunication Union. Lincompex - A compression expansion system used to improve the quality of HF radio telephone circuits. Microwave - Wide band radio system operating in the range of frequencies 2 GHz and above. Mulctiplex (Carrier) - Equipment used to provide a number of speech circuits over one bearer NTB - Nepal Telecommunications Board. NTC - Nepal Telecommunications Corporation. Pressurized Cables - Cables which are pressurized with dry air to prevent ingress of water. Public Call Offices - Telephones installed at a convenient location for public use--usually under the control of an attendant. Satellite Earth Stn., - A recently developed low cost type of earth station. Type B S+DX - Speech plus data equipment providing both facilities simultaneously over one speech circuit. STD - Subscriber Trunk Dialing (direct long distance dialing). Subscribers Lines or - Main lines terminating on telephone Connections exchanges. Telephones - Telephones of all types, whether connected individually on main lines or as extensions. Telexc/Gentex - Teleprinter exchanges used for switching private or public (telegraph office)calls. UHF - Ultra High Frequency - Radio systems working in the range of 300-3,000MHz. UNDP - United Nations Development Program. VF Telegraph - Equipment used to provide a number of telegraph circuits over a speech circuit. VHF - Very High Frequency - Radio systems working in the range of 30-300MHz. Line Concentrators - Terminating units for subscribers' lines which only provide limited switching facilities. ................  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY NEPAL NEPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (NTC) APPRAISAL OF THE THIRD TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECT Table of Contents Page No. I. THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR --------------------------------- 1 Country Considerations --