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Industry
  
Telecommunications

Founder
  
Dileep Agrawal

Area served
  
Nepal

Number of employees
  
505

Website
  
worldlink.com.np

Founded
  
1995

Headquarters
  
Kathmandu, Nepal

Type of business
  
Private

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Services
  
Broadband Internet access

Owner
  
Dileep Agrawal, Manoj Agrawal and Bijay Jalan

Profiles

WorldLink is an Internet service provider in Nepal. It is the largest Internet and Network Service Provider in Nepal after state owned Nepal Telecom.

According to the statistics published by the company in December 2014, WorldLink has 22 thousand active consumer broadband internet accounts and 800 corporate accounts. Out of 75 districts in Nepal, Worldlink has coverage in 63 of them. It has introduced "Fiber to the Home" Super Fast Internet connectivity. There are Unlimited plans for home users with IP TV on FTTH. "Small To Medium Enterprise" plans for corporate users with Fiber Optics connectivity. It costs Rs 19200 excluding 13% VAT on FTTH with 5 Mbps speed for annual subscription for home users, but "Bandwidth Throttling" and "Bandwidth Cap"s apply on excessive hours of usage of the internet. For example, (24×7 Internet usage) for home users. FTTH plans are under Fair Usage Policy. Plans of SMEs are priced Rs 35700 excluding 13% VAT for yearly subscription with speed of 3Mbps.SMEs are without "Bandwidth Throttling" and "Bandwidth Cap" and without Fair Usage Policy.

One-time setup charges cost Rs 21 including installation for TV and internet for first 2,100 customers. Fiber router with Wifi costs Rs 1500 and is for rental only, so routers are taken back by the ISP after service is discontinued. Set-Top Box for IP TV is free of cost. Deposited security amount Rs 2000 for fiber wifi router is refundable and is taken back by the customer after the service is discontinued.


References

WorldLink Wikipedia