Bulk SMS in Nepal, registered on NTC and Ncell
Sender ID registered on both networks, Devanagari supported, operator-direct routes
Nepal is a two-operator market. Nepal Telecom, which trades as Namaste, holds a little over half of mobile connections at roughly 14.9 million subscribers, and Ncell holds the rest at roughly 14.5 million. Smart Telecom has ceased operations, so there is no third network to route around. Delivery into Nepal is therefore decided almost entirely by whether your sender ID is registered on both networks, not by clever routing.
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Bulk SMS in Nepal reaches around 29 million mobile subscribers across 2 networks, on Nepal Telecom (Namaste) and Ncell. Alphanumeric sender IDs must be pre-registered with Nepal Telecom and with Ncell separately before they are delivered as sent. Registration normally takes 5 to 7 working days. AdelSocial files the registration, provides SMPP and REST access, and charges an indicative ₹0.85 – ₹1.60 per promotional SMS and ₹1.20 – ₹2.10 per transactional or OTP message, by volume and route.
Registration is the part most providers gloss over. An alphanumeric sender ID has to be filed with Nepal Telecom and with Ncell separately, with business documents, and it usually takes five to seven working days. Until it clears your messages still go out, but the sender is overwritten with a generic ID, so the recipient sees something that is not your brand.
The other thing that moves your bill is script. Latin text in GSM-7 gives you 160 characters per segment. The moment a message contains Devanagari (Nepali), it encodes as UCS-2 and a segment drops to 70 characters, so the same sentence can cost two or three times what the English version does. We count segments on your actual copy before you commit to a volume, not after the first invoice.
₹0.85 – ₹2.10 per SMS
Starting price
Live in 5 to 7 working days once documents are in
Typical timeline
around 29 million mobile subscribers · 2 networks
Highlights
What is included for Nepal
Sender ID registered on both networks, Devanagari supported, operator-direct routes
Sender ID registration handled
Alphanumeric sender IDs must be pre-registered with Nepal Telecom and with Ncell separately before they are delivered as sent. Company registration or PAN, and an authorisation letter on your letterhead naming the sender ID you want. Normally 5 to 7 working days.
Devanagari (Nepali) support
Full UCS-2 encoding. We show you the segment count for your actual message before you buy, because a 70-character segment changes the economics against the 160 you get in Latin script.
Operator-direct routes
Direct interconnects rather than grey or SIM-farm routes, and we publish which route type your traffic is on. Grey routes are cheaper, get your sender rewritten, and get cut off without notice, so we do not sell them.
Transactional and promotional separated
OTP and transactional traffic runs on a route tuned for latency and is priced apart from promotional. Mixing both on one route is what makes OTPs arrive four minutes late.
Delivery receipts that mean something
Operator-level DLRs passed through unchanged: queued, accepted, sent, delivered, or the specific failure reason. We do not mark a message delivered because it left our gateway.
SMPP, REST and a dashboard
SMPP v3.4 over TLS for volume, a REST API for application traffic, and a dashboard with campaign upload for teams who are not developers. Sandbox credentials from day one.
Indicative SMS rate for Nepal
Where you land inside the band depends on monthly volume, message category and content language.
| Destination | Typical route | Indicative rate |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal — transactional / OTP | Operator-direct, NTC and Ncell | ₹1.20 – ₹2.10 per SMS |
| Nepal — promotional | Operator-direct, NTC and Ncell | ₹0.85 – ₹1.60 per SMS |
| Devanagari (Nepali) content | UCS-2, 70 characters per segment | Same per segment, more segments |
Indicative in INR, excluding GST. Final rates are confirmed in writing before you commit.
What businesses in Nepal send
The four use cases that make up most of the volume we carry.
OTP and login codes
Banks, wallets and fintech apps verifying users.
- • Routed for latency, not for price.
- • Separate sender ID from marketing traffic.
Payment and due reminders
Finance, insurance, schools, utilities and ISPs.
- • Scheduled in local time (NPT, UTC+5:45) so nothing lands at 2am.
- • Devanagari (Nepali) where the audience expects it.
Delivery and order updates
E-commerce and logistics status messages.
- • Triggered from your own system over the API.
- • Delivery receipts written back to your database.
Offers and campaigns
Retail, travel and hospitality promotions.
- • Consent-based lists only, with opt-out handling.
- • Throttled so a 200,000-message send does not queue for hours.
Other channels for Nepal
Same country, different economics. We price all three honestly.
Bulk WhatsApp in Nepal
Best for two-way: one conversation covers 24 hours.
- • ₹3.91 per marketing conversation.
- • Needs opt-in and template approval. See /bulk-whatsapp-nepal/
Not sure which?
OTP and alerts: SMS. Two-way and catalogue: WhatsApp.
- • RCS is not carrier-enabled in Nepal yet, so we will not sell it to you here.
- • Send us the message you want to send and the volume, and we will price both.
Pricing
Flexible pricing plans to fit your needs.
Starter
From ₹9,999
Getting registered and live in Nepal · + GST
- ✓Sender ID filed with Nepal Telecom (Namaste) and Ncell
- ✓Account setup and test sending to each network
- ✓REST API and dashboard access
- ✓Delivery receipt reporting
- ✓Email support
- ✓Message cost billed separately at ₹0.85 – ₹1.60 – ₹1.20 – ₹2.10 per SMS
Business
From ₹24,999
Regular campaigns and application traffic · + GST
- ✓Everything in Starter
- ✓Separate sender IDs for transactional and promotional
- ✓SMPP v3.4 bind over TLS with agreed TPS
- ✓Scheduled sending in local time (NPT, UTC+5:45) with throttling
- ✓Priority support on WhatsApp and email
Reseller / Enterprise
Custom
Selling Nepal traffic under your own brand
- ✓Everything in Business
- ✓White-label panel on your domain with your pricing
- ✓Multi-tier sub-accounts and per-client rate cards
- ✓Prepaid wallets, invoicing and a reseller admin
- ✓Primary and backup route per network
- ✓Named account manager
Our Process
Tell us volume and message type
Monthly volume, whether it is OTP, transactional or promotional, and the language of the content. Those three answers set your rate and your route, so we ask before quoting rather than after.
Send documents for sender registration
Company registration or PAN, and an authorisation letter on your letterhead naming the sender ID you want. We check the ID against the refused list before filing, so you do not lose a week to a rejection.
We file with the operators
We file with Nepal Telecom and Ncell in parallel rather than one after the other, and report the status of each network separately.
Connect and test in sandbox
SMPP bind or REST key issued immediately, so your developers integrate while registration is pending. Send to your own numbers on each network and read the delivery receipts before you load credit.
Go live and watch the receipts
Load credit, send the first real campaign, and check the per-network delivery rate. If one network underperforms we move the route and tell you that we did.
Technology We Use
Connectivity
SMPP v3.4 over TLS · REST / HTTP API · Webhooks for DLR and inbound · Sandbox credentials
Encoding
GSM-7, 160 characters per segment · UCS-2 for Devanagari (Nepali), 70 per segment · Concatenated long SMS · Per-message segment preview
Networks
Nepal Telecom (Namaste) — around 14.9 million subscribers, a little over half the market · Ncell — around 14.5 million subscribers · Country code +977 · mobile numbers are 10 digits starting 97 or 98, with Nepal Telecom on 984, 985 and 986 and Ncell on 980, 981 and 982
Controls
Per-campaign throttling · Opt-out and suppression list handling · Send-window scheduling in local time (NPT, UTC+5:45) · Per-client sub-accounts for resellers
Get in Touch
Ready to start your bulk sms nepal project? Contact us today!
AdelSocial Technologies (OPC) Private Limited
115/3 Gautam Nagar, New Delhi 110049, India
Email: info@adelsocial.com
Phone: +91 97739 26687
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