ITNTI announces launch of Global SMS at NepalOnline.Com

Date: February 09, 2004

ITNTI, in less than six months of the Launch of its communication portal Nepalonline.Com first of its kind for the Country, today announced its Global access for SMS. Now people can log onto NepalOnline and send SMS to almost 70% of the Countries around the World.

Internet leader ITNTI today unveiled NepalOnline SMS Global Gateway, an innovative mobile service that is expected to drive Short Messaging Service (SMS) adoption by delivering an entirely new kind of Communication experience.

"By offering the unique solutions, NepalOnline SMS is the first service to truly deliver on the promise of Instant Communication," said Manish Kansal, Sr.Vice President, I T N T I. "The service represents the next major step in the Internet's evolution and will help accelerate Communications growth by turning it into an indispensable part of people's lives. We've been listening closely to our thousands of loyal users and have responded with the next-generation Communication Services," Kansal added.

"With its groundbreaking technology, new standards in service industry, and un-matched pricing models, NepalOnline SMS fundamentally changes the Communication landscape," said Mahendra Vesawkar, VP - Business Development, ITNTI. "We expect to continue innovating and adding new features, thus offering users an ever-expanding, engaging and useful Communication experience." Till date Nepali Mobile users could only receive SMS through NepalOnline from their loved ones from across the World. Now they can also send SMS to their International contacts. This also makes NepalOnline SMS the cheapest mode of Instant Communication for the Nepalese.

ITNTI brought the service to market in less than 4 months as result of overwhelming response from the global a large number of whom are Nepalese till date. However, this move of offering global services to the world markets by a Nepal based Company is a stepping stone and shall showcase Nepal's technological strengths by all means to the global Diaspora.

Hemanta Sharma, Technical Director of ITNTI said currently the access to the global gateway is only limited to our paid subscribers however, free trial of SMS can be tested by sending an SMS to Nepalese Mobiles.

"NepalOnline Experience has been great for our very loyal users and we expect it to grow fonder by continuously adding services throughout South Asia", says Shashank Kansal, the London based President of ITNTI.

Additional information on NepalOnline SMS, can be found at: http://www.nepalonline.com/sms