Kathmandu, August 2

After more than six months of suspended service, the government has finally decided to re-open the pre-paid cellular mobile phones and the re-registration process for the same is to begin from Saturday in the Kathmandu valley.

The ministry of Information and Communication today gave its nod to Nepal Telecom (NT) to begin the re-registration process for the pre-paid mobile phones. The pre-paid mobile phone service was suspended following a royal take over of February 1.

“The ministry has given permission to begin the re-registration process,” confirmed Sugat Ratna Kansakar, managing director of NT. He further added that a public notice would follow the process on Thursday.

“The re-registration process and the format of forms will be almost similar as applied in the re-registration for post-paid mobile phones,” said Madan Kaji Shakya, director at NT New Services Directorate.

In addition, a customer has to mention the SIM card number and a gazetted-government officer should attest the forms, he said. The re-registration process will begin on August 6 and last till August 13.