On the occasion of its 21st anniversary, Nepal Telecom has started the commercial operation of 'VoWiFi' service on Tuesday. The service came into operation with the official inauguration of this service by the Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Prithvisubba Gurung.
Sangeet Pahadi, managing director of Telecom, informed that voice and SMS services can be used from the WiFi network through Voice over WiFi or 'VoWiFi'. According to him, this service will be available on all mobile phones that support VoWiFi and have Volte service activated.
When using this service while staying in Nepal, you will be charged according to the current voice and SMS package or 'Pay as you go'. According to Telecom, incoming calls will be free of charge if you use VoWiFi service from abroad and outgoing calls will be charged at Rs 3 per minute.
You can make phone calls and send SMS through Wi-Fi in places where there is no mobile network or weak Wi-Fi service. Although mobile calls are made through cellular networks such as 2G, 3G, 4G, Telecom said that VoWiFi service has been started so that areas with weak mobile networks are not without connectivity.
'VoWiFi is a technology through which voice calls and SMS can be made based on the same mobile number on any public Wi-Fi network connected to the Internet in places where there is no mobile network coverage,' it was said in the program, 'even in places where mobile service access is poor or there is no coverage. This service will have a special role to keep the customer in touch.'
Nepal Telecom customers abroad can also use this service. With access to the WiFi network, the user can make phone calls and send SMS as within Nepal. Telecom has stated that with the launch of VoWiFi service, it aims to provide more convenient and technology-friendly communication services to the customers .
