Nepal’s telecom regulatory body has asked the central bank not to provide foreign exchange and bank guarantees to the ISPs until they clear their taxes.
KATHMANDU, May 2: Amid Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country trading blame to the government for the internet service disruption, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) has clarified that ISPs are solely to be blamed for the disruption as they have failed to settle the dues of legally mandated tax amount.
With controversies surrounding royalty payments for non-telecommunication services by ISPs, the government is refusing to release necessary foreign exchange to them.
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