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Nepal Telecom or Commonly known as NTC is the first state owned telephone company that
provided telephone services to the general public. The company became public in 2003 with the
emergence of companies like UTL and Ncell. Known as Telecommunication Department at the
time of establishment, its name was changed Telecommunications Development Board in 1969.
After the enactment of Communications Corporation Act 1971, it was formally established as
fully state-owned corporation called Nepal Telecommunication Corporation in 1975. On Magh
22, 2060 BS, Nepal Telecommunication Corporation was transformed to a public limited
company. It is claimed to be the first Operator to provide 3G Service in South Asia. Currently
NTC is the highest earning government organization
Company Profile: Nepal Telecom
Name
Company Type
Industry
Predecessor
Traded as
Headquarter
Offered Services
Email
42.63
22.63
20.09
14.56
97.04
539.99
people who prefer localization of the social networking and the access platform for
Facebook, twitter etc. from the meet app has increased its popularity.
Participation in industrial fairs, exhibitions and seminars like the annual trade fair,
INFOTECH, Corporate sports tournament, Annual engineers summit. The participation
has been emphasized to increase the presence among the mass and increase the goodwill
in the market.
Installation of 5 KIOSK machine for the convenience of the tourists and installation of
EVDO technology in the mountainous region to facilitate the tourists with the data and
internet service during their visit in those regions. As well as distribution of free SIM
cards of talk time worth 50 RS in the airport for easy phone services during their stay in
Nepal.
Installation of WIFI Hotspot in Sajha Bus and other locations for convenience of the
users.
Negotiations with other telecom companies outside Nepal, for maintaining the convenient
international tariff rates of call and messaging.
Indulgence in CSR activities like plantation of flower and plants in both side of the main
road from Tinkune to MaitiGhar , Bagmati Cleaning Program along with free SMS to
invite public participation
NTC had provided a greater relief to the public after the earthquake by providing free call
and data services during the period.
Sponsorship in Womens football and mens cricket team, as well as hosting tournament
like telecom t20 championship.
Distribution of free SIM&RUIM to self-volunteers in the rural districts for maintaining
public health
NTC has collaborated with Ministry of agriculture to provide information regarding agro
climate weather via introduction of Framers SIM, an app labeled Hamro Krishi ,
agriculture information and a toll free number. The distribution started from 8 districts in
primary phase another eight in seconady phase and 9 districts in third phase. The further
expansion is currently taking place and soon, it plans to distribute throughout the 75
districts.
Free helpline number for childrens and women in danger and distress.
Future Plans and Programs
Expansion of its services in rural areas and delivering value added services in effective
price.
Increasing Focus on data services technology to add up to the customers experience and
increase the transmission network.
The company has estimated a distribution of 22, 64,445 telephone line and 20, 60,000
mobile phone line within the fiscal year 2072/73.
NTC has decided to expand its CDMA client base with 3G, 75,000 new CDMA clients.
As per the increasing demand of data services, NTC has decided to bring data card
enabled technology known as EVDO Enabled CDMA.
Expansion of Client base in rural region with the help of NGN( Next Generation
Network)
Estimated expansion of PSTN by 29,445 and distribution of 40,000 new ADSL lines.
Speeding up the distribution of WIMAX services and launching local hotspots to
capitalize upon the growing demand.
Expansion of FTTH services in the region of Birgunj , Lalitpur , Patan , Biratnagar.
Improving PSTN Services through switching TDM with IP based technology and
installation of core query handler of 10 lakhs customer at a time.
Introducing single billing system for multiple services to ease up the current bill payment
hassles the customers are facing and focus on improving he support system to handle
customer grievances.
Replacement of old phone technology with axis gateway technology within the next 3
years.
Expanison of optical fiber route via Madhya Pahadi Rajmarga
15.52
14.55
12.78
15.2
26.76
2.45
23.54
2.7
301.97
15000
330.19
150000
21.07
2.54
357.5
7
15000
15.46
3.55
498.7
2
15000
17.97
3.94
539.9
9
15000
EPS (Rs)
Contribution in National
Revenue (%)
Average salary of
Employees (Rs)
Average Customers Per
Employee
0
80.8
77.73
0
75.33
0
77.12
0
97.04
54.43
48.82
48.48
51.31
48.68
5590
6800
7129
7282
8082
1663
1378
1678
2002
2461
Total Customers
PSTN Telephone
Total CDMA
Type of Cost
Staff Expenses
Repair and Maintenance Cost
Administrative Cost
Royalty Cost
Depreciation
Licensing Fee
Frequency Fee
Other Expenses
% of cost
26%
36%
7%
10%
16%
1%
3%
1%
Total Income
Total Expenditure
Administrative Cost
Royalty Cost
Depreciation
10%
Licensing Fee
Frequency Fee
7%
Other Expenses
36%
2071/72
2070/71
Local/International
3,070,431,465
3,302,969,307
146,410,732
165,183,840
Lease Circuit
124,920,544
93,672,433
IN Service
17,430,288
16,662,819
Internet Service
42,959,689
1,011,582
ADSL
1,576,782,614
1,480,924,582
SIP Phone
48,825
111,293
WIMAX
85,788,832
67,901,301
Other Services
Total Income From Telephone
Services
145,112,786
132,897,644
5,209,885,775
5,261,334,801
2071/72
2070/71
Local call
1,732,684,355
1,561,078,162
International Trunk
137,659,293
120,449,374
Roaming
397,311,120
147,351,423
Prepaid Card
121,903,663
135,441,699
Recharge Card
17,824,783,094
16,004,796,614
Data Service
506,597,004
223,658,772
Other
Total Income From GSM
Services
385,011,611
276,171,443
21,105,950,140
18,468,947,487
Year
2071/72
2070/71
Local/International
102,781,673
124,128,093
3,482,660
4,051,470
Data Service
2,015,335
2,376,912
Prepaid Card
64,838,129
30,770,358
Recharge Card
1,077,184,791
1,021,048,245
Other
Total Income from CDMA
services
17,397,369
28,798,789
1,267,699,957
1,211,173,867
2071/72
2070/71
As a result , the income form data services in GSM has doubled from the previous year
which shows the outstanding growth and the huge future potential which can be tapped
through the upcoming 4G technology.
Investments
Nepal Telecom (NTC) is one of the highest earning government entity in Nepal. The company
has been studying the investment avenues and have started to invest certain portion from their
staggering profit amount in areas like hydropower, banks and other projects. The availability of
the funds in huge number provides NTC to invest in future prospects and add up to the revenue.
NTC has invested in following projects over the years:
a) Investment in Associates
NTC has invested in Trishuli hydropower company (24MW) as founding investor and as of now
has invested 9750000 in the hydropower project which is 28.3% of the paid up capital.
b) Investment in as shareholders
NTC has purchased 6,345,000 shares of face value 100 of Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower as
investment in equity share capital, which is 6% of the paid up capital of 10,590,000,000. The
investment has been marked as available for sale and marked in initial price as mark to mark
pricing under NFRS.
c) Investment in debenture and bonds
NTC has invested in debenture of following banks in which the intrinsic coupon rate has
been marked as the interest rate.
Debenture of Bank
Laxmi Bank Debenture
Loan to upper Tamakoshi
Siddhartha Bank Debenture
Amount Invested
20,000,000
1,160,743,324
100,000,000
The interest from the loan to Upper Tamakoshi is recievable on 12 % at the year of loan sanction
and 11% afterwards.
The company decided to provide VRS to the ageing and underperforming employees. The
estimated 3 staged VRS schedule would amount to more than 10 billion NPR. Under this scheme
more than 806 employees have been handed the VRS scheme and have already embarked on the
final stage of the VRS scheme. The Two staged voluntary scheme have already bore more than 8
billion NPR. The earnings per share has been sensitized because of the huge payment in VRS.
The Earnings per Share previously was around Rs 97 but with the introduction of
VRS it
dropped to 81.05. The Price of Rs 81.05 has been obtained after sensitizing the Earnings
Through deduction of VRS scheme. So, the end of VRS scheme would definitely boost up the
earnings and is projected to surpass the RS 100 mark by the FY 2073/74
SWOT Analysis
STRENGTH.
Increasing Net Profit from the Past 5 Years and the trend has continued even in this fiscal
Year as the company registered a staggering net profit of Rs 14.56 billion in the
FY2072/73/ (Q3).
The company has a paid up capital of 15 billion and reserves worth of 86 billion.
The company has one of the most consistent cash flows with increasing earnings per
share
90% of the shares of the company are owned by government ensuring minimal disruption
and conflicts within the shareholders.
First Company to introduce new accounting policy which is already popular at the
international accounting circuit. The new accounting standard has been labeled as NFRS.
NTC is the market leader with 40% market in telecommunication and 55% in
Data/internet Services.
Since the switching costs of moving from one GSM service to another is high and a
tedious job, so the customers are always eager to stick to the same GSM service. This has
helped NTC take a grip in the market which is being shadowed by the vigorous
marketing efforts of companies like NCELL.
The Company has customer base of more than 15.8 million.
The subsidized tariff rates have ensured customers loyalty towards NTC. Since NCELL
charges very high tariff on calls and data services, it is found that people generally prefer
NTC over NCELL as per their requirement on call and data services.
NTC has its services running all over the country and registered a growth in the customer
base of PSTN, Data/internet Services and GSM Service.
The company witnessed a growth in its GSM internet service user by 38.34 % than the
previous years.
NTC is the one of the highest contributor in national tax revenue which stood at 5.27% of
the entire tax revenue of the country in the FY 2071/72.
NTC contributed 11.46% in the GDP from the service sector.
Increasing incoming international call within the network
WEAKNESS
NTCs marketing campaign in comparison to the vigorous campaigns of NCELL falls
apart and has lost some its marketing share due to the lack of active marketing
campaigns.
Although NTC registers staggering amount of Net profit, the company has failed to
mobilize its earnings into a productive form.
NTC has always faced criticism regarding its tower reception and cases of server failure.
Although the company has good infrastructure, it has failed to address these allegations
from the general public at times.
VRS scheme to 806 staff has reduced the profit figure for Chaitra 2073. Total 1500 staff
will retire under VRS by Poush end 2073 and has already cost more than 8 billion
NPR.
The customer service of NTC has faced criticism of being unresponsive at many times,
failing to address the clients enquiry on many occasions.
The technology transfer in Nepal is quite time consuming. Most of the international
technology in telecommunication take a time of 2-3 years to reach within Nepalese
market scenario. So NTC has failed to introduced international telecommunication
technology in short interval of time.
The use of old technology has resulted in increment of repair and maintenance cost for
the past couple of years, which was 35% of the total expenses in the FY 2071/72.
The lack of proper utilization of the profit has led to slow growth in earnings which is
only 7-8%
NTC laid off almost 805 employees within 2 years, which led to incurring of VRS
payment to the employees.
The licensing renewal for GSM service has decreased the companys profitability.
OPPORTUNITIES
The growth of smartphone industry has led to opportunities for GSM service providers
like NTC to acquire customers through 3G and 4G services.
Introduction of technology like
The demand for internet and data service is sky rocketing, the demand has almost
doubled in these 5 years and is projected to increase further, which shows a lucrative
prospect for NTC.
Although NCELL has won accolades for its prompt services and its state of the art
technology, NTC provides a competitive price over NCells costly services. So NTC can
use this as a strategy against Ncell to acquire more customer base.
Since Ncell only provides GSM services, NTC can capitalize upon the aspects like
Internet services and telephone services to boost up their income.
WIMAX service is considered a revolution in Nepalese internet circuit. Since NTC is the
first to bring WIMAX service in Nepal, optimizing the access can lead to increase in its
client base.
Nepal telecom has decided that FY 2016/17 will be implemented as the year of
investment and service. As a result , the company has endorsed a budget of Rs 67 billion
for the year which will be invested to upgrade the NTC services as well as invest in
sectors like hydropower and other energy sector to add up to the revenue.
NTC has been adding up its technology marvels like Interactive Voice Response (IVR),&
a video calling service visually impaired and haring disabled persons. This has helped to
position NTC among disabled people.
NTC is trying to build its brand image by focusing on CSR activities like Bagmati
Cleaning Campaign, Maintenance of greenery between Baneshwor-Maitighar sections of
Araniko Highway, commitment of fund worth Rs 1 billion for the reconstruction for the
next 3 years etc. These all activities have helped NTC to position itself as a service
dedicated organization and have helped to persuade people towards NTCs ever
increasing client base.
Nepal is a land of festivals. There are festivals every day and other because of the vast
cultural diversity. Hence, NTC has been launching services and packages for specific
festivals and occasions like Teej, Fathers day, Mothers day, Dashain & tihar etc. So
initiating festival packages can help NTC increase its client base in GSM data services.
NTC initiated a program to distribute free SIM card to the tourists in Nepal, helping
tourist during their stay and persuade a brand new set of users among international
tourists.
Implementing Convergent Real Time Billing System for the convergence of all the bills
of services offered by the company through a single stop and assist the value customers
with the bill payment solutions.
Introduction of Enterprise Risk Management and Revenue Assurance Technologies.
The purchase of Bandwidth from China via Rasuwagadhi can help to increase the internet
speed as well as reduce the general tariff on internet. So, with this NTC can attract more
customers.
The Expansion of its fiber Internet in 32 Districts can increase the companys internet
client base as well compete with other Broadband companies.
The Investment in Hydropower Projects Like Trishuli B and Upper Tamakoshi has
assured future return and increasing the investments helps to properly utilize the profit
which in past have been under-utilized.
THREATS
Since NTC has been dethroned from its monopoly, the open market has created a tough
competition. Ncell has been attracting a lot of customers because of its promptness and
easiness. So in future there are bound to be more competitors. So NTC is vulnerable to
the new entrants and the shifting market trend.
Although, NTC has been connected with all the 75 districts, the 3G expansion has been a
disappointing one in the rural areas, which Ncell has managed to overcome with its state
of the art technology and the expertise from abroad.
Ncell has been concentrating in development of telecommunication with investment
worth of 12 billion and this can create a drastic decline in NTCs market share.
With the growth of smartphone technologies like VIBER, SKYPE, Whatsapp , the
revenue from international call has been decreased by a huge margin as people rely more
on these technologies to make calls which dont cost a penny and can be used through the
data services.
NTC is having a tough competition with the broadband companies in terms of internet
connectivity. With the emergence of broadband companies in large number like
Classictech , Worldlink, Websurfer etc , the internet service client base is also declining.
Valuation
We have used following models for valuation of NTC. The valuation models and the calculations
involved are mentioned below
I) Two Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Method
In this method we have forecasted 10 years equity cash flow using compounding rate of 5 %. We
have basically compounded the Earning Per share with that compounding rate and have used
EPS of 2072/73(Q4) as the base period Earnings per Share. The calculations involved are shown
below:
Year
Earnings Per share
Depreciation
Net Capital
Expenditure
Equity Cash Flow
2072/73
(Q3)
2073/7
4
2074/7
5
2075/7
6
2076/7
7
2077/7
8
2078/7
9
2079/8
0
2080/8
1
2081/8
2
2082/8
3
81
85
89
94
99
103
109
114
120
126
132
5.67
5.67
5.67
5.67
5.67
5.67
5.67
5.67
5.67
5.67
5.67
79
83
87
92
96
101
106
112
117
123
130
Note:
The average annual expenditure was around 350 million which was almost 7 % of the
earnings and the average depreciation was around 330 million which is almost 4%
Continuing Value = Final year Projected flow x (1 + Long term Cash flow growth
Rate)
(Discount Rate Long term Cash Flow Growth Rate)
= 130x (1+ 0.03)
(0.1 0.03)
= Rs 1909
Cash Flow
79
83
87
92
96
101
106
112
117
123
1909
Value
83
(0.1-0.03)
= Rs 1183
2072/73
(Q3)
2073/7
4
2074/7
5
2075/7
6
2076/7
7
2077/7
8
2078/7
9
2079/8
0
2080/8
1
2081/8
2
2082/8
3
81
85
89
94
99
103
109
114
120
126
132
41
43
45
47
49
52
54
57
60
63
66
Value
Total Value
43
(0.1 0.05)
= Rs 851
Average ROE
17.50%
570
Payout Ratio
50%
Value
499
Retention Ratio
50%
778
1277
3. The value under dividend payout ratio is calculated by multiplying Net worth per share
with payout ratio and the reference value from the table listing Reference ROE after tax
under 100 % payout on earnings.
4. Reference value for payout and retained ratio is listed in appendices.
81.05
810.5
1215.7
5
Value
1259
1183
851
1277
810
1215
Note:
FCFE = Free Cash Flow TO Equity
PE = Price Earning
Forward Looking on PE multiples and CAGR on investment
Next Year EPS
FD rate
Relative Value to Fixed Deposit
Current Market Value
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
EPS after 10 years
PE@10
85
10%
850
689
13%
132
1320
PE@15
Dividend
Market value including dividend
Market value including dividend
1980
576
1896
2556
Values
(680)
10.80%
(1000)
6.41 %
13.33%
9.84 %
Year
Discount Factor
Earnings Per
Share
Value
2073/
74
2074/
75
2075/
76
2076/
77
2077/
78
2078/
79
2079/
80
2080/
81
2081/
82
2082/
83
0.91
0.83
0.75
0.68
0.62
0.56
0.51
0.47
0.42
0.39
0.35
81
85
89
94
99
103
109
114
120
126
132
74
71
67
64
61
58
55
54
50
49
46
Analysis
1) Does the company we want to invest in has durable competitive advantage?
Yes
3) Does the business produce products/services a customer might need repetitive and gets
used/wear out fast?
Yes
4) Is the company low cost producer/operator with high net profit margins?
Yes
Valu
e
649
5) Does the company earn high ROE (at least 20% P.a)?
Yes
6) Does the company earn high Return on TOTAL CAPITAL (includes equity and debt)?
7) Does the company
produce consistent and upward earnings trend?
Yes
Yes
8) Is the company debt low (less than 5 times current net earnings) and can be paid back from its
earnings in just few years (2-3 YEARS)?
Yes
9) Can the company increase price along with inflation without losing market share
Yes
9) Can the company increase price along with inflation without losing market share?
Yes
10) Does the companys retained earnings increase the market value of the company?
Yes
11) Is the company share price and book value on the rise?
YEs
12) Is the current Earnings yield and Dividend yield more than the average FD rates (1 year)
offered by banks?
Yes
13) Is the company purposely delaying capital expenditure / payment of license fee etc. to show
high growth in earnings and cash flows?
No